2Crystal - Mrs Loynds

2Lion - Mrs Dunn

Year 2 is supported by Ms Rubery and Mrs Sheppard

Key information: 

P.E. 

Children will need to come to school in their P.E. kits on their allocated P.E. days. Please ensure that children are wearing the correct P.E. kit (black shorts or joggers / red t-shirts, black trainers) and that long hair is tied up and earrings are removed on these days. 

Reading Diaries - please send these to school everyday!

We value reading and have fabulous reading areas for the children to enjoy. We actively promote reading at home (aim for 15 minutes per evening). Children will be able to move their names up our reading challenge display each day in recognition of their efforts with home reading if their diaries are signed accordingly. 

We have regular reading sessions which will develop your child’s passion for reading as well as their comprehension and fluency skills. Each day, the class teacher will read to the children. We love this part of the day and it is always well received by the children too! We will be exploring and discussing the language, vocabulary, feelings and themes within a variety of high-quality texts. In addition to this, we will be listening to the children reading a range of texts and teaching them how to talk about books confidently and develop their comprehension skills to a deeper level.

Books will be changed on Fridays.

Reminder - Please make sure that reading diaries and books are in school everyday and that you comment in and sign your child’s reading records each time they read to you.

If children have read their book from school, we encourage children to read the book again (if it isn't too long) to help develop their fluency. They are also encouraged to read books from home. Why not visit the library? It's the perfect opportunity to look at different texts and find an author you love!

Recorders - Friday

We are very lucky to be able to have DPA providing recorder lessons each week. Update videos / photos of the classes progress shall be posted regularly on Dojo, so be sure to keep a look out. Later on in the year, the children will perform a recorder concert in-front of the parents. We look forward to this special afternoon in the summer term 2025.

Water bottles 

Please bring fresh water or squash from home each day. We politely remind you that only sports bottles (not screw top bottles) are acceptable as they help to avoid any nasty spillages!

Class Dojo

Children will continue to earn dojo points for positive behaviour, learning and displaying our school values. We will also keep you updated with our learning and achievements through our class and year group stories, so please ensure your notifications are active and you join both Dojo pages (class and year group). We would love for you to 'like' or 'comment' on any Dojo posts to show us that you have seen / read them! 

Please note: Private Dojo messages will be responded to within 48hours so please contact the school office for any urgent / going home messages. 

Our topic this half term is...

India!

We will be learning all about this fabulous country. We will use atlases and maps to help us find out where India is located in relation to the continents and oceans; we will learn about the equator and how this affects India's climate; we will explore human and physical features of India and compare them to where we live and we will learn about the traditions of this fabulous place including music, food, wildlife and land use. Come with us on our magical journey to India...the land of diversity.

English -

This term we will be using our model text (based on 'Pattan's Pumpkin' by Chitra Soundar) to inspire us to write our own Indian stories. We will learn all about dialogue and how we can use inverted commas to demarcate speech. We will learn that a new line is used each time a new speaker communicates and will experiment with dialogue in our own stories. We will also experiment with powerful verbs to show characters feel and behave.

We will finish the term by looking at a range of Indian poems; exploring their structure and themes. We will use these as models to write our own Indian poetry and we will then perform our creations to an audience. 

Maths - 

In Maths we will be learning about fractions, time and measure. We will learn about halves, quarters and thirds and the difference between equal and unequal parts. We will also learn about unit and non-unit fractions. In time we will be learning to read analogue clocks to the hour, half hour and quarter past / to. We will then go on to tell time to the nearest 5 minutes. Finally, we will learn about statistics and measure ranging from tally charts and block graphs to measuring in grams and kilograms, millilitres and litres. It is going to be a busy term!

Children are expected to learn x2, x5 and x10 tables off by heart by the end of Year 2. They also need to count in steps of 3. Please remember you can also visit https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button to help your child learn their times table facts (focus on x2, x3, x5 and x10).

These are some other fun resources to help your child learn their tables:

2x table song: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/articles/zrrx92p 

2x table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDosXgAnq80 

5x table song: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/articles/zhbm47h 

5x table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uoduP6sTjA 

10x table song: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/articles/zm32cqt 

10x table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1uqnpnltI 

Doodle Learning - 

Children have all be given a log in for Doodle Learning. You will need to download Doodle Maths and Doodle Spell apps from the app store to access this resource. It is a fantastic way to help your child to progress and all the work is specifically set for your child based on their understanding. We ask for all children to complete 5-10 minutes per day per app. The children who do this regularly make huge progress.