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Year 2 – Chestnut
Welcome To Year Two Chestnut
Mr Sutcliffe
Support Staff - Mrs McGovern (am)
Mr Hogan (am)
Nurturing hearts, Inspiring minds
AUTUMN 2
Welcome back!
We hope you and your families have enjoyed a lovely half-term holiday. Autumn 2 is a busy term, where the children will learn about the meaning and traditions of Advent and Christmas, the season of waiting and celebrating the birth of Jesus. We are sure our children in Year 2 will continue with their excellent start and have a fantastic half term.
There will be lots of information for you, our parents and carers, so please look out for messages on SCHOOLSBUDDY as this is our main means of communication.
Please take time to look at INSTAGRAM where we will show you the learning and experiences taking place in school. Please tell us if you do not wish your child to appear on social media or our website.
Please feel free to speak to us at the gate in the mornings or after school and do not hesitate to contact us on info@stjohnsrc.net should you have any queries.
KEY DATES THIS HALF TERM:
Sunday 30th November – Christmas Fayre
Friday 12th December 2:30pm – Year 2 Christmas Performance
Tuesday 16th December – KS1 Party (Own Clothes to be worn)
Thursday 18th December – KS1 Christmas Dinner
Friday 19th December – School Finishes
CURRICULUM - AUTUMN 2
English:
We are using a new scheme of work to deliver our English curriculum this year – Pathways to Write. Our text this half term is:
The Great Fire of London by Emma Adams & James Weston Lewis
Through this text children will use adverbs, conjunctions (but & or) and commas to separate items in a list in an information report.
Christmas Poetry
ELS spelling is taught three times a week.
Maths:
Half-Past (start of half term)
Addition and Subtraction
Shape
Religion:
We are using a new scheme of work this year – Lighting the Path.
The first unit of work (branch) will be centered around Prophecy and Promise
During this unit, the children will learn about the prophets of Isaiah and John and important stories in the lead up to Jesus’ birth.
This half term's value is RESPECT . We will be looking for how the children demonstrate this value this half term and know they will show their respect for people, belongings and our school environment as their school year continues.
Science:
We are using a new scheme of work this year – KAPOW.
Living things – Microhabitats
Building on their knowledge of habitats, children will learn how micro habits meet the needs of minibeasts.
History:
We are using a new scheme of work this year – KAPOW.
Through this scheme, the history unit is How was school different in the past?
Children will develop an understanding of the fact that although schools may have been in the local area for a long time, they have not always been the same as they are today.
Computing:
Creating Media - Digital Photography
D&T:
Textiles - Pouches
PSHE:
Keeping Safe
1.How do medicines help us when we are unwell?
2.How do I keep safe at home?
3. What is my responsibility for keeping myself and others safe?
These are also linked to our Rights Respecting Curriculum.
PE
Dance
Games – Attack, defend and shoot
PE days are on WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY
On WEDNESDAY, children come to school in their SCHOOL PE Kit for outdoor games. Children will need jogging bottoms as the weather gets colder.
On FRIDAY, children should come to school with their SCHOOL PE KIT in a BAG . They will change for PE in school.
Please ensure your child’s school PE kit is clearly labelled. Please see our main website for details of school PE kit uniform.
Music
Christmas Show Preparation / Performance
READING BOOKS
These should be brought to school EVERY DAY to enable us to record when guided reading sessions have been done in school. Books will be changed on a FRIDAY.
Home Reading
Your child is expected to read for at least 10 minutes, five times a week.
However, they are not limited to five times as we would like them to read as often as possible to develop a real love for books and take pleasure in exploring different types of books.
When you read with your child, please record this in their reading record.
When you record what your child has read, please include the following:
✓ The date they have read on.
✓ The name of the book they have read.
✓ The pages that they have read that day.
✓ A couple of sentences about what you have noticed or how they have read.
When you read with your child, please question them on what they have read, ask them lots of questions about the story as this develops their comprehension and understanding. Please use the reading booklet provided at the start of the year to help you with the sorts of questions you might ask, dependent on the colour band your child is reading.
Comprehension is a key skill assessed in Year 2 so asking questions will help your child greatly with their understanding.
Spellings - your child will have a set of spellings to learn each week.
Spelling checks will be done on a Friday to test the words for that week.
Maths -
Please use NUMBOTS . Passwords have been sent home and are also in the Reading journals.
Phonics Videos
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