Year 2 Class
Week beginning 2nd March 2020
This week our timetable has changed slightly as we are assessing the children during our reading and comprehension lessons and maths lessons.
Some of you may have heard your child talking about our 'secret agent training' (these are our assessments). The children have absolutely loved talking part in them so far this week as they are fully on board with the idea that these assessments are testing out their abilities and training their brains to potentially become the secret agents of our future! They have literally jumped for joy on each occasion that we have carried out assessments. This has been a very similar reaction to last years class and it is so lovely to see our children feeling joyous and excited about the challenges that face them as opposed to anxious and upset.
Our afternoon lessons have continued as normal and children will be learning:
Science- food chain art work
RE- the parable of the lost son
ICT- mind maps of Goldilocks and the three bears
Topic- 1960's
Don't forget that it's world book day on Thursday. We are excited to see all of the different, wonderful and creative costumes that the children will come into school in.
We will also be having a very exciting visit from an author to kick start the excitement of world book day.
Week beginning 24th February 2020
The children have settled back in beautifully this morning and shared lots of exciting news from their holidays. From skiing holidays, days out climbing, new wobbly teeth updates and even a christening, they seem to have had a lovely time.
This week we are learning the following:
- Reading Comprehension
- Spellings - Reading and spelling contractions e.g. aren't, won't
- Maths - Length. Pupils will be initially measuring with metre sticks talking generally about whether objects measure more or less than one metre. Then they will move to more accurate measuring using 15cm rulers. Any measuring you can do at home will certainly aid your child's understanding at school.
- Writing: We have a new book this week - but the title can't be revealed until after the first lesson on Thursday. Watch this space. The children will love it.
- Science: Food chains.
- History: 1960s topic. We will continue with our focus on Andy Warhol art.
- ICT: Using mind maps with digital content.
This half term we will continue to encourage the children to use a joined cursive handwriting style and to take pride in the appearance of their work.
- astronaut, Mars, Saturn, aliens
- responsible, tourist, entertain, somersaults, guided tour, craters, patiently, souvenir, wits (keep your wits)
Week commencing 2nd Dec
Comprehension- George and the dragon.
Spelling- adding ‘ies’ to verbs and nouns ending in ‘y’.
Composition- Christmas themed writing.
Numeracy- Multiplying by 2 5 and 10
Art- Christmas cards
Drama- Christmas play rehearsals
Homework
Spellings-
Flies Babies Marries
Tries Carries Families
Replies Cries
Copies Dries
Comprehension
Learning lines for the Christmas play
Additional notes
We have now sent out the letters detailing costumes needed for the Christmas play.
If you have not yet received one then please do not hesitate to contact us and we can send home a new letter.
Thank you for your support at home with helping the children to learn their lines for the play; the children are really starting to grow in confidence with this.
It is the Christmas Bazar this Friday and the children will have the opportunity to spend some of their money in the bazaar during the day.
Week commencing 18th November 2019
Spelling- spelling the sound ‘l’ with ‘il’ and ‘al’ at the end of words.
Composition- Instruction writing – focusing on children’s recipes
Numeracy- Multiplication
Science- Elastic experiment
Homework
Spellings
Maths- addition
Ticking text comprehension
Additional notes
It was lovely to see you all at last weeks parents evening. Thank you for all of your support.
For those parents who have requested a list of the weekly spellings, we hope you find this useful:
Pencil, fossil, nostril, pupil, metal, pedal, capital, hospital, animal, oval
Over the next couple of weeks our children will start to bring lines home to learn for the Christmas play. We are currently in the process of handing out parts. Several of our children have requested to have a non-speaking part in the play and we will respect each child’s wishes so as not to create any anxiety. For these children who have speaking parts can we ask for your support in learning these lines at home as soon as possible?
We will also be asking for your help in providing costumes for your children and we will send out letters to inform you of what is needed as soon as parts have been decided.
Week commencing 21st October
We have had a lovely first half term with your children and we hope that you all have a lovey half term break.
Comprehension- Timid Tim and the Cuggy Thief
Spelling- Common exception words.
Grammar- Address writing.
Composition- Writing a letter based on the book ‘Dear teacher’.
Numeracy- Subtraction.
Science- A hunt around school for wooden objects.
Homework
Spellings
Comprehension
Maths
Reading
Handwriting
Additional notes
Mad hair day
Please note that all of the parents evening appointments have now been given out so please do contact school if you have not yet received this.
Week commencing 14th October 2019
Spelling- ‘j’ spelt ‘g’ before ‘e’ ‘I’ ‘y’. ‘j’ spelt ‘j’ before ‘a’ ‘o’ ‘u’.
Grammar- Forms of sentences.
Composition- Plan and write a new adventure for a character in the story ‘Dear teacher’ written in the form of a letter.
Numeracy- Addition with renaming
Science- Recording data.
Humanities- looking at human and natural features of an island and designing our own islands to include these features.
Homework
Spellings
Maths- addition with renaming
Ticking text comprehension
Additional notes
Wear Red for racism on Friday.
Week commencing 7th October 2019
Spelling- ‘j’ spelt ‘g’ before ‘e’ ‘I’ ‘y’. ‘j’ spelt ‘j’ before ‘a’ ‘o’ ‘u’.
Grammar- Using conjunctions.
Composition- Fable writing
Numeracy- Addition
Science- Absorbency experiment
Humanities- Continents of the world
RE- 10 lepers
Homework
Spellings
Maths- addition
Ticking text comprehension
Additional notes
Individual school photographs on Thursday.
Week commencing 30th Sep
The children are beginning to settle into the very busy routine of year 2 and seem to be enjoying the challenge that it brings.
Comprehension- this week we have been working on a range of comprehension challenges but our whole class comprehension has been about ‘The Lions Lunch’.
Spelling- the spelling rule for this week is ‘wr’ for r.
Grammar- Our focus is grammar this week is to create compound sentences using the conjunctions and, so & but.
Numeracy- We are focusing on number bonds using tens and ones.
Science- This week’s science has focused around all of the different types of scientific enquiry.
RE- The topic of Good News is continuing with the story of the Jairus’s daughter.
Homework
Wr spelling and handwriting
Ticking text comprehension
Additional notes
Thank you for your time and support on Friday for the ISING POP performances on Friday. If you do wish to purchase any of the merchandise that was on offer please fill in a form and return to school.
Welcome back to school Year 2! We hope you have all had a fantastic summer. And we are looking forward to seeing you all and hearing about what you have been up to. We are also looking forward to an exciting year ahead with you all. We have lots of lovely things planned for you and we hope that you enjoy the Year 2 adventure!
Week commencing 9th September 2019
We will be spending time over this week getting to know your children both personally and academically in preparation for the year ahead.
- Science- We will be starting the year off with our materials topic.
- Humanities- We will also be starting our St Lucia study in Geography.
- RE- Our topic for this half term is Good News.
Homework
This week, your child will bring home their reading pack which will consist of two reading books. Please do not feel pressure to read both of these books in one week. This is purely to give you the option to hear your child read more should you wish.
Additional notes
We look forward to meeting you at our learning links meeting on Tuesday 10th September at 5.30.
We will update this year 2 class page on a regular basis to inform you of what it is that we are covering in school. We will also update the Dawpool twitter page each week with photographs of our exciting experiences.
- Reading Comprehension
- Spellings - Reading and spelling contractions e.g. aren't, won't
- Maths - Length. Pupils will be initially measuring with metre sticks talking generally about whether objects measure more or less than one metre. Then they will move to more accurate measuring using 15cm rulers. Any measuring you can do at home will certainly aid your child's understanding at school.
- Writing: We have a new book this week - but the title can't be revealed until after the first lesson on Thursday. Watch this space. The children will love it.
- Science: Food chains.
- History: 1960s topic. We will continue with our focus on Andy Warhol art.
- ICT: Using mind maps with digital content.