Year 2

Welcome to Summer 2!

Reading is frequently proven to help children in life and learning. Please read everyday at home.

Burgundy class is taught by Mrs Dawson.

Ruby class is taught by Ms Shorter. The fantastic teaching assistants who work across both classes are Ms Bromell, Ms Chivers and Ms Farboud.

Life by the Sea

Grace Darling | Royal Museums Greenwich

In English, we will:

  • consider tone and purpose to create our own success criteria
  • aim to write more to increase our stamina
  • continue to use proper punctuation
  • focus on homophones and suffix endings in spelling
In Maths, we will first:
  • find thirds, quarters and halves of lengths, shapes and quantities.
  • pay more attention to an analogue clock and tell the time to 5 minutes
  • identify and explain the qualities of 2D and 3D shapes
In Geography, we will locate and name the 7 continents and 5 oceans. We will explore the geography of a UK seaside town and compare it to one very far away! In History, we will learn about Grace Darling and compare how life-saving at sea happens now and in the past.

Book-bags should be brought into school every day: we encourage children to be as independent as possible and to remember their book-bag for themselves. Children can change their books in any silent reading session – it is up to them to let us know they need to.

We hear all children read in Guided Reading sessions and certain children individually on a 1:1 basis at other times.

Children are encouraged to change their books regularly.

Ruby Class’s PE days are Monday and Tuesday.

Burgundy’s PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday.

    PE kits should be brought into school and kept in school for ease. A PE kit consists of T-shirt, shorts, long-sleeved top and jogging bottoms, spare socks, trainers or plimsolls.  Long hair must be tied back and no jewellery please. If children do not have their PE kit, they cannot fully partake in the lesson.

PE lesson pic

Children will need to bring a filled and named water bottle to school each day. The class tap is drinking water and the children are able to fill their bottles as needed.

water bottle

Google Classroom login details will be found in your child’s reading record. Homework will be acknowledged by the class teacher on Google Classroom or in person. 

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