Phase 2 – Years 3, 4, 5 & 6

Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 & Year 6 make up Phase 2 in our wonderful school.

Meet the Team

(back row, L-R) Mrs Graham, Miss Smith, Ms Tutt, Mrs Matravers, Mrs Canham, Miss McNichol, Mrs Hiles, Mr Richards, Mrs Rounding, (front row, L-R) Mrs Sircar, Mr Holmes, Mrs Charters, Miss Havercroft, Mrs Pierotti

We hope you find the following information useful. Mrs Charters and Mrs Hiles have responsibility for phase leadership; if you have any questions or comments for the Phase 2 classes, please email bcharters@lordderamores.com or lhiles@lordderamores.com.

Alternatively, you can phone school and leave a message via the office or pop in and see us at the end of the day.

*Transition to Secondary School*

Secondary school applications for a place in Y7 in September 2027 opened in September 2026, and the national deadline for applying is the 31st October.  Click here for more information about the secondary school application process.

Newsletters and Information for Families

At the start of each term, we will send out a newsletter via ParentPay. The newsletter outlines relevant information for that term.

Autumn 2026 Newsletter

Phase 2 Autumn 2026 Newsletter as a .pdf

Homework Menus

We send out a home learning menus with a wide range of activities linked to our learning in school. The children can complete any of the activities they choose and we encourage them to bring in any completed work to share with the class. However, this is optional.

Click to enlarge, or see below for .pdf versions

Autumn 1 Homework Grids as .pdf files

All children in Phase 2 also have access to Numbots, TTRockstars, EdShed and Purple Mash.

The Curriculum

For more detail of our curriculum in Phase 2, please take a look at the Curriculum area of our website.

Reading

Our aim is to continue to foster a love of books and reading for both enjoyment and information, and to build on the skills of reading and the enjoyment of books already embedded. Some children will be continuing to follow the reading scheme and using reading books to develop their decoding and comprehension. Once these skills are secure, they will move to a wider selection of books from the library. Decoding, fluency and comprehension continue to be developed through regular practise and reading aloud. We encourage parents/carers to continue to listen to their child read regularly and to talk about the books they bring home. All children have access to the school library throughout the week and will have a library book as well as a reading book.

Homework

Homework is carefully planned to practise key skills, develop independence and encourage children to create routines which benefit them as they move on to secondary school. Homework consists of three types throughout the year; reading, maths and topic.

We ask that children read regularly at home and that all children read at least some of their book out loud to an adult. Daily reading is encouraged and as children become more fluent and independent in their reading, this is something they can do without too much adult support.

Our maths homework focuses on the fast recall of times tables and division facts. Learning number facts by heart reduces the amount of calculating needed when solving mathematical problems. Research shows that knowing addition, subtraction, times tables and division facts, rather than having to work them out, results in more confident and efficient mathematicians. The maths homework in Phase 2 is time on TTRockstars. Each child has an account they can access from school and home. The games are set up to match the need of each individual child and moves them along the program. Children should spend time on TTRockstars each week to develop their skills.

The topic homework changes each term and is linked to the topic the phase is studying. These activities are optional and are designed to make links with learning at home so that parents and carers can be a part of their child’s learning. There is no expectation to record anything and there is no homework book. If your child would like to share an activity they have completed with their class, they can bring it to school or tell the teacher what they have been doing.

End of the School Day

Year 3 children will walk round together with their teacher to the area near the bike sheds.

The children is Years 4, 5 and 6 will exit the classroom and go to the playground independently.

If your child forgets something, please ask them to come back in to get it themselves. If a parent/carer is late, the children come back into school and a member of staff will take them to the school office to wait.

Useful Links

Remember, you can keep up to date with what is happening in school on Facebook and in the weekly updates via ParentPay.