• HOMEWORK
• Maths help

Welcome to Year 2

Mrs. Stevenson and Mrs Baker welcome you to Year 2.

Mrs. Stevenson will be teaching on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Mrs. Baker will be teaching on Thursday and Friday.

Mrs Chetwood and Mrs Foy are the class teaching assistants and Mr Clewlow is the learning support assistant.

WELCOME TO YEAR 2

Welcome to the Summer term in Year 2.  We have so many exciting things planned. The children are going to love their last term in Key Stage One!

Below you can find a copy of the Summer Term Welcome Letter which contains useful information regarding the Summer Term.

In Religion this term, our topics are Eastertide and The Birth of the Church

In each topic, we will be covering:

Eastertide:

• Easter

• Breakfast with Jesus
• Passion, Death & Resurrection
• The Holy Spirit
• Apostles tell what happened at Pentecost

The Birth of the Church

• The Church
• Signs & Symbols
• The Sacrament of Baptism
• Fruits of the Holy Spirit
• Peter’s Escape

Mathematics and English

The children will continue to build on their knowledge and skills developed in the spring term, in accordance with the National Curriculum.  In Maths, we will continue to work through the Primary Stars programme. In English, we will mainly work on a text based approach, using a range of picture books and non-fiction texts that link to our topic theme for the term.  In addition, discrete grammar, spelling and handwriting lessons will also be taught.  

Our topic this term is The Seaside. We will be learning about different seaside resorts in the UK and locating them on maps. We will also look at the features of seaside resorts and how they are different to where we live. The children will also study how seaside holidays have changed over the years and what they were like 100 years ago.

Our topic in science is ‘Plants’. 

PE: Our PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday. Please make sure all earrings are removed before school on these days and that children have their PE kits in school on these days.

Homework

Children will be given weekly homework activities, including spellings, to carry out at home. 

Parents often ask if there is something they can do at home to support their child’s learning.  Ensuring they complete their homework tasks to the best of their ability, and supporting them where necessary, will really help them to make good progress. Daily spelling practice, using the ‘look, say, cover, write, check’ approach, is invaluable in helping them to learn their weekly spellings.

We simply cannot emphasise enough the importance of continuing to hear your child read at home on a daily basis and in particular, to begin to support the development of comprehension skills, through discussion and questioning. 

The following websites provide excellent online resources to support with homework too:

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/

Mrs Stevenson, Mrs Baker, Mrs Chetwood, Mr Clewlow and Mrs Foy.