Year 2
Welcome to Year 2:
Cork & Cedar Class
Mr Lawler will be teaching Cork this year and Miss Campbell is the class teacher in Cedar Class.
Welcome
Welcome to year 2! We hope you find the information below useful as your child starts the year with us. This information will help you support your child at home with the organization of their week and their learning at home.
Key Times
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Homework |
Homework will be set every half term. Your child will be asked to work on a number of projects, designed to enrich the learning taking place in school. This approach to homework has been designed to enable you and your child to work together in a creative way and to develop a love of learning. Please see the homework document for Autumn. |
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PE |
In year 2, the PE days are Wednesday and Thursday. Please ensure that your child has their PE kit on these days. |
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Trips |
We are very excited to invite the ‘London Science Museum’ into school on Thursday 3rd October. There will be several Bubble Shows running throughout the day for all the children to enjoy and take part in. Children will learn the secret of the Science Museums famous bubble recipe and learn how some materials can make others change. Someone will even step into the famous human bubble! |
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Key Times |
The school gates open at 8:30 in the morning. In KS1, children will be dismissed at the end of the day at 3:20. |
Homework
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Read it! |
Say it! |
Practise it! |
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By encouraging students to think and speak using sophisticated phrasing, they are more likely to internalise it and use it confidently in their writing. Read, learn and use the key vocabulary listed below. Work together to incorporate the vocabulary into a conversation.
Majestic, vibrant, exhilarating, ambitious, curious, mischievous |
Experiment with different ways to learn them, e.g. writing them out, songs on YouTube, reciting them aloud or asking someone to test you.
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Make it! |
Write it! |
Share it! |
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In science we are learning about plants. Make a model of a plant from recycled materials with each part labelled. |
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A note to parents, Over the course of this half term please work with your child to complete the above. Each of the activities has been designed to support, enhance and enrich an aspect of the curriculum. We are looking forward to seeing the results of your work together. The best homework overall will be presented in assembly and displayed around the school. We are all very grateful for your support! |
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In addition, we will be looking for every child to read at home with their parents every evening. Listening to children read will enable them to grow in confidence as they become fluent readers. Once children are able to read fluently and with expression and engage in discussion around their comprehension of the texts will be equally beneficial. Many thanks from the year 2 team |
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What are we learning?
In literacy we will begin by reading “The Snail and the Whale”. The story tells of a journey that the snail takes around the world by riding on the back of a whale. Together they must overcome some problems and they become good friends. Through this, children will explore and discuss teamwork and friendship. In maths, we will be focusing on place value, and the four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We focus on these for a term so that children have a good foundation of number skills before moving on to other areas of mathematics. Our topic learning is entitled ‘All About Me’ – learning about ourselves, what makes us special and how we relate to each other. We will also be focusing on our school values which includes unity and promotes collaboration.
How can I help at home?
One of the key ways every parent can help is to ensure that your child is at school every day and on time. Other than this, the main way you can help is by ensuring that your child reads every day, for at least 20 minutes – this can be with you, or on their own, but it is the most effective way of ensuring that your child progresses and learns outside of school. Children also have a Mathletics login – please encourage them to use this frequently, as it will really help with their quick recall of mathematical facts. Please also log into your child’s LiteracyPlanet account.
If you have any questions, please talk to Mr Lawler or Miss Campbell, or you can arrange a meeting at the office.
Thanks,
Mr Lawler and Miss Campbell
