Year 2 Parrots and Woodpeckers
WELCOME TO YEAR 2!!
Woodpeckers and Parrots
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Miss Hunt KS1 Phase leader Woodpeckers class teacher | Miss Finnerty Parrots class teacher |
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Ms Doci TA Woodpecker class | Miss Quick TA Parrot class |
Key Dates coming up this term
Thursday 31st October- Drama Hut visit (Great Fire Of London) in school.
Halloween disco
Week beginning 4th November- parents evening please sign up for a slot.
Wednesday 13th November- 9am- Parrot class assembly- in the hall and school photos.
Monday 2nd December- 1:30 until 3pm parents/ carers invited in to created decorations with children.
Monday 9th December 2:30- Year 1 and 2 performance
Tuesday 10th December 9:15- Year 1 and 2 performance
General Information
Times of the school day
Classroom door opens at 8:40am
The door will be shut promptly at 8:50am. If the door is shut when you arrive, please take your child to the office and sign them in there :)
The school day finishes at 3:20pm. Please be prompt in being on the playground ready to collect your child and find out about their day.
School Uniform Reminder
It is expected that on days where your child is not wearing their PE kit that they wear correct school uniform.
Homework
Each week the children will receive spellings and times tables appropriate to their level. These will be in the children's homework books each week.
Please see the Online Help sheet attached below this paragraph.
SPELLINGS: Your children will be given spellings linked to their weekly phonics. These will be stuck onto the homework sheet every week. If you require an additional copy of these, please speak to your class teacher.
Spelling test is on a Thursday.
TIMESTABLES: Your children will be tested on their Timestables every Tuesday.
COLLINS BOOKS: Your child can log on online and read a book daily on the Collins website.
All of the above learning platforms require the internet or chrome.
Phonics
Our phonics scheme is Little Wandle. We will be learning and recapping our phase 5 sounds this term. Here are some of the phonics mats that we will be using in class. Support your child to practice their sounds and use them to help with their reading.
We welcome you to the Year 2 Information Page!
Throughout the Autumn Term we will be looking at a new context called 'Who Cares?'
Within this context we will learn all about people that care for us in the community, how to contact them and we will even gets some visits from them!
We will be looking at healthy food, exercise and what affects these have on our bodies. We will also be learning about animals and their babies, as well as learning about how humans change over time.
In History we will be looking at The Plague and The Great Fire of London, how the plague was spread, what symptoms you had if you caught it and how the Great Fire of London helped stop it.
Within Art we will explore the Artist called Arcimboldo who creates artwork using fruit and vegetables.
PE
Year 2 PE days are a Wednesday and Friday.
Please send your child in, in their PE kit.
A friendly reminder of what your child's PE kit should look like:
Additional learning at home
You can always carry on your learning, even when at home! Make sure you read for 10 minutes each day and then record it in your yellow reading record books to show your teachers!
Maths is also all around you! Can you count the steps in your house? Add together door numbers? Measure and weigh food/items when cooking?
Always practise your 2,5, and 10 times tables too!
Starter, rainbow and rocket words.
