Welcome to Class 2

A little bit about Class 2:
Mrs Monteverde is our teacher and we are supported by Miss Richardson and Mrs Burton throughout the week. Mrs Douthwaite teaches us on a Tuesday morning.

English:
This half-term, we will be focussing on a poetry unit inspired by the poem 'Where the poppies now grow'– We will use the text to inspire our own setting description, order events in a story and create acrostic poems. Later in the half-term we will explore 'Rapunzel'. In this unit, we will make predictions about a text, describe characters and settings before creating our own recount of a story. 

Mathematics:
In our maths lessons we will be focussing on place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division as well as geometry (position and direction). 

Science:

In Science this half-term, we will be exploring 'uses of everyday materials'.

PE:
PE will be on Mondays and Thursdays this half-term. We will be developing our skills in target games and sending and receiving.

Geography:
This term we will be learning about fieldwork and mapping skills, making links to our local area.
 

Design and Technology:

This half-term, we will be enjoying cooking in our food technology lessons, creating a range of healthy dishes including coconut rice salad, chicken and salad wrap, pasta ratatouille, vegetable soup, fruit salsa and orange shortbread.
 

Religious Education:

This half-term we will be learning about Christianity, exploring 'What is the good news that Jesus brings?'

Computing:
This term we will be learning about programming, grouping data and using pictograms.

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.