Welcome to Year 2

with

Mrs Dobson and Miss Beardsall

 

Class Dojo is a great way for me to keep in touch with you all. It's also great to share what you've been up to at home!

 

The Summer term's context for learning is 'Hourglass: The Sands of Time!' Over the term, we will link our learning through the themes of invention, equality and community.

 

 English

We will be reading the story of 'Rosie Revere Engineer' by Andrea Beaty as part of story box and to inspire our English writing.

Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal -to fly -Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt's dream come true. But when her contraption doesn't fly but rather hovers for a moment and then crashes, Rosie deems the invention a failure. On the contrary, Aunt Rose insists that Rosie's contraption was a raging success. You can only truly fail, she explains, if you quit.

Maths

Place Value: Revision of all our place value units. Using place value to solve problems. 

 

Addition and Subtraction: Adding ones to 2-digit numbers, adding tens to 2-digit numbers and adding two 2-digit numbers. Subtracting ones to 2-digit numbers, subtracting tens to 2-digit numbers and subtracting two 2-digit numbers.

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

 

Fractions:  Knowing 1/2 is the same as 2/4.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z3rbg82 

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/fractions.html 

 

Multiplication and Division: Using arrays to solve multiplication and division problems. 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqbg87h 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/multiplication-and-division 

 

Statistics : Ask and answer simple questions about tally charts, pictograms, tables and block diagrams.

Measurement: Solving problems that involve time, length, mass and capacity. Telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes.

 

Science

We will be learning about plants as biologists. As part of this, we will be looking at:

Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants.
Find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.

 

Find out more here: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zg8vwsg/articles/z6nx7yc 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zg8vwsg/articles/zkp2jsg 

 

Spellings

Ready, Steady, Spell! We learn to use different strategies to help us spell. Here are the strategies we use and you could use at home:

You can find the full list of Year 2 common exception words by clicking here. 

You can practise the Year 2 spelling rules by playing these games: https://www.spellingplay.co.uk/interactive-resources 

 

 

Things to remember in Year 2:

(Please encourage your child to start to take responsibility for these if you can!)

 

P.E is Friday morning this half term with Mr Coleclough..

 

Homework should be brought in on a Monday.

Reading Diaries should be brought in every Monday with school reading books.

Homework goes out on a Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

Here are some links to websites that will help you support your child:

https://play.numbots.com/#/intro 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student 

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/

https://www.spellzone.com/games/index.cfm?wordlist=4620

 

 

 

Wellbeing Week links: