Year 2

Welcome to Year 2's Class Page!

Class teacher: Miss Mitterhuber (or Miss Mitt!)

Teaching assistants: Mrs Dolling, Mrs. Pyle & Mrs. Talbot

 

 

 

Homework

Spellings (via class page on school website):

Out - Monday

Test – following Monday

English (alternating between reading comprehension and SPaG in CGP book)

Out- Monday

Due- following Monday 

Maths (via Mymaths):

Out - Monday

Due - Following Monday

Reading Books:

Out – Friday

Due –Friday

Homework Week beginning 16th June

 

Spellings

 

Squirrels:

be 

bee 

sun  

son 

one 

won 

see 

sea  

cliff 

harbour 

 

 

Foxes:

blue 

blew 

where 

wear 

piece 

peace 

night 

knight  

cliff 

harbour 

 

 

MyMaths:

Dividing

 

English homework:

CGP Grammar and Punctuation book either P.12 Mixed Grammar Practise OR P.16 Puzzle: Bouncing Bella

*Please remember to look for the date 16/6 in your English book to see which one you need to do*

Free Readers

If your child is a free reader, that means they have successfully worked their way through all of the colour bands on our reading scheme, exposing them to a wide range of genres and vocanbulary. 

 

Now they are a free reader and are able to choose what books they would like to read themselves. These could be chosen from home, our school library or a public library. Although these children will not need to bring in their books for changing each Friday, they do still need to bring in their yellow reading record to show us what they have been reading.

 

At this point, children can take a little more ownership of their yellow reading records to prepare them for KS2 - they might like to write in it themselves recording the pages they have read and something they have enjoyed about the book. I do encourage parents to monitor this somewhat still; sign your child's reading record each week to show you have seen them reading and children should still be reading aloud to an adult at least once a week as free readers to continue developing expression and fluency. Please also encourage children to read books that will challenge them. You can find our recommended reading lists on the reading curriculum page of our website. 

 

If you have any questions about being a free reader, please let me know. 

Resources to support teaching spellings at home

 

In year 2, types of spellings and spelling patterns that children are expected to know continues to increase. As well as further 'common exception words' (words that don't follow the usual rules but are used regularly), there is a whole series of spelling patterns and rules for children to learn. Teachers often find that getting children to learn spellings is one thing but then getting them to use them in their everyday writing is another. All the more reason why children should practise their spellings in different ways and then be given the chance to use them in their writing. In addition, when a new spelling rule has been taught, children need to learn how to apply that rule to all words, not just a list they have been given to learn at home. If you wish to boost your child's spelling ability even further, encourage them to read as often as possible; exposure to lots of words will lead to a better understanding of spelling.

Children could practise their spellings with paint, sand, scrabble tiles - be creative as you like! Below are a few methods of learning spellings which you may wish to try out and I hope you find useful.

Cursive handwriting

Knowledge Organisers

Exploring the Titanic Timeline

Science World Habitats Group Presentations

Creating birdsong inspired body percussion music motifs

We enjoyed joining in with Image Musical Theatre's performance of the Jungle Book

Shove Tuesday Pancake Flip - Thank you FoCBS!

Author Workshop with Phillip Kavvadias

English - Acting the story of Anansi and the moss covered rock

Reading our stories in the style of Julia Donaldson to YR

Maths money learning - creating our own shops

Internet Safety Day

Music - Great Fire of London song on drums and glockenspiels

Science - experimenting with material suitability

RE - exploring the story of Islamic prophet Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina

Science - everyday materials around the school

Role playing interviewing witnesses

Maths - learning to tell the time

Great Fire of London - ranking jobs from the 17th century

English Newspaper Broadcasts

Digital Photography in Computing

Royal Opera Live Lesson

English - Following instructions to make pizza muffins

Happy 130th Birthday CBS! We loved dressing up and experiencing what school would have been like in the Victorian times to celebrate.

RE - zoom interview with Rabbi Nick

Computing - barcodes

Topic - acting out the Spanish Armada

RE - Moses parting the Red Sea