Year 2 - Information for Parents

Year 2 Newsletter Autumn term

Welcome to Year 2.
Hope you have all enjoyed your summer break and are ready to start some great new work!

Religion

Stories of Jesus growing up with Mary and Joseph in a Jewish household.
Traditional prayers
Finding different ways of talking to God through familiar prayers, songs and hymns.
Finding out more about the Bible through reading and listening to psalms and some of the stories Jesus told.

Literacy

Fiction and poetry
Non-fiction Instructions
Commas and exclamation marks
Understand and use the terms "vowel" and "consonant"
Re-reading own work for sense and punctuation.

Spelling

children will be given a spelling sheet of all the spellings to be covered each half-term. Don' t hesitate to ask for new sheet if mislaid.

Library

Children will be given time to choose/change their library books each Thursday

Reading

Please bring reading books on the day stated on the reading folder. Please sign the reading record book each time the child has read at home otherwise books cannot be changed at school. Thanks

Numeracy

Counting and properties of numbers
Mental Arithmetic will be given on a regular basis.
Please return daily so that it can be marked and corrected if necessary.
Place value, ordering and addition
Multiplication and division
Length, shape and space
Telling the time to o'clock and half past the hour

Science

Health and growth
Food and diet. Comparing similarities and differences - themselves with babies
Plants and animals in the local environment
Electricity

Art

Drawing, Painting, Clay

I.C.T.

Writing stories: communicating information
Creating pictures

Design and technology

Using patterns to make a simple puppet.

Reminders

 •   Monday Return homework
 •   Monday,Tuesday and Thursday, PE Kit (please ensure all clothing has your Childs name on and avoid laces unless your child can tie their own). Please ensure children have their PE kit every Tuesday to avoid disappointment!
 •   Friday Spelling tests
 •   Friday Homework given to be returned on Mondays. Each child will complete a simple diary to write a few sentences either about their weekend or their week at school.
 •   Thursday Return school library books

If you ever have any concerns do not hesitate to come in and see me, preferably after school. We have lots of fun activities in our class, a visit to a Mexican restaurant, for our study of an overseas locality and a French day, for our topic work which follows Barnaby Bear on his travels to Brittany. I hope your child will have a very happy and successful time in their Year 2 class. We are always very grateful for any help that you might give us with our daily reading. If you can help please let me know.
Many thanks

Mrs J Bostock