Welcome to Year 2!
2CG Monday-Wednesday |
Mrs Gilbertson 2CG Thursday-Friday 2GB Monday |
Mrs Browne 2GB Tuesday-Friday
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2CG Everyday |
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Spring Term 2 We have got another fun half-term ahead, with engaging topics and fun challenges for everyone to enjoy. Please read on for more information. This half term we will celebrate World Book Day which is always lots of fun and we look forward to meeting with parents and careers during our parent's evening appointments.
Spring Term Dates:
12-16/2/2024 - Spring half term 19/2/24 - return to school 23/2/24 - PTFA non-uniform day 6/3/24 - Parents Evening 7/3/24 - World Book Day 12/3/24 - Parents Evening 21/3/24 - Parents Evening 28/3/24 - last day of school - early finish @2 pm
English: As a school, we use Talk4Writing as a framework and all of the units are based on this. We will start our English by learning all about writing suspended stories. Children will have the opportunity to learn a text, then imitate it by changing the characters and the setting, and then will go on to create their own fiction stories full of suspense! This process creates building blocks for the children to become confident writers and structure their writing in an organised, clear way. We will be using, varied sentence starters, time connectives, thinking about using correct tenses, using descriptive noun phrases including exciting adjectives, and similies, and using speech. Of course still including our non-negotables such as capital letters, full stops, and finger spaces. We will also be editing our own work to give children the skills to edit and improve their writing. Our Non-fiction focus, later this half term, is writing non-chronological reports. The unit is based around superheroes so there will be lots of opportunities for creative thinking and exciting ideas. The children will learn how to plan, set out, and write interesting fact files.
Cursive Handwriting This term we will continue to work hard with the children to practice their cursive handwriting. We have attached the 'a Guide to cursive handwriting' PPT document. T-L-904-Letter-Formation-Powerpoint.ppt
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Reading, Phonics and Spelling : Phonics/spelling lessons happen every day. We will do this as a class and provide extra support for children who need it. Large Group Guided Reading sessions Fluent Readers - Once the children become ‘fluent readers’ we will be reading whole class texts with the children. They will read more challenging texts, such as chapter books, using a range of skills to discuss and answer questions about the books. These sessions are not recorded in their Reading Records, but they have a Guided Reading book, where they record work relating to the text that is being studied. We will endeavor to hear individual readers as often as possible. Children are assessed with their phonics and reading regularly throughout the year. Practice Reading sessions Phonic-based readers -In these small group lessons, the focus is largely on decoding, fluency, and comprehension. The children will read independently and to an adult, within their group. It will be marked in their reading records that they have had a practice reading session with adult support on that day. They will read with adult support several times a week depending on the week Once the children have read a book with their reading group at school, they will bring it home for further practice, along with an additional decodable book which will be changed weekly. Please help us to make sure that we can send home decodable books for all the children by returning both your child's reading books every Friday. Once the children are fluent readers, they will be reading longer books in school and will be able to independently change their home readers whenever they need to. Please continue to send their reading record book to school every day.
English Homework: Reading We would like the children to read at home at least 4- 5 times a week with an adult. More able readers will then start to read more independently but it is still important for children to read out loud and have the opportunity to ask and answer questions about the vocabulary and text. Alongside reading school books we actively encourage children to read a wide range of books at home.
Spelling (link) (logins in reading records)
This term there will be some changes to the way spelling homework will be set. Spelling challenges are set every Friday and we will now provide weekly paper homework with the spellings as a lot of children are not using the Spelling Shed app. The spellings will be set out as the 'Look, Say, Cover, and Write format. They will also be on the site but we are going to use paper homework this term to see if this improves children's learning. The words will comprise spellings linked to the spelling taught that week alongside some Common Exception Words that Year 2 needs to be able to read and write by the end of Year 2. We would like children to practice their spelling at least 3 x a week.
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Extra English support: Please take a look at these helpful questions to discuss with your child. They can be used when your child reads to you, when you read to your child or to prompt discussion about books your child is reading independently.
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www.oxfordowl.co.uk - Free eBook library when you create a username and password. |
Maths
We will be following the White Rose maths curriculum.
This half term we will continue our Multiplication and Division block unit. Children will move on to learning their 2x, 5x, and 10 x tables. This will include rapid recall of facts and understanding how the division facts relate to the multiplication calculations.
We will then move to a new topic - Measurement
Length and height
Pupils build on their understanding of measures from year 1, to begin using standard units of measurement with increasing accuracy. Children learn to measure in centimetres and metres and to compare and order lengths & heights.
Mass, capacity and temperature
In year 2, pupils are introduced to mass, capacity and temperature, and learn to measure in grams, kilograms, millilitres and litres. The four operations are used to solve problems with both mass and capacity and children begin using ℃ to describe temperature.
Maths homework:
Homework activity 1 - play Numbots for at least 10 minutes, 3 times per week which will help to build fluency with number facts.
Log-ins for Numbots will be in the front of your child's reading record.
Homework activity 2 - Arithmetic activity sheet - to go out every Friday and be returned on the following Wednesday. A letter will be sent out during the first week giving more information. The will now be double-sided. If your child completes just A ( easier) just do As both sides, A & B do both sides A & B, and so on.
Numbots is an ongoing maths challenge program, that supports children's mathematical knowledge and understanding. We would like children to extend their learning by using Numbots at least 3 times a week.
ttrockstars.com (link)
This term we will be introducing the children to TTRockstars - This is an engaging and fun app that the whole school uses to embed and develop times tables.
Please watch the video below for more information.
We now set the children optional homework on My Maths . Children have been introduced to this and have the logins in the front of their reading records. Activities will be set in blocks to continue previous learning in maths that we have been doing at school.
What are we doing in other subjects this half term?
Science: Living things and their Habitats
In this topic, children will learn about:
Explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive. They will identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other. They will also identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats. Children will describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food.
Topic: Exploring the Ice - History
In this topic, we will be looking at several brave polar explorers from different periods. We will look at how society treated them, their form of transportation, equipment and difficulties. We will compare past and present explorers and ask and answer questions about we challenge and successes they had.
ART: Ephemeral art - Andy Goldsworthy
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MUSIC: Voice training and Ocarina
(The children have a weekly music lesson with our music specialist teacher, Mrs Bell, in the music room)
Useful Information
PE Days
Our PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please ensure children come to school in their PE kit on these days.
Library Days
We will be visiting the library to change books every Monday.
Books are issued for two weeks at a time but can be returned earlier. If your child wishes to keep a book for longer than two weeks, please send it in to school on a Wednesday so that it can be renewed.
You can check which books your child currently has on loan along with the return dates on Reading Cloud. Log-in details are in the front of your child's reading record. If a book has got lost, we ask for a £5 contribution towards replacing the book. Please speak to your child's class teacher.
Park Mead Primary School, Park Drive, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 7HB
01483 274315
info@park-mead.surrey.sch.uk