Welcome to Term 5 in Year 2!

We hope you and your family had a wonderful and restful Easter break! We are looking forward to hearing all about it from the children.

This term we will be learning about the history of Flight and we will be learning all about forces in Science. This will link nicely to our DT sessions where the children will discover how to create a vehicle. Please take a look at our termly newsletter and vocabulary page to find out more!

We are super excited to have Mrs Courtney joining us in Year 2! Mrs Courtney will be teaching on Thursdays and Fridays.

We have an open-door policy so if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to get in contact.

Home Learning in Year 2

Home learning will continue. Our Maths home learning is on Professor Assessor and will be set every Wednesday. There is a week to do it. We set spellings every Wednesday and the children will be tested the following Wednesday. We will send home all the spellings for the term in the first week of every term.

Spellings

We encourage children to learn spellings using the Look, Cover, Write, Check method, following the sequence:

LOOK at the word

COVER the word

WRITE the word

CHECK their spelling against the word.

Reading

Your child will continue to bring home a reading book every day to share with you. 'Free Reading’ books may be chosen from the class library. Comics and easy books are also great to read as they can improve comprehension skills and give ideas for story writing, but they will not stretch their vocabulary and reading ability. Please encourage your child to read with expression, and to express opinions about the characters in the story, the plot, and what might happen next. Reading books and reading record should be brought to school each day. Reading books are always changed on a Monday.

Maths

All pupils will be given login details for an online maths system called Professor Assessor. Numeracy homework assignments will be given for the children to complete on computers/tablets at home. In term four we start the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. There will be an option for the children on Professor Assessor to practice their times tables too. We then do a weekly times table test every Wednesday right through until the end of the year.

Water Bottles

Please ensure your child brings a named bottle to school every day, filled with water. The children are allowed to fill their water bottles up during the day if they run out. Please ensure water bottles are taken home regularly and washed.

 

Timetable of things to remember!

Day	I need to remember...
Monday	Wear school uniform BOOKS WILL BE CHANGED BRING READING FOLDER INTO SCHOOL
Tuesday	Wear PE uniform BRING READING FOLDER INTO SCHOOL
Wednesday	SPELLING TEST HOME LEARNING TO BE HANDED OUT ON PROFESSOR ASSESSOR (TO BE COMPLETED BY THE FOLLOWING WEEK) BRING READING FOLDER INTO SCHOOL
Thursday	Wear PE uniform BRING READING FOLDER INTO SCHOOL
Friday	Take water bottle home to be washed BRING READING FOLDER INTO SCHOOL

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the school office to arrange to speak with Mrs Solomon or Mrs Courtney.

Kind regards, 

The Year 2 Team