Yellow - Year 2
Spring 1 Newsletter
Happy New Year to all our Year 2 children and families!
We hope you had a lovely Christmas break, and we are so excited to welcome you back for the Spring term.
As always, if you have any queries regarding your child's learning, please do get in touch. We're always available at the door in the mornings and can arrange meetings or phone calls when we're not teaching.
Best wishes
Mrs Eeckelaers, Mrs Moran, Mrs Welsh and Mrs Birks
English and Maths
Our book this half-term is Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. We will be using this classic novel to create letters in our writing. Later in the term we will focus on poetry. Alongside our English, we will focus on a range of grammar and spelling work.
In Maths, we will be working on money and introducing multiplication and division. To support your child's learning in school, please continue to help them thoroughly learn their 2, 5 and 10 time tables so that they can answer in just a few seconds and in any order! In their reading records, children have a login for Times Tables Rock Stars/Numbots. We also recommend using the website Top Marks and playing the game, Hit the Button.
Wider Curriculum
R.E - Believing - Who is a Muslim and what do they believe?
Science - Squash, Bend, Twist and Stretch
History - Great Fire of London
D&T - Textiles puppets
Computing - Presenting ideas and Online safety
Music - Grandma rap
P.E. - Outdoor P.E. Wednesday
P.E. - Indoor P.E. Friday
PSHE - Dreams and goals
Dates for your diary
Friday 9th January - Panto at school
Tuesday 20th January - Panto at school
Tuesday 3rd February - Fire of London Day at school
Tuesday 10th February - Parent Consultations
Friday 13th February- Parents' Morning 9-10am The Big Draw Working Collaboratively
Reading and Homework
Thank you so much for your support with homework and home learning. We really value all of your support and help with your child's learning. Homework will continue to be given out on a Monday. The children will be asked to practise their times tables and number bonds, read every day and practise their keyword spellings and spelling patterns.
If your child would like us to look at their work, they can drop their book in the box each day. Homework books should be handed in on a Friday so we can stick the new homework in each week and return on a Monday.
It is vital that children bring their reading book and reading record to school every day. We have reading volunteers, Year 6 reading buddies, and teaching assistants who read with children daily. We also look at children's reading records during guided reading.
On a Tuesday and Thursday, if their record is signed, children can change their reading book and move up the reading challenge.
Children are reminded to bring their reading book and record home every day so they can read at home. Please continue to sign their records. Thank you!
Autumn 2 - Outdoor adventurous activities
During Autumn 2 we enjoyed outdoor adventurous activities in the Woodland area. It gave us lots of opportunities for climbing, running, building and teamwork. We finished off our block of work with a celebratory fire with hot chocolate and marshmallows.
Autumn 2 Newsletter
Welcome back to the Autumn 2 half-term. We have lots of exciting learning to look forward to this half-term as well as preparing for our Christmas celebrations.
English and Maths
Our book for this half-term is The secret of black rock by Joe Todd Stanton. We will be using this beautiful book to inspire our own underwater adventure stories as well as writing some non-fiction fact books about sharks. In our grammar work we will be identifying and writing noun phrases.
In Maths, we will continue to develop our addition and subtraction skills, developing fluency and applying what we've learnt to one and two-step problems.
Wider Curriculum
R.E- Celebrating special and sacred times.
Science-Materials Monster.
Geography-Let's go to Liverpool on the coast.
Computing-Research
Art- 3d and Collage, focus artist-Yayoi Kusama
Music-Carnival of the animals and Christmas production
P.E- Friday- Outdoor, adventurous activities including time in the woodland.
Wednesday indoor-dance
PHSE- Celebrating difference
Reading and Homework
Homework will be given out on a Monday. The children will be asked to practise their number bonds on Numbots, read every day and practise their keyword spellings and spelling patterns.
They can drop their book in the box each day if they would like us to look at their work. Books should be returned by the following Monday ready for the new homework to be stuck in.
We try to read with many of the children every day, whether it be with the teacher, teaching assistants or with one of our reading volunteers. Please can you encourage your child to remember to bring their reading book and reading record every day. This daily reading makes such a difference!
Home School Communication
We are always available at the door in the morning and at the end of the school day if there is anything you need to discuss and we can always make an appointment for a longer chat if needed.
Mrs Eeckelaers, Mrs Moran and Mrs Welsh and Mrs Birks.
Autumn 1- Design Technology- Making a healthier pizza
During this half term we have enjoyed discussing our favourite pizzas, tasting different breads and toppings before designing then making a healthier pizza. Our pizza had to have at least two fruits or vegetables as well as some protein. When they were finished they were delicious!
Autumn 1 newsletter
A very warm welcome to Yellow Class.
Literacy and Maths
Our focus this half-term is Myself and Others and is all about health, well-being and different cultures. We will be looking specifically at Indian folk tales and the book Pattan's Pumpkin by Chitra Soundar. We will be writing letters, diary entries as characters from the book and our own pumpkin adventure stories. We will use lots of Drama strategies to inspire and engage us.
We will also have a focus on the Author, illustrator Quentin Blake.
In SPAG we will pay close attention to the four different sentence types: questions, commands, exclamations and statements to help children vary their sentences when writing. We will also be using nouns and expanded noun phrases to make our sentences more exciting.
In Maths, we will be developing an understanding of place value through counting, comparing and representing numbers. We will also be adding and subtracting one, two and three-digit numbers, sometimes crossing a boundary of ten. We will continue to count objects and work on number bonds to 10 and 20.
Dates for your diary
Meet the teacher - Tuesday 2nd September 15:30pm - 16:30pm
Wider curriculum
R.E - What can we learn from sacred texts?
History- Intrepid Explorers
Science - Healthy Me
D. T- Food and nutrition. Perfect pizzas
Music - Sing up unit 'Tony Chestnut' focusing on beat, rhythm, melody and tuned and untuned instruments.
Computing - Making music
PHSE- Being me in my world
P.E- Wednesday - Gymnastics
Friday-Outdoor Fundamental skills
Additional information
Children will be reading every day and can change their books during our daily Guided reading session. Please ensure book bags are in school every day. Just ten minutes reading at home each day makes such a difference, so please support our home school reading partnership. We have a book ladder in class, so please sign your child's diary every time they read so they can move up the ladder. Book prizes are awarded each half-term.
Homework will be sent home on a Monday. Books can be returned on a Monday or can be dropped into the homework box any day if you want us to look at what you have been doing at home.