Our Topic for the Autumn Term is Space.

Week beginning 26th September

In Literacy we will writing our own story based on 'The River'. 

In Phonics we are learning some more ways of spelling the /or/ sound - au as in autumn and al as in talk. 

In Maths we are adding and subtracting multiples of ten.

In our mental maths we are using our knowledge of odd and even numbers to calculate two more or two less than a number.

Week beginning 19th September

In Literacy we will be planning our own story based on 'The River' ready to write next week. 

In Phonics we are learning different ways of spelling the /or/ sound - ar as in fort, aw as in law, a as in all and ar as in warm. 

In Maths we are placing multiples of ten on a number line and adding and subtracting ten.

In our mental maths we are focussing on odd and even numbers and learning how to use this knowledge to calculate two more or two less than a number.

Week beginning 12th September

In Literacy we will be sharing a book called 'The River' and looking at the structure of the story in preparation for writing our own stories in a later week.  

In Phonics we will be continuing to learn different ways of spelling the /l/ sound - al as in metal, el as in camel, il as in pupil and le as in apple. 

In Maths we are focussing on multiples of ten.

In our mental maths we are practising one more and one less.

Week beginning 5th September

In Literacy we are writing a recount of our summer holidays and writing some Golden Rules for the classroom.  

In Phonics we are beginning to learn different ways of spelling the /l/ sound - l as in lunch and ll as in doll.

In Maths we are completing some initial assessment activities.

In our mental maths we are practising one more and one less.

Please find a copy of the welcome letter below.

Year 2 Welcome Letter

In Year 2 we encourage independence. The children need to come in on their own and put reading books, notes, homework etc. into the classroom boxes / trays. Generally we will not be searching through book bags. In the morning please only speak to the teacher with quick messages, e.g. my child is going home with someone else tonight, my child is a bit upset this morning because…, my child might need their inhaler today. If you need to have a longer discussion please contact the teacher via the school office (using the phone or school email) and we will make an alternative convenient time to meet or speak on the phone, such as after school. It is important we do know when your child is being collected by someone else as we need to ring parents if we haven’t been told.

Reading

• Reading – school expectation is that children will read at least 5 times a week for approximately 15 minutes each session. This can include time spent discussing the story. Once your child is reading longer books we would not expect them to be reading a whole book in one session. Please write in the reading diary so we know your child has read, alongside any comments you might wish to make. Reading can be recorded in the morning and evening of the same day and several times over the weekend. This year we are continuing with re-read Thursday. It is important for children to re-read books to develop fluency and expression. Therefore we will not be changing books on Thursdays.
• We keep a record of reading to enable us to award certificates for reading 5 times during the week. The class in school with the highest percentage of readers will win Orlando Owl for the week. We will be continuing with the medals – bronze for reading for one complete term, silver for two and gold for all year.

Homework

• Each week we will also send home a piece of Literacy homework and a piece of Maths homework on a Friday. These will need to be returned by the following Friday. Children will miss some of their Golden Time if homework is not returned.
• Literacy homework will be spellings one week and reading comprehension the next. Spellings will come home on a sheet. Please keep this at home all week and do not return until Friday as your child should be practising the spellings little and often. Over the week please help your child practise the spellings using the look, cover, write, check method. Children will also look at the spellings in class. 
• The reading comprehensions should be completed independently if possible. However, if your child is finding it tricky to read the text you may read it to them and then discuss the possible answers with them. This will begin to develop their understanding of a story. Reading comprehension can be returned as soon as it is finished or on the Friday.

• Maths - Maths homework will give some ideas for practical activities you may want to do with your child following up on what we have been focusing on in our ‘number sense’ part of our Maths work. There are also some short written activities for your child to complete. These can be returned as soon as they are finished or on the Friday. 

This term’s topic is “Space”. Your children may like to find out more about this at home with you and they are welcome to bring in any relevant books or artefacts linked to our topic.

More information on curriculum and current topics will be available on the school website.

Please make sure all uniform is named including drinks bottles and lunch boxes. Children bring items to school in a school book bag which also needs to be named and one small keyring attached if wanted. We do not have room for rucksacks in school.

Please send in a named PE bags to be kept in school, that also includes a set of jogging bottoms that can be used for Forest School. Please name all parts of PE kit including daps.

For lots of general resources visit the Espresso website. Parents have their own log in to use ...

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