Adel St John The Baptist

Welcome to Year 2

 

Year 2 Curriculum Map

Welcome to Year 2!

The children will be in class with me, Miss White, with additional support from Mrs Appleton (Mon-Weds) and Mrs Milne (Thurs-Fri). Above is our Long Term Plan for the year with details about the Year 2 curriculum. Below are some brief details about elements of our learning this half term and some key information to help the half term run smoothly. Please do keep an eye out for regular information about our class on our blog (details for which will be on the school newsletter, although if you’ve found this, you’re in the right place!) and any last minute information or changes on the school app. If you have any questions, please contact me at anna.white@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk and I will reply as soon as I can.

Thanks for your continued support.

Kind regards,

Miss White.

 

 

Reading: Children will continue to bring home books weekly and have 1:1 reading sessions in school. We will collect in book bags with returned books on a Monday and keep these until Tuesday when new books will be provided.  Please aim to read these, and other books, with your child for 5 to 10 minutes each day. There is a yellow reading record that will come home with these books too, please indicate when a book has been read with a tick or initials and any comments if you feel necessary. Please return the reading record when books are returned. Guided Reading sessions will be twice a week in small groups or as a whole class.

Reading Morning: Reading Morning will take place on a Wednesday morning. This is an opportunity for adults to come into the classroom at the beginning of the day and spend 15 minutes reading with their child in school. 

Spellings: Spellings will be taught in class during our phonics lessons. There will be a weekly quiz of 5 words and a dictated sentence towards the end of each unit.

PE: In PE this half term we will doing Dance and Invasion Games. PE days are Monday (Dance) and Wednesday (Invasion Games) and children should come to school wearing their PE kit – black jogging bottoms or shorts (if the weather is fit), white t-shirt, black jacket and trainers. 

Things to remember:

  • All children should bring a flask or bottle of water to school. This should be taken home and washed every day.
  • Named pumps must be worn in school. Children should be able to tie laces quickly if they have lace-up pumps/outdoor shoes and pumps should be checked by a parent every half term to ensure they are in good condition to prevent trip hazards.
  • Named, appropriate clothing for the weather should be brought every day – please ensure your child has a coat if rain is forecast or looks likely, especially as we head towards the winter.
  • School Policy is that, other than for religious reasons, children should not wear jewellery in school apart from a watch. These need to be removed for PE lessons.

Year 2 Class Blog

Happy Half Term!

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog

I have been so proud of Year 2 this half term. The way they have approached their learning and the tests we have had to do has been excellent. They have all brought home their seedling sunflower today. Please do your best to take care of these and grow them into giant sunflowers. 

I would love to see photos of their progress, you can add these weekly to seesaw with how tall they measure too.

Here we are measuring them this week, they've all grown very well.


Georgia O'Keeffe Inspired Art

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog

Year 2 have begun learning about the artist Georgia O'Keeffe. We started by learning about her life, her art style and how this changed over her career. We then used the iPads to take close-up photographs of flowers and drew these in our sketch pads.


Planting Sunflowers

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog

This week, Year 2 have planted some sunflower seeds as part of our science learning about plants. We will be tending to them, observing them as they grow and measuring their progress over the coming weeks.


Coronation Celebrations

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog

Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed their day learning all about what will happen at King Charles III's coronation this weekend. They have made their own crowns, discussed and acted out some parts of the coronation service and created a collage of the King's head in red, white and blue.


Class Collective Worship on Compassion

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog

Year 2 led a fantastic Collective Worship this week on our current value of compassion. They shared the meaning of the word compassion, read the story of the feeding of the 5000 and acted this out too. Then showed some artwork they had created to show how we could show compassion in our own lives. Their singing of the song 'I'm gonna be your friend' was excellent too.

Well done to everyone!


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