Year 2
Dahl Class - 2K Bryon Class - 2F
Teachers: Mrs Field and Miss Keeling
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Brown and Miss Kubanska
Welcome to Term 4
Welcome to our Year 2 Newsletter for Term 4. I can’t believe we are halfway through Year 2 already! We have an exciting term planned with some great events for you to get involved with too, such as book week! We look forward to working together with you to support your child in their continued learning journey.
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.
KS1 SATS INFORMATION:
Please find the information on SATs in Year 2 shared in the recent parents' meeting, uploaded below. If you have further questions, please let us know.
MATHS
In Maths, we follow the White Rose scheme of learning. We will begin the term continuing our learning about multiplication and division before moving onto measurement. We will mainly be focusing on 2’s, 5’s and 10’s and going in depth with these so that children not only understand them by counting in rote but also understand how they can be presented, calculated and recorded in various ways. To support your child at home, please continue to practise times tables and number facts using the apps previously shared.
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 finish writing our fables so that we can have a publishing party! Then we will go on to writing an information book.
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, ‘Why does Easter matter to Christians?' as we explore the Christian topic of Salvation. This will involve learning about the Easter story, digging deeper and exploring why it is so important to Christians and the meaning of salvation to Christians.
SCIENCE:
In Science, our big question is, 'What is the life cycle of different animals including humans?'. We will be exploring various animals and their life cycles. This will include looking at the stages from birth to adult within humans as well as a variety of animals.
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 units across this term will be Gymnastics and Net and Wall. PE is on Tuesdays and Fridays. Your child can wear their PE kit throughout the day. It would be useful if your child could wear shorts under their tracksuit bottoms as having bare legs helps them to climb and move around the apparatus more easily.
PSHE:
We follow Jigsaw for our PSHE learning. This term we will be focusing on "Healthy me". We will explore how we can keep ourselves healthy in body and mind and the importance of positive relationships.
Geography:
Coasts
This term we will be following on from our oceans and continents topic in term one, with a focus on coasts.