Week Beginning 2nd December 2019

December 1, 2019


December 2019
Saturday 7th December – Christmas Fair
Thursday 12th December  – Year 2 Christmas Production
Friday 13th December – Christmas Jumper Day

English – Writing

The children will continue to look at features of a recount. The children will continue to write, edit and improve their recount.
– write about real events, recording these simply and clearly
– use past tense mostly correctly and consistently
– use coordinating (e.g. or/and/ but) and subordinating conjunctions ( e.g. when, if, that, because) to join clauses

 

The children will be introduced to ‘The Nativity Story’.

 
English- reading
We will start a new book called The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl. We will also be learning some new reading skills as a whole class using ERIC. The children will build their repertoire of different reading skills through the year.
When reading with your child, please use VIPERS when asking them questions on the book they are reading.

Maths Money

    • to find change
    • to solve two step problems with money
    • to recognise equal groups
  • to find change
    Children will work out how much change they should receive by either subtracting the total from the amount paid, or counting up to find the difference.
  • to solve two step problems with money
    A two-step problem is a word problem that requires two operations to solve it. This means that children must be familiar with the vocabulary associated with the mathematical symbols they are used to, in order to make sense of the word problem.
    An example of a two-step problem involving money: an orange cost 18p and apple cost 32p. How much change would you get from £1.

Children need to first add the total cost of the apple and orange and then take it away from £1.

  • to recognise equal groups
    Children will understand that equal means the same/it has to be fair

Science
This is the last week of the ‘The Materials Topic’. They will have a mini assessment.
ICT

Our ICT slot is on Tuesday afternoon. We are game testers. During this unit, the children will play and evaluate simple scratch games. We will discuss age ratings and increasing game addiction.

 

Art

The children will decorate Father Christmas, ready for the Christmas Fair.

Music 
Ministrings will continue every Wednesday. This week we will play some instruments that belong in the string family.
PE
Our PE slot is on Monday afternoon. We are currently focusing on balance and co-ordination.
Please ensure all children have their full PE kit in school (fully named).
PSHE
We have introduced the children to a programme called Zones of Regulation which we are hoping will help regulate feelings and emotions and offer the children the correct way to talk about their feelings. This week  we will continue to  think of suitable ways to regulate their feelings and match emotions to different zones.

Is your child an author?

 

If yes, head over to Grant Koper’s website. Your child has the opportunity to have their story published on his website and their story read out of YouTube by Grant himself!!!