Year 2

Welcome to Year 2!

Thank you for visiting the Year 2 class page.

The class teacher is Mr Hoyle and the teaching assistant is Mrs Keeling.

Year 2 Autumn term

This first half term we will be learning the following topic areas which you can support at home:

Numeracy

-Place value of numbers to and above 100

-Introduction to the bar model/part-whole model

-Number bonds of 10 and 100

-Multiplication tests, including 3 times tables

- Addition and Subtraction of double digit numbers

Literacy

• Different sentence types
• Postcards and writing letters
• Introduction to exclamation marks
• Traditional tales

Science

-Characteristics of living things

-Habitats

-Food chains

Topic

-The UK

We will look at the countries that make up the United Kingdom and the national flags of each country. We will be studying modern London for our timeline before we look at the Great Fire of London next term.

RE

-The books of the Bible

-Inspirational Christians

PE

PE kits will be required next week and Year 2 do PE on a Wednesday.

Please ensure all items of kit are labelled with your child’s name.

Spellings

Spellings will continue to be tested on a Thursday and children will be given spellings to support their phonetic development.

Year 2 common exception words are likely to appear on tests and assessments this year so I will send these home with the first list of spellings for revision.

Multiplications

Tests on multiplications take place at regular intervals throughout the year. We will focus on 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables in a multiplication and division form.

We will also be practising the doubling and halving of numbers and number bonds of 10 and 100.

Library and reading records

Our class will now be the first Year 2 class to take non-fiction books home from our school library. We will change school library books on Friday afternoon.

Home reading books will be changed on Mondays so please return these for the start of the week. Books will not be changed until a comment is made in reading records.

We will be arranging a trip to Droylsden Library within the Autumn term.

KS1 celebration assembly

Years 1 and 2 will be hosting celebration assemblies for the children every Wednesday morning. This is a chance to get our classes together for a morning story, messages and to practise hymns and songs together.

Children can also bring in badges, trophies, medals and certificates each Wednesday to get a round of applause for their achievements from their friends and teachers.

Messages

ClassDojo is now active for our class and messages can be sent using this service. Please be reminded that the service is active between the hours of 8.00am and 5.00pm and messages are usually replied to within the school day.

I am available at the start and end of each day for short discussions. If you wish to have a longer discussion, I can happily make an appointment at a convenient time.

Best wishes,

Mr Hoyle

Year 2's Twitter account

Year 2 have a Twitter page where events of the week are displayed.  We show pictures of what we are learning in class and our excellent creations.  Mr Hoyle also posts links to events happening in the community.

You can find us at the following address:  @Y2_Stmarys

Spring term 2

From March until the Easter half term break, we will be covering the following topics in our lessons:

Numeracy

- Finding fractions of numbers (quarters, three quarters and thirds)

- Addition and subtraction methods, such as using number lines and bar models

- Intervals of time for 5 minute intervals

- 2D and 3D shapes 

Literacy

- World Book Week

- Sentence types and SPAG practise

- Non-fiction and fiction writing based on our topic

Topic

- This term we starting our exploration topic, beginning with space and the planets of the solar system.  We will also be learning about Neil Armstrong.

Science

- We will be continuing our investigations into materials and their properties.

- We will also be conducting experiments as part of our CREST award.

PE

- As the weather improves, we will having PE sessions outside and we will be continuing our basketball lessons with a little more space to practise our running and passing with the ball.

RE

- We will starting our study of the symbols of Easter and why these symbols are important in the Easter story.

Useful websites

A few parents have asked if there are any useful websites that can be used at home.  You will find below a list of a few websites that we use in school which can support your child in various ways.  I will add websites throughout the term.

1) Phonics

Phonicsbloom.com

Teachyourmonstertoread.com

phonicsplay.co.uk

galacticphonics.com

2) Typing skills

j2e.com

scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters

abcya.com/typing_rockets

bigbrownbear.co.uk/learntotype