Welcome to Year 2
Welcome To Year 2!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been exploring information texts and learning about the different features of these such as title, contents, illustrations, diagrams, labels, glossary, index etc. We have created out own information books including some features of information texts e.g . title, headings, contents page, glossary, diagrams etc. We focused on the information book ‘The Great Fire of London’.
In Numeracy we have been continuing to explore numbers. We have been learning to count in 2’s, 3’s, 5’s and 10’s using a 100 square. We have continued to identify number patterns on a 100 square. We have also measured capacity using standard (l and ml) and non-standard units of measure (cups).
In R.E. this week, we learned about the feast we celebrate on 2nd October every year, St Cyprian’s Day’.
We also continued our topic learning ‘What was London like in 1666?’ focusing on the Great Fire of London. We have looked at the importance of Samuel Pepys and King Charles II to the Great Fire of London.
Next week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be focusing on poetry. We will be exploring nonsense poems and tongue twisters. |
| Numeracy | · The children will be learning the addition and subtraction rules and adding up different amount of money in pounds (£) and pence (p). |
| RE | · We will be learning about ‘Why God Wants Us to Help Others?’ |
| Topic | · We will be continuing our learning about the Great Fire of London through our topic “What was London like in 1666?” |
| Phonics | This week in phonics we will be revising RWI Set 2 sounds (ee, ay, igh). |
Homework
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Weekend Writing Task
For your writing challenge this week I would like you to write a story about why the elephant got its trunk! You would need to include:
- A creative opening, a problem and resolution for your
- Openers to start your paragraphs/sentences (suddenly, at last, meanwhile, after).
- Conjunctions (because, so, and, but, although) to join your
- Correct punctuation: capital letters, full stops/exclamation marks and inverted commas for
I would like you to be imaginative when writing your story and write at least a page. I look forward to reading them!
Please return your books to school every Wednesday.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – knock, know, knee, gnat, gnaw
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
Welcome to Year 2!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been continuing to explore the features of an information text and have used these to create our own notes. We have also created our own glossaries, heading and pictures for our own information text on the Great Fire of London.
In Numeracy we have been looking at our multiples of 10, 2 and 5 and how we can count different objects by grouping them into 2s, 5s or 10s. Towards the end of the week we have looked at measuring length using rulers focusing on how to use the ruler and reading the measurement correctly.
In R.E. this week, we have explored how the Bible helps us to live and Jesus’ sermon on the mount.
During our topic ‘What was London like in 1666?’ we explored how the houses caused the fire to spread quickly and how they tried to stop the fire from spreading further.
Next week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be continuing to focus on Information Texts and will be creating our own information texts on the Great Fire of London. |
| Numeracy | · We will be counting in steps of 2, 5, 3 and 10 from any number.
· We will also be continuing to look at measurements |
| RE | · We will be celebrating the feast day of Saint Cyprian which will take place on Monday 2nd October. |
| Topic | · We will be continuing our learning about the Great Fire of London through our topic “What was London like in 1666?” |
Homework
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Weekend Writing Task
For the past two weeks we have explored the events of the Great Fire of London and have written our own information texts about it. For your writing challenge this week I would like you to imagine that you were an eyewitness to the Great Fire of London and write a recount describing your experience. A recount is another form of non-fiction writing and it is a way of re-telling an important event or describing an experience that you have had to others. Therefore, you need to include in your writing: –
- The use of the first person and past tense e.g. I saw/I went/I ran.
- Descriptive words and phrases to help people imagine your experience and adjectives to describe how you felt e.g. I looked around me and saw the roaring flames burning houses before my eyes. I felt devastated that the city I loved had been destroyed and ruined!
- Time connectives (firstly, next, after) to introduce some paragraphs.
- Punctuation used correctly (capital letters, full stops, exclamation marks, question marks).
I would like you to be as imaginative as possible and write at least a page for your recount. I look forward to reading them!
Please return your books to school every Wednesday.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – race, ice, cell, city, fancy
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been exploring information texts and learning about the different features of these such as title, contents, illustrations, diagrams, labels, glossary, index etc. We focused on the information book ‘The Great Fire of London’.
In Numeracy we have been continuing to explore numbers. We have been learning how to partition two-digit numbers into tens and units understanding the place value of each digit. We have continued to identify number patterns on a 100 square, as well as counting in twos and tens.
In R.E. this week, we discussed the topic ‘God Made Every Person Special’.
We also started our new topic ‘What was London like in 1666?’ focusing on the Great Fire of London. We have looked at where and when the fire took place.
Next week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be focusing on Information Texts and identifying the different features of these. |
| Numeracy | · The children will be adding using partitioning and measuring length using rulers. |
| RE | · We will be learning about the feast Rosh Hashanah. |
| Topic | · We will be continuing our learning about the Great Fire of London through our topic “What was London like in 1666?” |
| Phonics | This week in phonics we will be assessing the children’s phonics knowledge. |
Homework and Home Learning Project
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Your Home Learning project is due in on Monday 25th September 2017.
Weekend Writing Task
This week we have been looking at information texts. We have looked at the different features of information texts and compared and contrasted different types of non-fiction books, including texts about the Great Fire of London. For your writing challenge this week I would like you to write statements about the Great Fire of London. You need to include:
- Factual information written as full sentences or in bullet points.
- Headings/subheadings with most written as questions, e.g. How did the Great Fire of London start?
- Some conjunctions such as because, and, so, to help your explanations.
- Putting question marks, full stops and capital letters in the correct places.
I would like you to write at least a page of information. I look forward to reading them!
Please return your books to school every Wednesday.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – jacket, jar, jog, join, adjust
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
Welcome to Year 2!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been exploring the story The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. We have been describing the characters of the Gruffalo and the mouse, thinking about what they look like as well as how they behave. We also wrote diary entries as the characters from the story.
In Numeracy we have been continuing to explore numbers. We have identified odd and even numbers on a 100 square, as well as counting in twos.
Towards the end of the week we recapped on our knowledge of our halving and doubling numbers to 20.
In R.E. this week, we celebrated the feast of the Raising of the Cross on the 14th September.
We also started our new topic ‘What was London like in 1666?’ focusing on the Great Fire of London. We have looked at where and when the fire took place.
Next week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be focusing on Information Texts and identifying the different features of these. |
| Numeracy | · The children will be adding using partitioning and measuring length using rulers. |
| RE | · We will be understanding why God made us special. |
| Topic | · We will be continuing our learning about the Great Fire of London through our topic “What was London like in 1666?” |
| Phonics | This week in phonics we will be assessing the children’s phonics knowledge. |
Home Learning Project
Your Home Learning project is due in on Monday 25th September 2017.
Weekend Writing Task
This week in literacy we have been reading the story of ‘The Gruffalo’ by Julia Donaldson and finding out more about her.
For your writing challenge I would like you to create a letter to Julia Donaldson. You need to include in your writing:-
- What you like about her books and explaining why you like it.
- At least one question you would like to ask her about a book she is currently writing.
- Describe an idea for her next book.
- Full stops or question marks at the end of each sentence.
- Capital letters at the beginning of each sentence.
I would like you to write at least a page for your letter and I look forward to reading them!
Please return your books to school every Wednesday.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – gem, giant, magic, giraffe, energy
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
Welcome to Year 2!
We trust that you had a lovely Summer Holiday and welcome to the start of the new school year!
This week in Year 2
We have spent the week settling back into school and our new classrooms.
In our Literacy lessons we have been exploring the story Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson. We have predicted what might happen next in the story as well as creating questions we would like to ask the witch. We finished the week by writing a letter to the witch with our questions in it.
In Numeracy we have been exploring numbers. We have been practising writing our numbers to 100 in words and figures. We have also been exploring how to partition two digit numbers into tens and ones.
Towards the end of the week we recapped on our knowledge of our number bonds to 10 and 20. We then used this information to help us solve missing number calculations.
In R.E. this week, we celebrated the feast of the birth of the Virgin Mary on the 8th September.
Next week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · The children will continue to explore Julia Donaldson stories focusing on the Gruffalo.
· They will also be researching about the author. |
| Numeracy | · The children will be identifying odd and even numbers, and how to double and half numbers |
| RE | · We will be celebrating the feast day of the raising of the cross on the 14th September |
| Topic | · We will be learning about the Great Fire of London through our topic “What was London like in 1666?” |
| Phonics | This week in phonics we will be assessing the children’s phonics knowledge. |
Home Learning Project
Your Home Learning project is due in on Monday 25th September 2017.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We will be sending home reading books from Monday 11th September. We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – age, huge, change, charge, bulge, village
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
Welcome to Year 2!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been continuing to explore the story of The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl. We have used this to plan and begin to write our own Magic Finger story, focusing on how our stories will start and what conversations the characters might have.
In Numeracy we have been focusing on multiplication. We began the week identifying the relationship between multiplication and repeated addition.
We ended the week by understanding the commutivity of multiplication and that it didn’t matter which order we did it in. This helped us to identify multiplication and division fact families.
In R.E. this week, we celebrated the feast day of the birth of John the Baptist which takes place on the 24th June.
We have continued learning on our new topic this week ‘Why do we love to be beside the seaside?’ which has a geography and history focus. We have identified places we go on holiday and the reasons why we go there.
Next Week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be continuing to write our Magic Finger stories before creating them into books. |
| Numeracy | · We will be learning to read different scales involving different measures. |
| RE | · We will be celebrating the feast day of the Apostles Peter and Paul which takes place on the 29th June. |
| Phonics | Miss MacKinnon’s group will be focusing on the sounds – ee/ea and oy/oi
Miss Light’s group will be focusing on ew and ire Mrs Yiannourkou and Miss Kyri’s group will be focusing on their initial sounds and sh, th, ch, ng and nk. |
Homework and Home Learning Project
Your Home Learning Project is due in on Monday 3rd July 2017.
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Weekend Writing Challenge
This week in literacy we have been continuing to read ‘The Magic Finger’ by Roald Dahl focusing on his use of dialogue. For your writing challenge I would like you to create a conversation between two fairy tale characters of your choice. You need to include in your writing:-
- Inverted commas (“”) around the parts which are spoken.
- Different words for said (shouted, screamed, whispered, exclaimed).
- Starting a new line each time your speaker changes.
- Conjunctions to extend your sentences (because, but, so, when, if)
- Include full stops and capital letters in all of the correct places.
I would like you to write at least a page for your conversation and I look forward to reading them!
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Wednesday for Crete Class and a Thursday for Santorini Class as these are our PE days. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – see/sea, here/hear, one/won, to/two/too, their/there/they’re.
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Kyri
Miss Light and Mrs Yiannourkou
Welcome to Year 2!
We hope that you had a relaxing and enjoyable half term break!
This week in Year 2
This week we have been celebrating Arts Week with the theme ‘Off to Outer Space’. The children have enjoyed participating in lots of art, DT, creative writing and speaking and listening sessions involving the theme space.
In R.E. this week, we been celebrating Pentecost which took place on Sunday 4th June 2017.
Next Week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be looking at extended stories and how the authors develop the characters in these.
· We will be creating dialogue between two characters. · We will be writing extended sentences using different conjunctions. |
| Numeracy | · We will be using estimation to check our answers to different calculations.
· We will be using our reasoning skills to discuss what we think about addition calculations. |
| RE | · We will be recognising why God created people. |
| Phonics | Miss MacKinnon’s group will be focusing on the sounds – ee/ea and oy/oi
Miss Light’s group will be focusing on ew and ire Mrs Yiannourkou and Miss Kyri’s group will be focusing on their initial sounds and sh, th, ch, ng and nk. |
Homework and Home Learning Project
Your Home Learning Project is due in on Monday 3rd July 2017.
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Weekend Writing Challenge
For your writing challenge I would like you to write a recount of something exciting that you have done during your half term holiday. You need to include in your writing:-
- A description of what you did
- A description of where it was
- Explain who you did it with
- Explain how you felt doing it.
- Include full stops and capital letters in all of the correct places.
I would like you to write at least a page for your recount and I look forward to reading them!
Reminders
Crete Class Trip: On Thursday 15th June Crete will be going on their re-arranged trip to the Museum of London Docklands. Please ensure that your child comes to school in their school uniform with their lunch in a labelled plastic bag that can be thrown away.
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Wednesday for Crete Class and a Thursday for Santorini Class as these are our PE days. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – station, action, lotion, fiction, section, nation, portion, potion.
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Kyri
Miss Light and Mrs Yiannourkou
Welcome to Year 2!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been continuing to explore the story of The Brave Beast by Chris Judge. We have created letters from the islanders to the Bird, as well as planning and writing our own Beast stories.
In Numeracy we have been focusing on doubling and halving and 2D and 3D shapes. We began the week by recalling our doubles to at least twenty. We realised that to find a double we either need to add the same number or times it by 2. We also recalled our halves to at least 20 and realised we needed to divide by 2 to find half. Towards the end of the week we have been learning about the properties of 2D and 3D shapes and comparing these.
In R.E. this week, we been celebrating the Ascension which took place on Thursday 25th May.
After Half Term in Year 2 we will be celebrating Arts Week
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be reading and creating our own space themed stories. |
| Numeracy | · We will be collecting data and carrying out different investigations. |
| RE | · We will be celebrating Pentecost which takes place on Sunday 4th June. |
| Phonics | Miss MacKinnon’s group will be focusing on the sounds – ee/ea and oy/oi
Miss Light’s group will be focusing on ew and ire Mrs Yiannourkou and Miss Kyri’s group will be focusing on their initial sounds and sh, th, ch, ng and nk. |
Homework
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Reminders
Class Trips: When we return from half term we will be going on our class trips to the Museum of London Docklands. Crete class will be going on Tuesday 6th June and Santorini on Thursday 8th June. We will be leaving school by 8:45am so please ensure you are in school by 8:30am on those days. The children will need to bring a pack lunch in a named carrier bag that they can throw away on the day.
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Wednesday for Crete Class and a Thursday for Santorini Class as these are our PE days. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – action, nation, lotion, fiction, station, potion, portion, national, section.
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we hope you have an enjoyable and restful half term.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Kyri
Miss Light and Mrs Yiannourkou
Welcome to Year 2!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been continuing to explore the story of The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge. We have created arguments on why The Beast should stay in the city or go back home. We have also created our own endings for the story as well as letters and diary entries as The Beast.
In Numeracy we have been focusing on weight and missing number problems. We began the week by reading different weighing scales where some or all of the numbers were shown. We then used this knowledge to help us solve word problems involving weight. Towards the end of the week we have been solving missing number problems by rearranging the calculation and using inverse operations.
In R.E. this week, we been learning about why the Earth is a special gift from God.
We have continued learning on our new topic this week ‘How can we be the next masterchef?’ which has a science focus. We have found out why Earthworms are useful and in groups created our own wormeries to find out what they do.
Next Week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be exploring the changes in characters in different texts. |
| Numeracy | · We will be partitioning two digit numbers in different ways.
· We will be reading time to the nearest 5 minutes. |
| RE | · We will be celebrating the feast day of Saints Constantine and Helen which takes place on the 21st May. |
| Phonics | Miss MacKinnon’s group will be focusing on the sounds – ee/ea and oy/oi
Miss Light’s group will be focusing on ew and ire Mrs Yiannourkou and Miss Kyri’s group will be focusing on their initial sounds and sh, th, ch, ng and nk. |
Homework and Home Learning Project
Healthy Eating project 28.4.17
Your Home Learning Project is due in on Monday 15th May 2017.
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Weekend Writing Challenge
This week in literacy we have continued to read and explore the story of the Lonely Beast by Chris Judge.
For your writing task I would like you to create a character profile for one of the beasts living in a different country. You need to include in your writing:-
- A description of what they look like.
- A description of what they enjoy doing.
- A description of their personality (what type of person are they?)
- Sentences that make sense.
- Punctuation in the correct places e.g. full stops and capital letters.
I would like you to write at least a page for your character profile and I look forward to reading them!
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Wednesday for Crete Class and a Thursday for Santorini Class as these are our PE days. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – boneless, hopeless, endless, homeless, painless, restless, sleepless, spotless, timeless, useless.
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Kyri
Miss Light and Mrs Yiannourkou
Welcome to Year 2!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been continuing to explore the story of The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge. We have created our own underwater poems using alliteration and similes. We have also interviewed the beast for a news report and then used these to create our own newspaper report. We will be reading the story over the next week but we would like to keep the ending a surprise for them as we will be predicting and doing creative writing on our predictions.
In Numeracy we have been focusing on division. We have solved division calculations by sharing and know that if there are any left over these are our remainders. We have also used these skills to solve division word problems. At the end of the week we have been looking at weight and using scales to measure the weight of different objects in grams.
In R.E. this week, we been learning about why Jesus taught us to love all people and to show respect for our differences.
We have continued learning on our new topic this week ‘How can we be the next masterchef?’ which has a science focus. We have identified what we think plants need to grow healthy and have created our own experiments to find out.
Next Week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be continuing our learning on The Lonely Beast by creating our own endings to the story.
· We will be writing letters and diary entries as the beast. |
| Numeracy | · We will be focusing on weight and how to read scales marked in different ways.
· We will also be solving word problems on weight. · We will be solving missing number problems using the inverse operation. |
| RE | · We will be recognising that the Earth is a special gift from God. |
| Phonics | Miss MacKinnon’s group will be focusing on the sounds – ee/ea and oy/oi
Miss Light’s group will be focusing on ew and ire Mrs Yiannourkou and Miss Kyri’s group will be focusing on their initial sounds and sh, th, ch, ng and nk. |
Homework and Home Learning Project
Healthy Eating project 28.4.17
Your Home Learning Project is due in on Monday 15th May 2017.
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Weekend Writing Challenge
This week in literacy we have been continuing to read and explore the story of the Lonely Beast by Chris Judge.
For your writing task I would like you to predict your own ending for the story, identifying what you think will happen next and how the problem will be resolved. You need to include in your writing:-
- Explaining what is going to happen next now he has spoken to the media.
- A clear ending where the problem is resolved well.
- A description of the beast’s feelings throughout the story.
- Using full stops and capital letters in the correct places
- Using direct speech between two characters.
I would like you to write at least a page for your story and I look forward to reading them!
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Wednesday for Crete Class and a Thursday for Santorini Class as these are our PE days. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – joyful, playful, useful, powerful, painful, hopeful, forgetful, careful, cheerful, harmful
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Kyri
Miss Light and Mrs Yiannourkou