Term 1, Week 2
What a lovely week we had last week! The children have already begun to settle into their new class, and they worked hard all week to create some amazing artwork and poems based on the Secret Sky Garden by Linda Sarah and Fiona Lumbers.
In English this week, we will be starting a new unit, based on the book How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth, by Michelle Robinson. We will concentrate on building our knowledge, learning new vocabulary and having some fun with this new idea.
Guided reading this week will include some short extracts from popular stories, with the children having the opportunity to listen to the stories to build familiarity, and then answering questions to discuss the narrative and language features. The children will then complete independent work to confirm their understanding of the text.
In Maths this week we will continue to focus on place value, revisiting some more year 2 concepts, including partitioning numbers to 100, and tens and ones using addition. Times tables will be an ongoing feature, with the children completing a times table challenge each week.
Mrs Johnson will continue with the People of God unit in RE this week.
Mrs Tompsett will continue with science, looking at ‘animals including humans’ in greater detail. The children will complete the weekly spelling test and have their weekly French session too!
Maple class have PE on Mondays and Thursdays, and both sessions will be with myself and Mr Luckhurst.
Reading Records have been sent home for most children already, and will generally be changed on a Monday and Thursday. We would ask however, that children bring their books and Reading Records in to school each day and that they aim to read daily, ideally with an adult – details of this can then be recorded in the Reading Record. The books coming home initially, will be based on advice from the Year 2 team and follow the new phonics scheme for those not already free reading. However, we do understand that children progress at different rates during the summer holidays, so pleased do contact me if you feel your child’s book is either too easy or too difficult.
I am always happy to answer any questions you may have so please do contact me if you have any queries, using the class email address:
Best wishes
Mrs Smallcombe and the Maple Team