Year 2
Look at our blog (link below) to see what we've been doing in Year 2!
Caption: Every day we spend 15 mintues completing our daily mile.
Welcome to Year 2. Our class teacher is Mrs Thorn who works alongside Mrs Joyce our teaching assistant.
In Year 2 we are working hard to learn lots of new things right across the curriculum. We are continuing to do the 'Daily Mile' each day. No matter what the weather we spend fifteen minutes running/ walking around the playground. This is to help both with our fitness and our concentration. Even Mrs Thorn is joining in.
In class we star everyday with the daily mile before doing our phonics and Literacy. After playtime we do our maths and all other subjects happen in the afternoon.
Our Topics for this half term are:
RE: The Good News, Science: Animals including humans, History: Explorers. Geography: How does Kampong Ayer compare to Kendal?, Computing:Using the Internet, PE: Dance, Art : Lowry .Music: Xylophones, D&T : sewing.
Other things you may need to know about Y2:
Reading Books: In class we will read every day so please make sure the children bring their books into class. Mrs Joyce will check reading books on a Tuesday and a Friday, if you have written in that the book has been read it will be changed. I will also hear the children read in groups, these books will be kept in school.
Topic Work: Each term I will send home pictures linked to our topics for you to look at, and talk about with your child. If you wish to put extra information in or suggest something they would like to find out about and send it back to class that would be lovely. The children are welcome to bring things into class which are linked to our topics.
PE, please make sure that all of their kit is in school everyday and that it has their names in it. We are also going to be completing the ‘Daily Mile’. This involves the children walking / running around the playground for 15 minutes. They do it in their normal uniform, wearing a coat if it is raining or taking their jumper off if it is sunny.
Homework: Each child will have a homework bag which will be sent home on a Friday. Please send it back in by Tuesday. I will vary the homework so that they bring home Literacy one week and Numeracy the next week. The children have been given their RM Easimaths logins and can do this at any time they wish.
SATs: The children will be completing their SATs during May. These will be done as part of our normal classroom activities and the children will not feel any pressure while we do them.
Rewards: We use the schools traffic light system where the children start on green and aim to stay on green. I will also have reward charts for the children to be given stamps and stickers for good work or behaviour. Once they have filled it they will be allowed to choose a reward.
Home time: We will be going out onto the back playground where we line up in a morning. I will only let the children out once I see who is collecting them so please stand where you can see the cloakroom. Please let school know if someone else is collecting them as there will be delay if we need to confirm with parents about changes in arrangements.