Welcome to Class 2

A little bit about Class 2:
Miss Berry is our teacher and Miss Richardson supports us for 2 hours every morning. Mrs Monteverde teachers 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 following texts, 'Winter's Child' by Angela McAllister, 'Mog's Christmas' by Judith Kerr and some Christmas poetry.  Within our English lessons we will be looking carefully at sentence structure, correct letter formation and use of basic punctuation.

Mathematics:
In our math lessons we will be focussing on place value, simple addition and subtraction skills, ordering and sequencing.  We will also continue to develop our problem-solving skills in a range of fun and practical activities. 

Science:

In Science this term, we will be looking at seasonal changes and the different weather.  We will look at observing the seasonal changes and observe and describe the weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies.   

PE:
PE will be on Mondays and Thursday this half-term and we will look at invasion games and developing our sending and recieiving skills.  Please send children to school in full PE kit on these days with trainers. 

Geography:
This half-term we are looking comparing a non-European area to the UK.   We will be looking closely at Kenya and Ghana as we compare these to where we live.  

Music:
In music this half-term we will be looking at 'Dinosaurs' and composing a sequence of sounds to create music and following music scores.  

Design Technology:
This term we will be looking at food technology.  We will be following recipes to create different dishes and then creating our own school recipe book which will follow us through school.  Please keep an eye on emails in case tubs/containers need sending in. 

Art:
In art this term we will be looking at collage and photography and having a go at creating some of our own pieces.  

Religious Education:
This half-term we will be looking at the focus question ' Why does Christmas matter to Christians?' and the meaning of Advent. 

Computing:
This half-term we will be looking at digital music.  We will listen to a variety of pieces of music and consider how music can make them think and feel.  Learners will compare creating music digitally and non-digitally.  We will look at patterns and pursefully create music. 

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.