Dear Parents / Guardians,
Hello and welcome to Year 2 – we hope your children have an enjoyable time throughout the year.
Literacy and Numeracy this half term will be taught following the guidelines as detailed in the Revised Primary Framework.
Literacy
This term’s objectives will be covered whilst studying a range of texts which include:
Narrative
Stories with familiar settings
Non-fiction
Instructions
Poetry
Creating Images
We will continue to do Big Writing every Friday and spelling, grammar, punctuation and comprehension work is, as always, ongoing throughout the year.
Numeracy
This term’s objectives will cover the seven strands as detailed in the Primary Framework:
- Using and Applying Mathematics
- Counting & Understanding Number
- Knowing & Using Number Facts
- Calculating
- Understanding Shape
- Measuring
- Handling Data
Please Note: Children are expected to know their 2, 5 & 10 times tables by heart by the end of Year 2; any help you can give them at home would be greatly appreciated.
Topic Work
Our topic this term is ‘Fire’. We shall be learning about The Great Fire of London, Samuel Pepys and his Diary, Fireworks and Fire Safety and a range of other interesting themes all connected to fire. Our topic work will allow children access to lots of curriculum areas: History, Art, Drama, Geography, ICT, Music, Design and Technology and also improve their reading, writing and recording skills.
The fire brigade will come to visit the children and talk to them about Fire Safety and hopefully extinguish a minute version of the Great Fire of London.
If anybody has any books or resources that may enhance our Fire Topic please send them into school; we promise they will be well looked after!
Science
Our Topics this term are Using Electricity & Forces and Movement. Children will learn about the different sources of electricity and become more aware of electrical appliances and safety around the home. They will build their own electrical circuit using a switch and a bulb. In the forces and Movement topic children will carry out a range of scientific investigations and learn about pushes, pulls, twists and turns and explore the concept of speeding up and slowing sown. They will record their observations using a range of graphs and charts.
Religious Education
Gifts – Harvest of Hands – taught by Miss Brown/ Mrs Robinson on a Thursday morning.
PSHCE
New Beginnings & Getting on Falling Out - taught by Miss Brown/Mrs Robinson on a Thursday morning.
Music
Taught by Miss Brown/Mrs Robinson on a Thursday morning.
French
Taught by Frederic (our French Student) on a Thursday afternoon.
PE:
1st Half Term:
Gym: Dunham– Tuesday pm 2
Gym: Tatton Thursday pm 2 – indoor PE kit required
Dance – Thursday am – indoor PE kit required
2nd Half Term:
Games – Tuesdays and Thursdays for both classes – outdoor footwear and warm/waterproof kit will be needed.
Homework
Literacy and Numeracy homework will be set and taken home every Friday. Homework folders should be returned by Wednesday. Spelling tests will continue to be carried out on a Monday; please help your child learn their spellings at home. We may also, from time to time, ask your child to do some research for a particular topic. Please get involved with your child’s homework; your help and assistance is invaluable.
We will collect all ‘home reading records’ on a regular basis so that we can check all children are reading regularly at home and respond to any of your comments and observations. Your son/daughter will be able to change their reading books whenever they have finished them; changing of books is not restricted to any particular day.
We hope your child enjoys the first term in Year 2. If you have any queries concerns, or need to speak to us at any time, please find us at the end of the day or send a note into school with your son/daughter and we will respond appropriately.
Regards
Hayley Marshall – 2 Dunham
Sarah Royle – 2 Tatton