Week beginning 2^nd October 2017

Thank you to those of you who attended our Year Two parent workshop last Thursday. We hope that you found it informative. If you have any concerns or questions then we are always here to help.

We will be covering the following objectives during the week commencing 2^nd October 2017.

Writing

We are almost ready to write our own stories based on The Enormous Turnip. Then we will be thinking about the editing process in order to self-assess our work and make our writing as good as possible!

After that we will be moving on to writing persuasive letters to a circus which is linked to our topic ‘The Circus is Coming to Town’. We have already had a look at how circuses have changed over time and the way in which some circuses mis-treat animals which will form the basis of our letters.

Phonics/ SPaG

We are continuing to recap phase 5 alternative graphemes and spelling patterns during daily phonics sessions. We will also be consolidating using the past tense and looking at the four different sentence types: commands, statements, questions and exclamatory sentences.

Reading

We will be doing guided reading every week. This helps us to form part of our reading assessment data. We will be completing reading assessments over the next fortnight to check that your child is on the correct book band!

Our class read is The Twits by Roald Dahl. It has proven to be a hit so far!

Maths

Our focus this half term is on number and place value. We will be comparing numbers using less than (<), greater than (>) and equal to (=).  We now have a big emphasis on reasoning and problem solving in every lesson. The children are already becoming much more confident and independent using the maths mastery approach.

Topic

Our topic this half term is The Circus is Coming to Town. There are many links to science, history and geography within this. We are all agreed that being part of a circus sounds very exciting!

PE

PE is on a Monday and Wednesday afternoon.

Monday: pilates.

Wednesday: ball skills.

RE

We will be looking at why things are special to people. This will be taught by our PPA teachers on a Thursday morning.

PSHE

We are thinking about strategies we can use to stop us from calling out or saying the wrong thing. We used a story called ‘My Mouth is a Volcano’ which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9fXtvcxLlc .

ICT

We will be looking at how to use algorithms to program digital devices. We will also learn how to debug simple programs.

Key information

Reading books are changed every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We expect your child to read to you every evening and for this to be recorded in their reading record. You can:

• Just sign or initial.
• Write a comment e.g if the book was challenging, too easy, any particular words your child found difficult to read, any questions that you asked and your child’s response.

Homework:

Homework will be given out on a Thursday or Friday afternoon. We expect it to be completed the following Tuesday.

 

We will be trialing both Spellodrome and Mathletics homework for which you will be sent passwords shortly. If your child does not have access to a computer/ tablet at home, then please let us know.

Trips

Tuesday 3^rd October- Science Museum trip – we will be taking part in interactive workshops there.

More details about other upcoming trips will be sent home over the next few weeks.

We will also be sending letters home soon about Ministrings. It is free of charge, although if your child wishes to bring their instrument home then there is a small deposit to pay. This week the children will be holding and testing the instruments to find out which might be the most suitable for them. If you have any preferences then please let me know.

Thank you for all of your continued support.

Miss Stroud

 

We have had another fantastic week in Year 2. Today (Friday 22nd September) we had our first ministrings session which everyone enjoyed.

We will be covering the following objectives during the week commencing 25th September:

Writing

We will be continuing with our work on The Enormous Turnip. We have been busy planning a shared substitution story called The Enormous Carrot. We also changed some characters. Next week we will be thinking about our own innovations and beginning to write our own stories.

Phonics/ SPaG

We are continuing to recap phase 5 alternative graphemes and spelling patterns. We will also be looking at time adverbials and how to use the present and past tense correctly.

Reading

We will be doing guided reading every week. This helps us to form part of our reading assessment data.

Our class read is The Twits by Roald Dahl. It has proven to be a hit so far!

Maths

Our focus this half term is on number and place value. We will be continuing to look at how to partition numbers in different ways. Also, we will be comparing numbers using less than (<), greater than (>) and equal to (=).  We now have a big emphasis on reasoning and problem solving in every lesson.

Topic

Our topic this half term is The Circus is Coming to Town. There are many links to science, history and geography within this. We are all agreed that being part of a circus sounds very exciting!

PE

PE is on a Monday and Wednesday afternoon.

Monday: pilates.

Wednesday: ball skills.

RE

We will be looking at why things are special to people. This will be taught by our PPA teachers on a Thursday morning.

PSHE

To be confirmed.

ICT

We will be looking at how to use algorithms to program digital devices. We will also learn how to debug simple programs.

 

Key information

Reading books are changed every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We expect your child to read to you every evening and for this to be recorded in their reading record. You can:

• Just sign or initial.
• Write a comment e.g if the book was challenging, too easy, any particular words your child found difficult to read, any questions that you asked and your child’s response.

 

Homework:

Homework will be given out on a Thursday or Friday afternoon. We expect it to be completed the following Tuesday.

 

We will be trialling both Spellodrome and Mathletics homework for which you will be sent passwords shortly. If your child does not have access to a computer/ tablet at home, then please let us know.

Celebrations and successes

Well done to Amirah, Alana, Lalith and Simone who all received merit cards this week.

Trips

There are lots of exciting trips coming up this half-term. A letter has been sent home.

More details about each individual trip will follow shortly.

We will also be sending letters home within the next few weeks about Ministrings. It is free of charge, although if your child wishes to bring their instrument home then there is a small deposit to pay.

Thank you for all of your continued support.

 

Miss Stroud 🙂