T1 - Past Y2 Notices

Homework for next week

Please check the google classroom each Sunday for full details of homework tasks

• Reading: Please record your child’s daily reading in their PO, including the book title, pages read and a signature. 

• Spelling: Each child will have an individualised list of the words that they need to practise and there will be a grid of activities to choose from on Google Classroom!

• English: Check the worksheet in your child’s homework folder. This should be handed in on Sunday. Please make sure they write their name at the top! 

• Maths: Use the 1-Minute Maths app to practise  mental maths skills. Focus on place value / addition this week! 

Maths Classroom Codes

• 2P: gbg7yorl

• 2AL: zxvlf4bg

Please remember to label everything your child brings to school, including water bottles, lunch bags and swim kits. This will help us reunite any missing items with your child!

If you would like to contact your child’s class teacher then please write a note in the PO or send an email to the primary office, and they will pass this on.

Homework for next week

Please check the google classroom each Sunday for full details of homework tasks

• Reading: Please record your child’s daily reading in their PO, including the book title, pages read and a signature. 

• Spelling: Each child will have an individualised list of the words that they need to practise and there will be a grid of activities to choose from on Google Classroom!

• English: Check the worksheet in your child’s homework folder. This should be handed in on Sunday. Please make sure they write their name at the top! 

• Maths: Use the 1-Minute Maths app to practise  mental maths skills. Focus on place value / addition this week! 

Maths Classroom Codes

• 2P: gbg7yorl

• 2AL: zxvlf4bg

Please remember to label everything your child brings to school, including water bottles, lunch bags and swim kits. This will help us reunite any missing items with your child!

If you would like to contact your child’s class teacher then please write a note in the PO or send an email to the primary office, and they will pass this on.

Its been another busy but wonderful week in Year 2.

In phonics we have been learning about words which end in  il, el and le. We have been reading lots of words which contain these sounds and have been practising spelling them too!

In English lessons we have started our new topic Katie Morag! These books are about a little girl who lives on a small Scottish island and has lots of adventures. This week we have been exploring the vocabulary and describing the setting using expanded noun phrases:

Lots of yummy, cold ice cream

In maths we have been continuing to learn all about place value.  We have been ordering and estimating  the location of numbers on number lines to 100 and we have been using greater than, less than and equal symbols to compare amounts.

In humanities this week we have been linking our learning to Katie Morag and learning all about Scotland! We have learned about the capital cities and some physical and human features.

In science we have continued our work on grouping animals according to their characteristics.

In art this week we have been looking at texture and trying to sketch the different textures of animals!

Please see Google Classroom for some photos of what we have been up to in Discovery Learning this week!

Language for Learning

The Language for Learning team would like to welcome you back to the new school year. 

We are looking forward to supporting your children’s language learning this term. We have several groups taking place this term to support children with language acquisition which included: Speaking and Listening, Reading, Writing and Vocabulary. Should your child be invited to a small group intervention you will be notified via the Primary Office.

Alongside small, regular groups, in some year groups the team will be supporting children with their curriculum for a unit of work or specific activity. This work will usually be completed in class, however sometimes work may lend itself to being completed out of the classroom, in order to support further with a specific language focus. 

We also have a website with Tips and Tricks for you and your children to use at home. Click here for the Language for Learning website. 

Should you have any questions about the support your child is being offered please do contact the Language for Learning team.

Homework for next week

Please check the google classroom each Sunday for full details of homework tasks

• Reading: Please record your child’s daily reading in their PO, including the book title, pages read and a signature. 

• Spelling: Each child will have an individualised list of the words that they need to practise and there will be a grid of activities to choose from on Google Classroom!

• English: Check the worksheet in your child’s homework folder. This should be handed in on Sunday. Please make sure they write their name at the top! 

• Maths: Use the 1-Minute Maths app to practise  mental maths skills. Focus on place value / addition this week! 

Maths Classroom Codes

• 2P: gbg7yorl

• 2AL: zxvlf4bg

Please remember to label everything your child brings to school, including water bottles, lunch bags and swim kits. This will help us reunite any missing items with your child!

If you would like to contact your child’s class teacher then please write a note in the PO or send an email to the primary office, and they will pass this on.

Thank you to all of the parents who were able to attend our Meet and Greet sessions last week. It was a pleasure to meet you, and we look forward to working with you this year.

This week was a short week, but we have been very busy in Year 2!

In phonics we have been learning about words containing gn (e.g. gnaw, design sign) and wr (e.g. write, wrap, wring) We have been reading lots of words which contain these sounds and have been practising spelling them too!

In English lessons we have been using the book ‘The Kindest Red’ as a stimulus for discussion and writing. We have written sentences about the kind things that the main characters did, and have been retelling the events of the story in our own words. We have also been learning about proper nouns and when to use capital letters for nouns

In maths we have been continuing to learn all about place value.  We have been using concrete materials to help us to partition numbers in different ways and to write the expanded form of numbers (54 = 50 + 5). We have also been adding and subtracting tens from numbers (e.g. 45 - 10) and have been counting up and down from 2-digit numbers in ones and tens. 

In humanities we continue to look at the UK. This week we have been learning more about Northern Ireland!

In science lessons we have been looking at mammals, fish and birds and finding out what members of these groups have in common.

In PSHE we have looked at ‘big’ feelings and how to explain how we are feeling to others. 

We have had lots of fun in Discovery Learning this week, look at the photos in the google classroom to see what we have been getting up to!

Homework for next week

Please check the google classroom each Sunday for full details of homework tasks

• Reading: Please record your child’s daily reading in their PO, including the book title, pages read and a signature. 

• Spelling: Each child will have an individualised list of the words that they need to practise and there will be a grid of activities to choose from on Google Classroom!

• English: Check the worksheet in your child’s homework folder. This should be handed in on Sunday. Please make sure they write their name at the top! 

• Maths: Use the 1-Minute Maths app to practise  mental maths skills. Focus on place value / addition this week! 

Maths Classroom Codes

• 2P: gbg7yorl

• 2AL: zxvlf4bg

Please remember to label everything your child brings to school, including water bottles, lunch bags and swim kits. This will help us reunite any missing items with your child!

If you would like to contact your child’s class teacher then please write a note in the PO or send an email to the primary office, and they will pass this on.

We have had a busy and fun week in Year 2!

In phonics we have been learning about the soft c (circus, mice, ice) and the silent k (knight, knot, knit). We have been reading lots of words which contain these sounds and have been practising spelling them too!

In English lessons we have been learning about nouns, verbs and adjectives and we have been detectives and have looked for these types of words in sentences.

In maths we have been learning all about place value. We have been partitioning numbers into 10s and 1s using part-whole models and concrete materials. We have also been learning about number words and how to write different numbers!

In humanities lessons this week we have been learning about the location of the UK and the 4 different countries that are part of it.

In science we have been learning about different groups of animals, including mammals.

In PSHE we have continued to focus on kindness and the importance of treating our friends as we would like to be treated.

We have had lots of fun in Discovery Learning this week, look at the photos in the google classroom to see what we have been getting up to!

Homework for next week

Please check the google classroom each Sunday for full details of homework tasks

• Reading: Please record your child’s daily reading in their PO, including the book title, pages read and a signature. 

• Spelling: Each child will have an individualised list of the words that they need to practise and there will be a grid of activities to choose from on Google Classroom!

• English: This week we would like the children to write some sentences, remembering capital letters and full stops!

• Maths: One Minute Maths Spend 10 minutes practising your mental maths skills. Focus on addition this week!

Maths Classroom Codes

• 2P: gbg7yorl

• 2AL: zxvlf4bg

Please remember to label everything your child brings to school, including water bottles, lunch bags and swim kits. This will help us reunite any missing items with your child!

If you would like to contact your child’s class teacher then please write a note in the PO or send an email to the primary office, and they will pass this on.

There will be no homework set for the first two weeks of school to allow the children to settle into new routines. 

Reading Books: Two reading books will be sent home on Sunday and will be swapped on the following Sunday. Over the next few weeks, as we assess all of the children’s reading, their reading colour band may change. 

Please record your child’s daily reading in their PO, including the book title, pages read and a signature. 

Please keep books in your child’s reading folder in their school bag, so that we can read with them in school.  

Homework will be set on a Sunday and will be due the following Sunday. Homework will be set through Google Classroom. Please join your child’s Google Classroom, either by using the code or by clicking on the invitation email they will receive. Please let us know if you have any problems with gaining access.

• 2P: gbg7yorl

• 2AL: zxvlf4bg

Please remember to label everything your child brings to school, including water bottles, lunch bags and swim kits. This will help us reunite any missing items with your child!

If you would like to contact your child’s class teacher then please write a note in the PO or send an email to the primary office, and they will pass this on.