Year 2
Dahl Class - 2K Bryon Class - 2F
Teachers: Mrs Field and Miss Keeling
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Brown, Mrs Chinnery and Miss Kubanska
Welcome to Term 2
Welcome back to term 3! We have a fun filled term coming up full of celebrations and hands on learning. Please take a look at our curriculum for this term below and continue to support you child with their understanding of these areas of learning at home. We really appreciate all you do with your children at home. It makes such a big difference to their understanding and capability in school.
We have some exciting areas of learning coming up in Term 3.
Please also refer to the termly newsletter for further information. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us on the Year 2 email account - year2@kingsnorth.kent.sch.uk.
MATHS
In Maths, we follow the White Rose scheme of learning. For the first few weeks, we will be continuing our learning of calculations, focusing mainly on addition and subtractions. We will also begin to transfer our knowledge to money, starting to think about counting, comparing amounts and finding out how much change. Any practise of this at home would be greatly appreciated; if children are familiar with money through using it in a real context we find they become much more confident in class.
Children would continue to benefit from regularly practising their 10, 5s and 2 times tables.
To support your child, please continue to play mental maths games on apps such as:
White Rose 1-min Maths
www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Below is the Year 2 scheme of learning for the upcoming year.
ENGLISH
Writing:
In English, we follow the Read, Write, Inc scheme of learning. We will be focusing in particular on ensuring work is demarcated with full stops and capital letters and that sentences are coherent.
Attached below is a list of common exception words as well as high-frequency words. We would really appreciate your support in helping your child practise spelling these words so that they are confident in both reading and writing them independently.
The video below will help you to understand how to say each of the sounds from Set 1 to Set 3. It would be really beneficial for you to watch this to support you with your child's learning.
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/3rQRQmLf/1PKrKlSi
For Accelerated Readers, here is the website link for completing the AR quizzes:
For writing, we will continue to make our own books through 'Writing for Pleasure'. This term, we will be learning about writing fables.
Here are some fables that you can share with your children and discuss the morals, in preparation for writing their own fables next week:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/articles/z73s6v4
We are often asked how you can support your child with writing at home. Here are a few ideas that will support your child in both their creativity and in practising the structure and content of various genres;
- Write a letter or postcard to someone
- Write a recipe or instructions for how to do something
- Keep a diary, updating it regularly
- Write a familiar story in your own words *maybe even change some of the elements i.e. character, setting etc.
Reading:
We consistently review your child's reading level and adjust this accordingly. Please listen to your child read daily and ask them questions about what they are reading. Below are some links to online books which you may find helpful.
For Accelerated Readers, here is the website link for completing the AR quizzes:
RE:
In RE this term our Big Question is, ‘What is Humanism?' Here is a website which gives parents more information on our topic:
https://humanists.uk/education/parents/
SCIENCE:
I wonder why different materials are used for different things?
This term we will be investigating the properties of different materials and their suitability for different purposes. Here is a link to the BBC Bite Size page on materials:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrssgk7
PE:
In PE, we follow the TLG scheme of learning. Below is a yearly overview of the topics your child will cover in Year 2.
Our unit across this term will be Gymnastics and Attacking and Defending. Our weekly PE session will be on a Tuesday (indoor) and Friday afternoon (outside weather permitting). Your child can wear their PE kit throughout the day.
Please ensure your child is wearing the appropriate PE kit for the weather.
PSHE:
We follow Jigsaw for our PSHE learning. This term we will be focusing on Dreams and Goals. We will explore setting goals, approaches to challenges and steps to success.
History:
Great Fire of London
Our History lessons this term will be about the Great Fire of London in 1666. We will be comparing London in the past and present day. The children will also order a timeline of events as well as finding out about Samuel Pepys. Here is a website to find out more about the Great Fire of London: