Year 2

Welcome to Year 2

Year 2 Information

The class teachers are:

Mrs Hill (2H) and Miss Page (2P)

Our teaching assistants are:

Mrs Warrington

Mrs Dunn (Mon-Wed) & Mrs Mably (Thurs - Fri)

Mrs Mingay (Mon-Wed)

Context for Learning

Our context for learning this half term is Wriggle and Crawl. The children will be going on a minibeast hunt around the school to observe and identify minibeasts in their natural habitat. Following this, the children will be researching different minibeasts and find out what their habitats are like, what they eat/drink and how they protect themselves. We will be investigating how far and how fast snails travel, and making our very own wormery! The children will also be looking at the life cycles of different minibeasts and how some minibeasts can camouflage themselves.

At the end of our context, the children will be using ICT to create a class presentation on what they have learnt and will create a class minibeast song.

Please see the sheet below for learning ideas that your children can do at home.

PE
PE sessions take place every Thursday. Please ensure that your child has a navy blue PE kit (shorts and t-shirt)and trainers/plimsolls.

Snack
Children have snack every day. Please ensure that you pay £1.20 per week.
If you wish to pay by cheque, please make it payable to ‘Lakeside Primary Snack Account'.

If you would like to pay in advance, the amount for this half term is £8.40. The total for the autumn term is £16.80.

Please see the class teachers if you are in arrears and need to know the new total due.

Aim
To increase pupils’ confidence in communicating clearly with a variety of audiences including teachers, peers and familiar adults in everyday situations

Maths
In maths, we will be continuing the 'Big Maths' work have been doing in year 1, with weekly 'learn it' test. So please help your child to learn the 'learn its' sent home. We will be learning our times tables and putting our knowledge into practise, solving problems. Please see the link below for the skills we cover in Year 2.

Spelling
The children will be sent home with spellings to learn each week and tested on a Wednesday. Please help your child to learn the words sent home and revisit them during the week.

Homework and Reading Folders
Homework folders and Reading folders should be returned every Thursday.
Please ensure that they are returned every week.