This week in Numeracy - W/C: 12/09/11

This week in Numeracy we will be looking for the pairs of numbers that add to any number up to 10 that children know and can recall. To support your child in their learning at home, look for your child using known facts and place value to add or subtract multiples of ten, e.g. using 2 + 5 = 7 to derive 20 + 50 = 70. Notice if children are beginning to use these addition facts when they add and subtract a one-digit number. For example, look for children knowing the distance from their start number to the appropriate tens boundary and then how many more to add or subtract.

This week in Literacy - W/C: 10/09/12

This week in Literacy we will be learning all about the wonders of poetry. We will be reading, writing and reciting poetry thinking carefully about what makes a good poem taking account of punctuation, sound patterns and different forms of presentation. We will be using simple poetry structures to make a substitute for our own ideas - by this doing this will create our own poetry. To support your child in their learning at home, why not have a go at this? Find a poem either in a book or on the Internet and change a few of the words around... it doesn't matter if it doesn't make sense - it is all about exploring language and having fun! Can you think of a better adjective to describe what the poet is seeing?

Date for your diary!

On Friday 23rd September we are having a visit from Wise Moves who will be leading a dance workshop with Year 2 in the hall from 10.00-11.30. This will culminate in an assembly at 11.30 - 12:00 for the whole school which you as parents are very welcome to attend.

Rugby World Cup Home Learning Project

As you may, or may not know the Rugby World Cup 2011 kicks off tomorrow morning in New Zealand. As a class we will be using the Rugby World Cup to support our work in Maths and other subjects across the curriculum. 

As with previous classes during the Football World Cup children in Year 2 have each been given a nation to follow/support during the tournament. Due to the smaller number of teams that take part in a Rugby World Cup compared to a Football World Cup each nation will have two pupils following/supporting them. While proving to be great fun, I also hope that this will encourage our pupil’s global awareness and geographical understanding. You should now have received a letter with this information in as well as details of your child's nation. If you haven't then please see me or Mrs. Webb. As well as following/supporting their nation, I have encouraged the class to complete some home learning on their nation during the next couple of weeks and will provide an opportunity for pupils to share their learning in a special session on Friday 30th September. In previous years, pupils engaged in similar projects have made posters, booklets or PowerPoint presentations about their country to share with the class. We look forward to seeing all the pupil's home learning projects. Mr. Spracklen on behalf of the Year 2 Team.

Year 2 Class Assembly

Friday 7th October, 2011 - 9.20am - will be the date and time for our first Year 2 class assembly. All are welcome to come along and hear what Year 2 have been learning in the first few weeks of the term. More information to follow soon.

Parent Information Session

Wednesday 14th September, 2011 - 9.00am - Year 2 Parent Information Session. Please come along and hear all about what lies ahead for Year 2 this year with particular emphasis on what is happening in the Autumn term.

First Day

We have had a wonderful first day back in Year 2! In Literacy we discussed our Rights and Responsibilities and each wrote our own Class Charter - a big copy of this will soon be shown on our 'Club Sandwich Class Charter', next to Mr. Spracklen's cupboard. After break, we had a PE session with Mrs. Hibberd and had our first taste of Mathletics. In the afternoon, we changed our reading books and all selected our first library book. We therefore should all have two reading books and one library book in our book bags to read at home. We ended our first day in Year 2 with another go on Mathletics in the ICT suite - we are all already big fans of Mathletics and can't wait for tomorrow!