Welcome to Class 2

A little bit about Class 2:
Mrs Pedder is our teacher and Miss Richardson supports us for 2 hours every morning and a Thursday afternoon. Mrs Monteverde teaches us on a Wednesday and Mrs Burton supports in Class 2 throughout the week.

English:
In English this half-term we will be looking at the story 'Story Soup' by Abie Longstaff where we will be looking at sequencing and instructional writing. We will also be reading 'There's a Dragon in your book' by Tom Fletcher and making our own interactive stories. To finish the term we will read 'Flat Stanley' by Jeff Brown. We will be focusing on writing postcards, letters and information texts.

Mathematics:
In our maths lessons we will be focussing on addition and subtraction as well as properties of shape. Towards the end of term we will look at multiplication and division as well as telling the time.

Science:

In Science this half-term, we will be re-visiting plants including trees. 

PE:
PE will be on Mondays and Fridays this half-term. We will be focussing on the athletics unit. Children will also be taking part in swimming lessons as part of their P.E. curriculum.

History:
This term we are looking at the lives and work of Mary Anning and David Attenborough.  

Music:
In music this half-term we will be looking at the unit 'Senses' using the scheme Get Set for Music.

D.T :
In D.T. this term we will be looking at vehicles and their construction. We will then make our own moving vehicles.

Religious Education:
This half-term we will be exploring Jewish world views including the celebration of 'Rosh Hashanah.'

Computing:
This half-term we will be looking at digital media and the use of the photographs. 

Spellings:
Every Friday we will do a spelling test.
The spellings are attached at the side of the class page under ‘spellings’ and then select the correct year group for your child.  
The spellings are also on ‘spelling shed’ where children can practice their spellings in a safe, fun and interactive way online. 

Times Tables:
The children will complete a times tables test on a Friday. 
They will work through their 10s before moving onto their 2s and on to their 5s.  Children will start with times tables in order (bronze level), then move on to times tables muddled up (silver level) before moving on to the division facts (gold level).  The children can use the fun and safe online site ‘Times Tables Rockstars (TTRS)’ to practice their current times tables. 
For children just wanting to practice multiplication facts on TTRS you will need to select ‘single player’, then ‘jamming’ and then select ‘multiplication only’ otherwise you will get a selection of both multiplication and division questions. 
 

Homework:

• Reading – Children should continue to read for at least 5 minutes every day to an adult at home. 
• Mathematics – Children will have a maths homework sheet, which is linked to the work they have been doing that week in class.  This will be uploaded to Google Classroom on a Friday where they should complete this and submit it back to Google Classroom for the following Friday.
• Spellings and times tables – your child should continue to practice their weekly spellings and times tables.  These can be done either on paper writing them out, or on ‘spelling shed’ and ‘TTRS’.  There are also times table songs and games on purple mash under table toons.