Welcome Back to School!

We are starting the year with we a topic called 'World Wonderer' To launch into this topic we have been reading a book called...

Here We Are' - Notes For Living On Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers

In fact the whole school is reading this book as a way into feeling like we all belong to the same school, same community and same world even though we are separated by distance at the moment. This book links well with another text we are reading about the journey of a pebble.  Our English, R.E and PSHCE  work is based on these two texts.  At the moment, we will not be sending school books home for the children to read,  but do encourage your child to read something each night. Year 2 and 3 children should still read aloud to you and spend some time talking about the text and asking questions.
Please find the spellings to learn lists below. These will be updated each week.  Children are introduced to the new spellings each Monday and will undertake a check up on the previous week's list on the next Monday.

 In Science, the children will be learning about animals and offspring to begin with, then on to looking at skeletons and muscles. In Geography, the children will be learning about volcanoes with Mrs. Pearson.

 Our focus in maths is on place value and then moving on to addition and  subtraction. Please find the knowledge organisers below. We are also teaching strategies to help to develop quick mental maths and recall of key facts.  More on this later.

P.E. takes place on a Tuesday and Thursday with Simon Carson Sports and on Wednesday Football skills with James Lofthouse. Please make sure your child has a P.E. in school including warmer clothes as the weather becomes cooler and damper.  All items in the P.E. kit must be named. The children will participate in 'Fit in Fifteen' exercise sessions each day as part of their morning beak.

We are doing well with our new routines to help us keep safe.  The children wash their hands regularly, have their own cup for the day and are trying their best to play together, respectful of staying in a space and not touching each other.

Kind regards to you from the Class 2 team (Mrs. Shaw - Monday to Wednesday   Miss. Wilkinson - Thursday and Friday   Mrs. Pearson HLTA everyday)

P.S. A big thank you to all of you who have brought in summer holiday diaries and theme park projects.  They look amazing.  We are gradually working our way through sharing them with the class...it might take a while to get to yours...but we will!

This week we are looking at the graphemes (letter/s) representing the phoneme (sound)

 r

There are 3 lists to choose your challenge level from.

We are working on these in school, but some practice at home will help too!

Spellings

Practice a few everyday

• Use the weekly spelling lists.
• Use the year group common exception word lists.
• Read the words and check you understand the meaning of them.
• Notice any phonic patterns and spelling rules.
• Can you add any suffixes or prefixes?
• Write sentences using the words.
•  Cover, copy and check until you get them right.
• Can you remember how to spell them a week later?
• Games to help you learn:   https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb
• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/words-and-spelling
• Word of the Day https://www.vocabularyninja.co.uk/word-of-the-day.html#

Phonics - Learn to read and write using sounds

Maths

Revisit, revise and recall

• Practice the times tables (Year 2 – 2, 5,10 and 3’s as an extension. Year 3 – 2, 5, 10, 3, 4 and 8’s
• https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/maths/primary-multiplication-division/help-with-times-tables/
• Recall number bonds e.g. 7+3=10 and make links, so 17+3 =20 and 70+30=100
• Remember facts such as how many cm in 1m, 1/4m , 1/2m 3/4m
• Practice telling the time.
• Remember what you learned last week.
• Quick mental maths questions.
• Name shapes and spot their properties

Links...

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

https://parent.numberfunportal.com/

 https://ttrockstars.com/

 https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

 https://pages.sumdog.com/multiplication-tables-check/

This week's mental maths strategy

Use this strategy to practice lots of adding and subtracting.

Maths Games and Activities (Thursday 18th June Update)

Recently we were supplied with a link to a variety of maths games designed to focus on a mixture of mathematical skills. A link to these can be found here: 

https://dig1t.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1.-Addition-and-Subtraction-Years-123.pdf

https://dig1t.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2.-Multiplication-and-Division-Years-23.pdf

https://dig1t.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/3.-Multiplication-and-Division-Years-34.pdf

Alternatively, a link to all of the resources can be found below. 

https://dig1t.com/game-resources/

Reading

Read every day.

Please find the reading targets below

• Focus on inference and deduction skills.
• Do a reading comprehension exercise.
• Enjoy reading or poem a story to your child.
• Listen to your child reading and ask questions about the text. Use the Oxford Owl link or your own books.
• Watch News Round and discuss.   https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
• Reading comprehension exercises can be found on Twinkl

  https://www.twinkl.co.uk/

Set up a reading journal

Grab yourself a little note book and try out these reading activities...

• • Write a book review.
  • Write a summary of the story in approx.50 words.
  • Write a blurb for the story.
  • Write character description.
  • Write a diary entry as though you are one of the characters from the book.
  • Draw 2 characters from the book and write speech bubbles with something they might say after the story has ended.
  • Write a description of the story setting.
  • Write 5 true or false quiz questions about the story.

Writing

This week’s writing task..

 If you want to write more, here are some ideas for you...

https://thinkwritten.com/writing-prompts-for-kids/

Daily picture resource to inspire writing by Pobble 365

http://www.pobble365.com

Science

Worship in Class 2

Each day we stop our busy work in class and spend a few minutes thinking about:

The messages Jesus taught us through reading to and listening to stories from the Bible.

Issues and dilemmas we face.

What we are thankful for.

Sending a prayer. 

Other Curriculum Subjects

Be a busy bee and choose from the mini projects below or follow your own interests.

These websites provide lots of lessons on things that might interest you.

BBC Bitesize:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

The Oak National Academy:  https://www.thenational.academy/