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Year 2 – Silver Birch
We love our library time in Year Two Silver Birch!
Welcome To Our Year Two Class Page - Miss Murphy and Mrs Byrne
Teaching Assistant: Miss Hammersley
SUMMER 2
Welcome Back!
A warm welcome back to the final term of Year Two. We hope you and your families have enjoyed a lovely half-term break.
This is a busy final term which includes multi-faith week and sports week. It is also important as we prepare the children for the transition to Key Stage Two.
Please take time to look at Twitter / X where we show 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:
Sports Week – Monday - Friday 24th – 28th June 2024
Multi-Faith Week – Monday – Friday 1st - 5th July 2024
Year 2 What are we learning this year?
Curriculum - Summer 2
English:
Texts – Thinker (poetry), The Robot and The Bluebird (fiction), Birds (non-fiction)
Using these texts we will be answering questions to help our understanding of the texts. Writing pieces we will produce include poems, retelling a story with a change and non-chronological report
We are now working on ELS spelling.
Maths:
Statistics
Position and Direction
Consolidation
Ongoing arithmetic
Religion:
Reconciliation - reasons for rules in the Christian family sacrament of Reconciliation
World Faiths Sikhism
Treasures God’s treasure; the world
This half term's value is LOVE
Science:
Animals including humans
History & Geography:
Explorers
Computing:
Programming B- programming quizzes
D & T:
Cooking and Nutrition
Music:
Tanczymy Labada
PE:
Games – Run, jump and throw (Unit 2)
Games – send and return (Unit 2)
Our PE day is WEDNESDAY. Please bring a labelled kit in a named bag and children will change into it in school. We are no longer wearing kit in school.
Further Class Information:
Reading books should be brought to school every day and will be changed on a Friday.
Homework books should be brought to school on a Friday in order to do spell check.
Library books should be brought to school on Wednesday.
Reading Books:
Reading books are sent home on a Friday. Please use the Reading Book Band booklet sent home to help you with questions you might ask your child to help their understanding of what they are reading.
There is a reading for pleasure library book sent on a Wednesday to be shared as a family. These will be changed weekly.
Reading books should be brought to school EVERY DAY. There are no set reading days in Year Two. This allows for greater flexibility and extra reading sessions if possible.
Homework:
Spellings - your child will have a set of spellings to learn each week. Please use the ideas on the sheet given with the Year 1 spell check to practise. In the homework book, please work with your child to write each word in a sentence. Underline the spelling word in the sentence.
Spelling book should be in on a FRIDAY so we can do the spell check in the back.
Maths - your child will 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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