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Year 2 - Primrose Class

Welcome to Year 2 - Primrose Class!

Miss Buckley Mrs Stevens Mrs Jefferies

(Class Teacher) (Class Teacher) (Teaching Assistant)

We are always happy to help, at the end of each day we are on the door and available for any questions or queries.

What does our curriculum look like?

In Year Two we have selected five topics that we hope will captivate the children’s interests. Through cross-curricular teaching we will cover different areas of the curriculum in an exciting and engaging way. We begin a topic with something to hook the children in, this is called the “engage” stage. The children then “develop” their learning before presenting what they have been learning. This provides the children a context to share their work and we refer to this as the “express” stage. At the end of a topic we would like to invite you into school so that we can showcase the children’s learning. This will also be an opportunity for you to see the children’s classroom and books.

Here is an overview of all the topics we will be covering throughout the year:

Dinosaur Planet

Bright Lights, Big City

Towers, Tunnels and Turrets

The Scented Garden

Land Ahoy!

What will we be learning in term 1?

Stomp, crash, RRRAGH! Watch out everyone - the dinosaurs are on the prowl!

They're rampaging across the dusty earth, swishing their enormous tails and baring their fearsome teeth...

Let's explore the Dinosaur Planet! Imagine you're a palaeontologist (that's a scientist who studies bones and fossils). Dig deep and discover dazzling dinosaur facts.

Create your own dinosaur museum and invite visitors to see your awesome dinosaur artefacts.

Which is your favourite dinosaur? The Tyrannosaurus, the Brachiosaurus or the Micropachycephalosaurus?

Doyouthinkhesawrus? Yes he did... RUN!

What homework is given in Primrose Class?

Additional and on going home learning includes:

Maths

Maths challenges and activities will be set for the children to complete on My Maths later in the academic year. If you need a reminder about your child’s log in details please come and see us.

Please help your child to learn pairs of numbers that make 10 so that they can quickly be recalled. Then do the same for pairs of numbers to make 20. This work underpins much of our maths work in class. Consequently it is very important that this is constantly revisited and practised throughout the year.

Addition and subtraction of small numbers can be practised and reinforced by playing simple board games such as Snakes and Ladders using two or even three dice. Card games such as Pontoon or ‘Making 21’ also work well to support addition and counting on skills.

Also, please practise counting forward in jumps of 2, 5 and 10 to help learn the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Then try counting back in jumps of 2, 5 and 10. Then do the same for the 3 and 4 times tables.

Reading

Please listen to your child read at home as much as possible and comment in their home reading records when you do so.

Please continue to read and enjoy lots of additional texts with your child. Reading and listening to a variety of different text types are so important not only to support your child’s reading development but also their writing development.

Please see additional information regarding supporting your child with their reading skills, particulalry comprehension, in the section further down the page.

Spelling

The spelling lists document (attached below) includes a list of words for each week. These are words that we will practise reading and spelling during the week at school. You may wish to help your children to practise spelling these words at home .These are words that the children need to be able to spell as part of the Year 2 spelling curriculum.

What does our day look like?

Here is an outline of what a week looks like in Year 2. As the year and the children evolve, our weekly timetable will change accordingly. Please click for current timetable below.