Welcome to Year 2

Teachers: Mrs Ingham and Mrs Hampson

Welcome to the Summer Term!

We are extremely proud of how all of the children have settled back into the new term.

English - 

We will be exploring different texts; including fiction, non-fiction and poetry and we will be writing for a range of purposes. We will be consolidating our use of punctuation within sentences- capital letters, full stops and introducing commas and apostrophes. We will also be continuing to use and apply known spelling rules within our independent writing.

We will be reading a range of fiction and non-fiction books linked to penguins. (Mrs Ingham's favourite!) This will even include writing our own prequel to the 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers. We will be researching about penguins and use our findings to write our very own penguin information text.

We will be exploring a range of texts linked to our topics of the seaside and transport from the past. 

Reading – We read in Year 2 EVERY day. This includes through guided reading, phonics activities and also by individual reading. Now that the children are in Year 2, we will also be furthering our reading for understanding and meaning. There will be additional focus on developing our comprehension skills.

Please continue to read with your child at home as often as you can. You can use your child’s reading diary as a method of communication with us about how your child is reading at home. The ‘Reading at home’ sheet is full of ideas of activities and questions that you can ask your child when reading at home. If you would like any help with this please ask a member of our team. Your child will read with an adult twice a week in school and these days will be written into your child's reading diary. 

Maths – 

We will be consolidating known methods for addition and subtraction and moving on to develop strategies for adding and subtracting two 2 digit numbers. You will see the strategies that we are using when we send home our weekly homework. These may be different to strategies that you wee taught at school, so please pop in to see a member of staff if you would like to ask about how to support your child at home.

We will also be exploring fractions- looking at fractions of shapes, quantities and numbers. Listen out for the fraction songs that your child may be singing at home!

We will also be consolidating our knowledge of the 2, 5 and 10 times tables alongside their corresponding division facts. Please encourage your child to log on to their TT Rockstars account where they can rehearse their 2, 5 and 10 times tables facts.

Please keep up with Numbots. Your child can access these from home. If you require your child's log in details, please let a member of Year 2 staff know.

Science – 

This term we will be exploring 'Plants'. During this topic we will be:

 

History -  


Mrs Ingham's favourite topic- The Great Fire of London!

During this topic we will be historians finding out all about what happened back in 1666. We will be exploring a range of sources, having an online workshop with the National Archives and even going on a school trip to Stockport Staircase House!

PE- Please remember to bring your PE kit (black shorts, white t-shirt and black pumps; all named) for each lesson. You can leave your PE kit on your peg if you prefer. 

2H PE day will be on a Friday afternoon

2I PE day will be on a Friday afternoon

 Reminders:

  • Please remember to send your child to school with a water bottle daily.
  • Please can all children bring a coat to school each day as it is starting to get colder.
  • Please can your child bring their reading book to school daily even if it is not their day to read with an adult in school.
  • Homework and spellings will be given out and returned to school on a Friday. Your child will bring their homework home in their folder and their spellings will be stuck into their orange spellings book.
  • Please can children bring their PE kit into school on a Friday. Your child can leave their PE kit on their peg. 
  • If you have any questions or queries you can contact the school office to arrange an appointment with your class teacher.

Thank you for your continued support.