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:
In the first half-term we will be reading 'The Storm Whale' by Benji Davies. We will use the text to inspire our own writing, focussing on punctuating our sentences correctly and using a wide range of vocabulary to create descriptive pieces. In the second half of the term we will be looking at two texts based on The Great Fire of London: 'Pudding Lane' and 'Toby and the Great Fire of London' to compliment and enhance our history focus for the half-term.

Mathematics:
In our maths lessons we will be focussing on place value, addition and subtraction as well as properties of shape. Towards the end of the term, we will be learning about measurement of height and length.

Science:

In Science this half-term, we will be exploring 'living things and their habitats'.

PE:
PE will be on Mondays and Thursdays this half-term. 

History:
This term we will be learning about the Great Fire of London and the lives of significant individuals in history who have explored space.
 

Art:

In art, we will be exploring the properties of clay. The children will develop their skills and techniques, using different tools to create their own sculptures.

Religious Education:
This half-term we will be exploring Christianity and Judaism, learning about how and why we should care for the world and for other people.

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.