Welcome to Year 2!
We are the Curious Cats!
Hello and welcome to Year 2! I am Mrs Baldwin and I am very excited to be your teacher. We are very lucky to be supported by Miss Owen this year in Year 2.
Class Dojo
We regularly share the children's excellent work on our Class Dojo platform so please do keep checking our page. We will share any class announcements and photos of us busy being Curious Cats here too.
Learning in Year 2
This year, we will be building on our knowledge from Year 1 and exploring many new and interesting things!
During the Autumn term, we will be learning all about how we learnt to fly and whether we would prefer to live in a hot or cold place. In Science, we will be discovering more about life cycles through the Animals Including Humans unit. In Maths, we will develop our understanding of number and place value, addition and subtraction and money. In English, we will be reading lots of new texts including fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
In the Spring term, we will be delving into learning about the Monarchy not and in Christopher Columbus' time along with learning what it would be like to live by the coast. In Science, we will be learning about different uses of everyday materials and living things and their habitats. In Maths, we will revisit shape, fractions and multiplication and division. In English, we will be writing a range of text types including; poems, instructions and diaries.
In the Summer term, we will be exploring how school was different in the past, especially looking at Victorian times and finding out more about our Wonderful World and the different Continents. In Science, we will be growing plants from seeds. In Maths, we will practise measuring length and height, and learning to tell the time. In English, we will continue to develop our grammar and reading skills in readiness for Year 3.
Our learning in RE will continue to focus on developing our relationship with God through prayer and learning more about Jesus’ life. Please scroll down to the bottom of the web page to find the Year 2 prayers that we will be learning.
The values and virtues this half term are... Learned and Wise.
Important Days
Mass – Mass is every Thursday morning at 9am.
PE – PE lessons are on Mondays and Wednesdays in the afternoon. Please make sure your child arrives at school wearing the correct PE kit and all items are labelled with their name.
Homework
Each week your child will have homework to complete. This may be spellings, Maths or a piece of work to support other areas of the curriculum. Homework will be sent home on Fridays and needs to be completed and handed in by the following Friday. Don't forget - Dojo points are rewarded for completed homework :)
Below is a list of useful websites your child could also use to support their learning:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/
http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/mathionaire-addition-quiz.html
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm
Faith assembly will take place weekly on Mondays.
Achievement assembly will take place every Friday morning.
Learning at Home
Please support your child’s learning by listening to him/her read every night. Don't forget - Dojo points are rewarded for reading at home :)
Please help your child to learn their spellings which will be tested every Friday. Spelling results will be shared with parents via your child's individual portfolio.
Don’t forget to use Numbots, Times Table Rock Stars and Oxford Owl!
Useful Links
https://play.numbots.com/#/intro
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stjosephsws15
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