Welcome to Year 2
Your team…
Miss Fletcher and Mrs Warman – 2F
Mrs Coleby, Mrs Fay and Mrs O’Brien – 2CF
Homework
Homework will be given out on a Friday and expected to be returned by the following Friday. Homework will be either Maths or English. A set of spellings will also go out on a Friday to be practiced at home during the week. Spellings will be tested each Friday.
PE days
2F – Wednesday and Thursday
2CF – Wednesday and Thursday
Please make sure that your child has their PE kits in school on these days and that they are clearly labelled in a bag, this should include; t-shirt, shorts and pumps.
Maths
We are learning to solve problems using place value (tens and ones), introducing the part whole method. We are continuing to learn methods to solve addition and subtraction calculations and word problems. We are also doing weekly Mental Maths and Reasoning lessons.
How you can help
Encourage children to use the language of mathematics i.e. how many, whole, part, tens, ones.
Use number cards to develop number recognition to 100.
Let them help with jobs which involve calculating, eg how much does it cost? How much more do we need?
Use Maths resources on this page to lock in the learning at home.
Useful Maths games:
Number bonds to 10, 20 and 100:
http://www.ictgames.com/save_the_whale_v4.html
http://www.wldps.com/gordons/Hit_the_button.swf
Time
http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html
Place value
http://www.ictgames.com/sharkNumbers/sharkNumbers_v5.html
English
Phonics – Letters and sounds Phase 5 – a particular focus on spelling using Phase 5 sounds
Tricky words and Year 2 Common Exception Words
Reading and Comprehension
Fiction Stories
Recounts
Visual Literacy
Handwriting
How you can help
Look in the book bag each night and spend a few minutes reading their book. Ask your children questions about the story to gauge their understanding. Can they make links with other stories? Can they predict what might happen next? Can they spot a noun, adjective and verb?
Use the Phonics pages in the reading record to practice the sounds – you could look for the sounds in their reading book together.
Use the Phonics resources on this web page to secure phonics knowledge at home.
Useful English websites:
Phonics
Phonics Play http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase5Menu.htm
ICT Games http://www.ictgames.com/soundButtons/index.html
Reading
Oxford Owl http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-owl/reading
Year 2 Curriculum Topics:
- Muck, Mess, Mixtures and Monsters
- Spellbound
- Towers, Turrets and Tunnels
- Land Ahoy!
- Shipwrecked
- Champions
During ‘Towers, Turrets and Tunnels’ we looked at the history of castles and went on a visit to Warwick Castle. We explored different parts of a castle as well as the people who lived and worked inside. We created our own castles with moving drawbridges for DT day. We looked at the work of the artist Paul Klee and created artwork in the style of his famous drawing ‘Castle and Sun’.