Year 2
Welcome to Year 2 and a brand new school year.
It may have been a little while since some of you were in school but we have a very exciting year ahead with many new skills to develop and topics to explore. We cannot wait to see what we will be learning and to share our new learning with you at home. Mrs Joyce, Mrs Williams and Mr Moffatt will be joining us to support in class each morning and Mrs Joyce will be teaching us on a Friday morning.
Topics for this term:
Literacy: Stories with familiar settings, Postcards and Letters and Poetry
Numeracy: Number and Place Value, Addition and Subtraction and Measurement.
RE: The Chosen People and Mysteries
Science: Everyday Materials and The Environment
History: The Great Fire of London
Geography: Why don't penguins need to fly?
Computing: E-Safety and Computer Art
PE: Football
Art : Landscapes and Cityscapes
D&T : Puppets.
Please see the documents below for an overview of our whole year.
Other things you may need to know about Y2:
Reading Books: Your child will be heard to read regularly in school through guided reading sessions and our reading with RIC sessions as well as on an individual basis with an adult in class. Home reading books are for your child to read to you at home, a little every night if possible. A small positive comment or a short note about any problems in their reading log will be very helpful. Reading books will be changed in class on a Monday and a Friday.
PE: Our PE session will be on a Thurdsday afternoon, please ensure that your child comes to school in an appropraite outdoor PE kit, a lightweight waterproof may come in handy too.
Homework: Homework books will be sent home on a Friday, please ensure your child completes this and returns it to school by the following Wednesday. There will be Maths and English homework sent home on alternate weeks. As their English homework, your child may bring home ‘Big Talk’ homework in preparation for our Big Write on a Monday morning. This will provide opportunity for the children to discuss their ideas for their writing with you at home. Additionally, the children may also bring home a topic project over the holidays, this is their opportunity to share with you what they have been learning over the half term.
Miss Hodgson :)
Dear Year 2 and Parents/Carers,
Please find below a list of useful websites that you can access to support your child's learning at home.
Activity Book
A workbook with a range of different fun activities from across the curriculum.
http://www.tts-group.co.uk/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-TTSSharedLibrary/default/vaea75f5663a038b8658d258fd198e57ce70b35d6/images/homepage/My_Activity_Book_Yrs_5_7.pdf?version=1,584,037,589,000
RMEasimaths:
https://www.rmeasimaths.com/
Your Login and Password for these are in your Homework Books.
TTRockstars:
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/29196
Your Login and Password are the same as your RMEasimaths.
Nessy:
https://learn.nessy.com/account/login#/accountLogin
For those of you who have Nessy, your Login details and Password are in your Homework Books
Phonics Play
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
A range of phonics games. We should be accessing phase 4/5/6
Username: march20
Password: home
Twinkl
An excellent range of resources for all areas of the curriculum. Create a ‘New to Twinkl’ Login with the offer code CVDTWINKLHELPS
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/offer
Master the Curriculum
A wide range of Maths resources. You will need to register for an account then click on “Year 2”, “Maths”, “Mixed Objective Activities”. Each of these resources are now free to download once you have added them to your cart.
https://masterthecurriculum.co.uk/
White Rose Hub
A wide range of Maths resources
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/
Oxford Reading Tree
You just need to register an account to access the e-book online Library.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=Age+6-7&book=1&book_type=&series=#
Amazon Audible
Amazon Audible is offering free audible books during the school closures. There is a huge range of stories to listen to.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Top Marks
A range of Maths and English activities.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
BBC Bitesize
A range of activities for all areas of the curriculum
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p
ICT Games
A range of Maths and English activities
https://www.ictgames.com/
Attached also to our class page is the Year 2 spelling words, a list of high frequency spellings, the end of year expectations for Year 2 in Maths, Reading and Writing and a Home Learning Project document which includes a range of different tasks that you could complete. I will update our webpage regularly as we go through the closure with new learning projects and any new website links.
Don’t forget that you can read lots; you could share a book with someone at home, listen to them read or read to them as well as sharing a story with your brothers and sisters or reading independently.
Miss Hodgson