Year 2
Class teachers
Mrs Bellas
Welcome to our Year 2 class page! In year two, we love making learning fun and are always here to help you on your learning journey. Don't forget that there are so many adults in class and around school who are always here to help you, and God is always here for us too.
On this page you will find all the key information you’ll need throughout the year along with information about our learning.
Key things to remember:
- Please bring your reading books and your red diary to school every day.
- You will need to wear your PE kit on Mondays and Thursdays this half term.
- You will be taking home a book to share with your family and have another book to help improve your phonics and fluency in reading. Please try to read both books at home every day.
- Spelling and Arithmetic tests day is Thursday.
- Friday is our independent reading day. You can bring a book from home to read in class and share with others!
- Spelling homework is now set online via Spelling Frame every Thursday. You will find your unique login for this in your Red Reading Records.
- Arithmetic homework is sent out on Friday.
Our Mission Statement and school prayer
Religious Education
In RE this half term, we will explore the different encounters between Jesus and his disciples after his Resurrection. We will also learn about Pentecost and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Writing
During this half term we will be focusing on using great language, punctuation and more complex sentences to write non fiction texts.
The children will be exploring the book 'This is how we do it' by Matt Lamothe, and other non-fiction texts.
Throughout their writing, the children will be encouraged the use new language to bring their writing to life; use a range of conjunctions to extend their sentences; organise their work to keep it cohesive and to vary their sentence starters to engage their reader. The children will also be taught to re-read their work and begin to check that it makes sense and to find any errors in spelling and punctuation.
We will continue to practise our handwriting using Bubble Handwriting, inclusive of the cursive script, checking letters are all of a consistent size and ensuring capital letters and ascending letters are much taller.
Reading
In Year 2 we begin our transition away from phonics to support us in becoming confident, fluent, life-long readers.
In class, we have regular guided reading sessions where we begin to think more deeply about texts we read and answer some questions to show our understanding.
Each day ends with story time, where the children are given the opportunity to immerse themselves in a class book read by the teacher.
Please see below a link which will take you to our literacy page. Here you will be able to access a range of documents and videos to help with the pronunciation of phonetical sounds to help your children with their reading.
Mathematics
In maths this half-term, the children will be focusing on developing their knowledge and understanding of fractions beginning with recognising fractions through pictorial representations, then moving on to concrete and abstract questions.
Next, we will become masters of measuring, focusing first on how we measure time and then learning how to tell the time accurately.
Take a look at the website below. On here, you will find some great tools to help bring your learning to life using all the manipulatives we use in the classroom at home on your device!
https://whiteroseeducation.com/resources/digital-tools
Please continue to complete the arithmetic homework, working daily on four operations and practise the 2, 5 and 10 times tables at home to help your child’s speed and accuracy of recalling those multiplication facts.
History
In history this half-term we will be learning about two great explorers: Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong. We will discuss their lives, achievements and the impact of these have had on our lives.
Curriculum Details
Please see links below for more details about the curriculum
Homework
- Spelling test day is Thursday. Spelling homework is now set online via Spelling Frame. You will find your unique login for this in your Red Reading Records.
- Arithmetic test day is Thursday. Arithmetic homework is sent out on a Friday.
Please make sure you are practising these at home each day to help you learn.
Remember, if you get full marks on your spellings and arithmetic, you will earn a save for each!
Helpful links
Below you will find some useful links to resources you might like to access at home.
Please keep reading!
Follow the link below to read free eBooks online on the Oxford Owl library:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
Click on these extra links below to play some exciting maths games linked to your times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train
Addition without exchanging
Adding with exchanging
Have a go at completing your own addition questions.
Sing! Sing! Sing!
Sing Up at Home
If you enjoy singing and would like to learn a new song, follow the below link to visit the Sing Up at Home page. There will be a new song uploaded with a performance track and backing track each week and pointers and tips of how to sing the song successfully.
Good luck and happy singing!