Year 2: A fantastic full first week and information for you all.

 Hello everyone, I hope you've had a lovely weekend. Thank you to all the parents that were able to attend the parent information session last week. If you weren't able to make it then hopefully you have been able to catch up with the video. If you have any questions at all then please come and see me at the door in the morning. 

On Friday we collected in the reading records but were missing about 10 of them. Please do get in the habit of putting the reading record, books and home learning folder in your child's book bag everyday and bringing them in to school. We collect them every morning and the children get their books at certain times of the day. 

English

This week I have been getting to know the children and their abilities in writing. We will carry this on next week but focus more on SPAG before moving on to our book focus. 

Maths

This week the children have been learning about tens and ones and how to partition numbers. This is quite a tricky concept for some children and so to further support the children to really understand this I sent home a tens and ones home learning sheet. More about this further down the blog. 

We will be carrying on learning how to partition 2 digit numbers this week using part whole models. 

Science

In Science we have started our new topic on Humans. The children will learn about what it is to be healthy. The children tasted foods from the 4 main food groups and then had to decide what group they belonged to.

 If anyone has any job related experience where they might want to lead a short fitness session or if we have a parent that is a dentist, dietitian or chef then we would LOVE to have you in the class. Real life people who the children know and have jobs that they could have really sticks in their minds. 

Home learning 

This week I have sent home a tens and ones sheet. If you'd like to know how to support your child with this then I have made a short video.

I have also sent home a guide on how to access AR reading. My spelling group should have come home with their AR reading number. Please access this at home if you are able and complete the quizzes with your child. The library is open every morning from 8.30am and also after school if you would like to go their with your child. 

I sent home a spellings rule sheet for my group last week. Please practice this throughout the week, our spelling check will be on Friday. 

Key dates

Tuesday 23rd September - Book Fair starts 

Monday 29th September- Individual School photos

Monday 6th October- Food Faith and Farming fortnight starts

Friday 10th October- AutumnFest 

Tuesday 14th- Email to come home about a possible trip

Friday 17th October - Harvest celebration

(parents welcome in the classroom after this for food tasting and evaluation) 

Tuesday 21st October - Parents evening early

Thursday 23rd October - Parents evening late

Monday 27th October - Friday 31st October Half Term Holiday