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 and a Thursday afternoon. 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 story 'The Green Ship' by Quentin Blake.  We will be inferring character's feelings and learning how to write persuasively.  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 continue to develop our times tables knowledge and problem-solving skills in a range of fun and practical activities. 

Science:

In Science this half term, we will be looking at animals including humans. We will look to identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.  We will also identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.  

PE:
PE will be on Mondays and Fridays this half term.  On a Monday, we will have dance with Andrea from Stepping Stones and on a Friday we will be developing our underarm and overarm throwing skills to accurate hit a target.  Please send children to school in full PE kit on these days with trainers. 

Geography:
This term we are looking hot and cold locations and also the continents and oceans.  We will be comparing the hot and cold locations to where we live and also learning about the seven continents and five oceans of the world.  

Music:
In music this half-term we will explore and perform a range of rhythmic patterns in singing and on instruments.  Our theme, Oceans, links in with our Geography topic this term. 

Design Technology:
This term we will be looking at making fabric faces and learning how to complete a basic sewing stitch to join fabrics together.  

Art:
In art this term we will be looking at drawing and painting styles.  We will be looking into some famous artists including Vincent Van Gough, Giiuseppe Arcimbolodo and Tinga Tinga art.  

Religious Education:
This half-term we will be looking at the focus question 'Why does Easter matter to Christians?'  We will be looking at the Bible stories that lead up to Easter and what Easter represents.  We will also be preparing for our Easter service at church which will be held on Friday 27th March at 9am.  We hope you will be able to come and watch our Easter assembly.

Computing:
This half-term we will be looking at internet safety and how we can stay safe when using electronic devices, especially when we are online.  We will also be doing our KidSafe program this half-term.  

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.