Year 2

EYFS & KS1 Christmas Performance 2018

Year 2 - Maths: Practising Addition and Subtraction with Dienes

Year 2 - 2C's Trip to The Postal Museum

Year 2 Visit the Natural History Museum

Year 2 - Science: Living Things

Class Teachers

Ms S Maciver (Class 2M)
Ms S Cosovic (Class 2C)

Welcome to Year 2 and a new Spring term

PE Days: Tuesday PM & Wednesday AM

Children are encouraged to bring in their PE bags on Monday.

Reading

Children should bring in their book bags every day. Please comment and sign book records to show they are reading for 20 minutes each day. Reading with your child makes so much difference.

Breakfast

Please ensure your child has breakfast before coming to school as it can affect their focus and concentration.

Water bottles

Children are encouraged to bring in water bottles with plain water. Water bottles also need to be made from plastic or metal.

Literacy

Long Burst 1:

We will continue focusing on retelling the real life events. Later on this term, we will be writing formal and informal letters.

Key Features

1st person
Simple and compound sentences
Questions for recipient
Rhetorical questions
Variety of salutations/sign off
Accurate use of tenses
A variety of punctuation marks

Numeracy

For the first half of the term we will having fun with:

Fractions of shapes and amounts
Multiplication
Division
Time
Addition & Subtraction

For the second half of the term we will be looking at:

Measurement
Addition & Subtraction in the context of length
Multiplication & Division in the context of length
Geometry: Position & Direction

Cross-Curricular Studies

This term, we will be exploring what makes a person significant. We will be comparing explores from different periods, exploring the lives of Sarah Marquis, Neil Armstrong and Captain Scott.

Science

Spring 1:

Uses of everyday material

Spring 2:

Plants

SEAL/ PSHE

We are looking through the Jigsaw unit, Dreams and Goals.

Spelling

Year 2 is revising all the common exception words from Year 1. We also need to able to read all our phonics sounds we have learned so far. We will be bringing home weekly spelling list; please make time to practise with your child!

Week number 5

oh
their
his
her
picture
catch
kitchen
gentle
need
than

Week number 6

home
going
know
knew
knife
knock
knit
knee
gnaw
gnat

Week number 7

people
or
because
horse
come
some
castle
gave
lived

Week number 8

Mr
Mrs
here
there
where
worm
work
bear
learn
near

Week number 9

looked
who
after
last
couldn’t
wouldn’t
shouldn’t
pull
pulled
push

Week number 10

called
school
didn’t
somewhere
everywhere
nowhere
care
square
Saturday
tear

Week number 11

asked
can’t
know
was
because
always
fork
your
wanted
coming

Handwriting

We will be following the Nelson programme for Handwriting. Please check we are forming our letters correctly to help us write better!

Newsmail

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