Year 2
Dahl Class - 2K Bryon Class - 2F
Teachers: Mrs Field and Miss Keeling
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Brown and Miss Kubanska
Welcome to Term 6
Welcome to Term 6! As we move further into the summer term, we are looking forward to a term of fun learning with hopefully lots of outdoor opportunities. Please see below what we will be covering this term. We are grateful for your continued support in working with us and your children.Please also refer to the termly newsletter for further information. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us on the Year 2 email account - year2@kingsnorth.kent.sch.uk.
KS1 SATS INFORMATION:
Please find the information on SATs in Year 2 shared in the recent parents' meeting which took place in Term 4, uploaded below. If you have further questions, please let us know.
MATHS
In Maths, we follow the White Rose scheme of learning. We will explore statistics, such as using and making bar charts and tables to understand information. We will also look at position and direction, thinking of movement and turns a person or an object might make. We will spend time revising and consolidating maths skills and knowledge gained over the year.
Please continue to use TT Rockstars and to work through the SAT’s practise book.
Children would continue to benefit from regularly practising their 10, 5s and 2 times tables.
To support your child, please continue to play mental maths games on apps such as:
White Rose 1-min Maths
www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Below is the Year 2 scheme of learning for the upcoming year.
ENGLISH
Writing:
In English, we follow the Read, Write, Inc scheme of learning. We will be focusing in particular on ensuring work is demarcated with full stops and capital letters and that sentences are coherent.
Attached below is a list of common exception words as well as high-frequency words. We would really appreciate your support in helping your child practise spelling these words so that they are confident in both reading and writing them independently.
The video below will help you to understand how to say each of the sounds from Set 1 to Set 3. It would be really beneficial for you to watch this to support you with your child's learning.
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/3rQRQmLf/1PKrKlSi
For Accelerated Readers, here is the website link for completing the AR quizzes:
For writing, we will continue to make our own books through 'Writing for Pleasure'. This term, we will be continuing to write our chapter books. Then we will go on to make magazines.
We are often asked how you can support your child with writing at home. Here are a few ideas that will support your child in both their creativity and in practising the structure and content of various genres:
- Write a letter or postcard to someone
- Write a recipe or instructions on how to do something
- Keep a diary, updating it regularly
- Write a familiar story in your own words *maybe even change some of the elements i.e. character, setting etc.
Reading:
We consistently review your child's reading level and adjust this accordingly. Please listen to your child read daily and ask them questions about what they are reading. Below are some links to online books which you may find helpful.
For Accelerated Readers, here is the website link for completing the AR quizzes:
RE:
In RE this term we will continue to explore the religion of Islam. We will learn about holy words and celebrations which are important to Muslims. We will also relate this to our own experiences and beliefs and those of the religions we have already learnt about. Our big question for terms 5 and 6 is, 'Who is a Muslim and what do they believe?'
SCIENCE:
We will be learning about how plants grow. The children will learn about what plants need to grow and to stay healthy. We look forward to growing some plants so that we can observe plant growth over time.
PE:
In PE, we follow the TLG scheme of learning. Below is a yearly overview of the topics your child will cover in Year 2.
Our unit across this term will be athletics and sending and receiving.
PE is on Tuesdays and Fridays. Your child can wear their PE kit throughout the day.
PSHE:
We follow Jigsaw for our PSHE learning. This term we will be focusing on how and why we change as we get older. We will consider what we have already achieved and explore what we are looking forward to in the future.
DT (design and technology:
How do windmills move?
We will be looking at and designing windmills. We will look at how windmills move and how to design a flower windmill that has moving parts.