Welcome to 2G

Our theme for the Spring term is:

‘How times change!’

This term, our theme in Year 2 is ‘’How times change!’ Throughout this term we will be looking at the human life cycle in Science and learning all about the increase in responsibility as we grow. In contrast, we will look at how children were treated during the Victorian era from the jobs they undertook at such young ages to the toys wealthy children might have played with in their spare time. In PSHE, we will continue our learning about responsibility as we look at how to keep ourselves safe in different environments and circumstances. We will look at what appliances are safe to use and how to ask for help when needed.

Music this term is all about singing! We will be learning to accompany instruments with our voices and learning to follow visual direction from a leader. In Computing, our learning will be based around Microsoft presentations. We will be looking at their purpose as well as learning some o the basic skills involved in creating a PowerPoint. In art, we will continue to hone our painting skills as we learn to mix our own colours using the three primary colours as well as exploring how to create different textures using unique painting tools. Alongside this, we will be creating collages inspired by Romare Bearden. In RE, we will be learning all about Abraham and why he is important to Christians and Jews alike. Finally, we will be keeping active in our PE sessions where we will be learning to control a ball with our feet and continuing to improve our control in gymnastics as we master linking our movements.

This half term we will also be celebrating Creativity week along with all the schools in the Fallibroome Trust. Look out for the exciting things that we get up to and any performances to showcase our work!


Homework

The MOST important thing that you can do to help you child with their work is to read to them and listen to them read as often as possible. Surely the best end to every child’s day is to snuggle up and read a book with an adult? The children are expected to read five times a week and their reading diaries will be checked weekly. Ensuring readings are recorded in the children’s diaries will mean that the children will be rewarded with raffle tickets at the end of the week.

Check out this website for recommended reads for year 2.

Best Books for Year 2: Recommended Booklist for Ages 6-7 (booksfortopics.com)

Maths and English homework is set every Friday  and is due in the next Wednesday. Children will be set a Maths and English homework each week.

The children will also have a spelling test every Tuesday. The children will be given six new spellings each week in their reading diary and their spelling test will be glued into their diary for you to see how they did. These spellings will be a mixture of KS1 words that they need to know (KS1 common exception words are below in files to download), phonemes that they still need to use in their writing and some topic words that we’ll be using in class.

If you have any queries regarding homework, please do come and ask me (I’m always available at the end of the day) or email the office.  The school homework policy is available to download from the main school homepage too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ksblMiliA8 This is a short video to help you support your child with how to say their letter sounds which will help them with their reading.

Spelling Frame is a really user friendly spelling website that we access in class and the children can play at home too.

https://spellingframe.co.uk  


Week at a Glance

Monday

PE day. Please come to school wearing PE kit.

Tuesday

Spelling test and new spellings set

Mrs Leah will be teaching in the morning.

PE day. Please come to school wearing PE kit.

Wednesday
  • Homework due in
Thursday
Friday
  • Homework sent home

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