Our First Day in Otters

WELCOME TO OTTERS

We have 19 children in Otters and we are a mixed Year 2, 3 and 4 class.  Mrs. Thomas teaches us on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, whilst Mrs. Steadman teaches us on Thursdays and Fridays.  Miss Tickner, Mrs. Pinkerton and Mrs. Gill support us all at differing times throughout the week.  We enjoy working hard and enthusiastically, but we also like to have great fun which links to our school motto of Achieving, Caring, Enjoying.

Our classroom set-up enables us to work independently, in pairs, in small groups and as a whole class.  There are areas for continuous provision, for quiet time and for flexible groupings.  We all are responsible for looking after each other, looking after our resources and our environment.

Our school Facebook page has all of our class updates and is where you can see exactly what we have been up to recently.

Summer Term Topic

This term we will be focusing on two topics working on each for a half term period.  From April until May half term we will be focusing on 'Exploring Europe' and from May half term until July, we will be focusing on 'Pirates'.  Year 2 have a separate History / Geography based topic and will be studying 'Homes and Houses, including Castles'.  They will be working with Hedgehogs class for these subject areas. Please have a look at the topic plan below for more information.

P.E.

Summer 1: PE will be on Mondays (Y2/3/4 - Cricket with Cumbria Cricket) - due to Bank Holidays we will have additional sessions on Tuesday 29th April and Tuesday 13th May.  PE will also be on Wednesdays  with Action Ants.  Forest school will be on Friday afternoons.

Summer 2:  PE will cover Football training with Carlisle United and Action Ants.

Please come to school in complete outdoor P.E. kit on P.E. days - plain yellow / white t-shirt, plain blue / black shorts, trainers and tracksuit.  Please ensure that long hair is tied back and earrings are removed or covered with tape provided from home.

Homework:

Our homework includes:

Reading: Set daily.  Read every day at home for 5-10 minutes. Reading Records checked.

Spellings: Set weekly.  Hand in Thursdays.

Maths: Set weekly: Fast Maths / times tables (Y3/4) & CGP Activities (Y2). Hand in Mondays.

Home Learning: Set once every half term via google classroom.  Activities usually link to our topic.

Any Questions:

Please feel free to ask Mrs. Thomas or Mrs. Steadman directly or contact us via email

toinette.thomas@lowther.cumbria.sch.uk

jo.steadman@lowther.cumbria.sch.uk

We hope that you enjoy reading our page, finding out about us and discovering just how amazing we are!

Updated April 2025