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Year 2 – Silver Birch
Welcome To Our Year Two Class Page - Miss Murphy and Mrs Byrne
SPRING 2
Welcome Back!
A warm welcome back to the second half of the Spring Term of Year Two. We hope you and your families have enjoyed a lovely February half-term break. Lent is a very special time at school as we prepare for Easter. The children will be working towards a Stations of the Cross display to be displayed for the whole school to see and help their understanding of a stage of Jesus's journey to his crucifixion.
Please take time to look at X where we will show you the learning and experiences taking place. Please do not hesitate to contact us on info@stjohnsrc.net should you have any queries.
KEY DATES THIS HALF TERM:
Ash Wednesday – Wednesday 5th March 2025
World Book Day - Thursday 6th March 2025
St Patrick's Day Celebration - Wednesday 19th March 2025
Parent's Evening - Wednesday 26th March 2025
Year 2 What are we learning this year?
Curriculum - Spring 2
English:
Texts - The Lonely Beast (fiction)
Using this text we will be writing character descriptions and story retelling with a change.
ELS spelling is taught three times a week.
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.
Maths:
Multiplication & Division
Money - continued
Length & Height
Mass, capacity & temperature
Ongoing arithmetic
Religion:
Thanksgiving - continued
Opportunities – Lent
This half term's value is LOVE.
Science:
Plants ( and throughout the year)
History & Geography:
John Rylands & Longford Park
Computing:
Data & Information - pictograms
DT:
Structures - Baby Bear's Chair
PSHE:
How do I keep myself healthy?
Why is it important to keep active?
How can I prevent disease spreading?
These are also linked to our Rights Respecting Curriculum.
PE:
Our PE days are WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY. Please bring in labelled kit in a named bag and children will change into it in school.
Homework:
Spellings - your child will have a set of spellings to learn each week. In the homework book, please work with your child to write each word in a sentence. Underline the spelling word in the sentence. Please use PENCIL.
Spelling books should be brought in on a FRIDAY so we can do the spell check in the back. This enables you to see how your child did in the spell check so you can help further at home
Maths - your child may be given a workbook for the weekend to practise what we are learning in Maths. This may not be every weekend. This does not have to be returned to school.
Please see the MyMaths website for additional activities should you wish to use them.
Phonics Videos
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