Welcome to Year 2
Woody and Buzz
Welcome to our page! Please keep up to date with everything that is happening in both classes on this page or via Class Dojo.
Please don't hesitate to speak to your child's class teacher too if you have any questions.
Mr Mansey Mrs Harpham
Mrs Wall (PPA cover) Mr Coldman (PPA cover )
Mrs Bostan Miss Partridge Mrs Begum
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Year 2 Project
How does your garden grow?
In English
We will begin the half term investigating non-chronological reports. Our chosen text is called ‘Meerkat Mail’ by Emily Gravett. We will start by looking at a range of non-chronological reports before planning and writing our own.
In Maths
In preparation for SAT’s we will be focusing on a different aspect of maths each week. This is to ensure full coverage of the curriculum before children complete their SAT’s tests. We will be covering time, addition and subtraction, position and direction and multiplication and division.
In Science
This term we will be investigating plants. We will look at what plants need to grow as well as observing and describing how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants.
In Geography
In Geography we will identify where our food is grown by looking at a range of fruit and vegetable packaging. We will record the information using a picogram to show where our food is grown.
In RE
Our focus question in RE will be ‘How should we care for others and the world and why does it matter?’
Children will explore what makes our world special and what we can learn from different religions.
In Art
In Art, we will focus on the artist Megan Coyle. We will research Megan’s style of art and then create a flower picture using recycled materials.
In DT
We are going to be designing and creating a vehicle. We will look at mechanisms such as wheels and axles.
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Class Newsletters
Buzz class Newsletter Autumn A
Woody class Newsletter Autumn A
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Medium Term Plans
Medium term plan Autumn A - Why is it marvellous to be me?
Medium Term Plan Autumn B - How would we survive The Great Fire of London Now?
Medium Term Plan Spring A - What's Great about Rochdale?
Medium Term Plan Spring B Would a penguin survive in a hot desert?
Medium Term Plan Summer A - How does your garden grow?
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PE
Children have PE every Monday. They will have an indoor PE lesson and an outdoor PE lesson.
Please ensure that your child comes to school on Mondays wearing their PE kit. School PE kit is a plain white t-shirt, black leggings or jogging bottoms (shorts can be worn in the Summer) and plain black trainers. A zipped up hoodie can also be worn in the colder months to keep the children warm.
Homework
Children are expected to practise reading their reading book for ten minutes every day. A parent or carer will need to sign their reading record once they have listened to their child read. Children will be given weekly spellings each Friday and they will need to learn these spellings for their spelling test which will take place the following Friday. Children will also be given Maths tasks to complete on the internet.
Reading
Reading is a life skill, so it is so important that your child reads on a daily basis. Please make sure that your child reads every single night. Encourage them to read a variety of different books. Record how they read in their reading records.
*Ask your child questions about the book e.g.
-Can you predict what will happen next?
-Can you describe how the character might be feeling?
-Can you summarise the key points in the story?
-Is this fiction or non-fiction? How do you know?
Reading books must be in school every day so that their progress can be monitored and their name moved up the class reading tree, the children will also need to read during the day.
Maths
-Encourage your child to practice times tables at home.
-Ask your child mental maths questions as often as possible e.g. when you are sitting in the car/ walking to school/ sitting together at home. You could ask them additions, subtractions, doubles etc.
-Ask any siblings if they can remember a maths game that they played in school and encourage them to play together to make maths fun.
Useful websites
- http://www.broadfield.rochdale.sch.uk
- www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games
- http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/games/
- www.ictgames.com
- http://www.literacyshed.com
- www.spellingshed.com
- www.ttrockstars.com
- http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/
Please join our class dojo page too! Click on the link HERE to go straight to the website and sign up using your child's code. If you don't have the code please speak to Mr. Mansey or Mrs Harpham who will be able to give you your child's individual code.
Please keep checking back for updates on what we have been doing!
