Welcome to Year 2
All our classes are named after famous artists. Year 2 classes are
2 Van Gogh, after the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, and 2 Picasso, after the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. Our Year 2 teachers are Mr Brooksbank, Miss Gordine and Miss Poole.
This year children will study a range of topics with a History and Geography focus. These include Queen Victoria, The World, The Dark & The Great Fire of London.
Autumn term two
This half-term children will have a History focus to their learning with their topic centred around 'The dark'. Children will learn about the history of the lightbulb, famous inventors and nocturnal animals. Our learning will be guided using two short stories; The Dark and The Owl who was afraid of the dark.
In Maths, we will focus upon the operations of addition and subtraction and written methods associated with them. Take a look at the attached Maths yearly overview to see all the topics we will cover this year.
What can you do at home?
Homework:
- Weekly spellings will be sent out on a Friday and tested the following Friday. Please find these attached at the bottom of the page. Weekly spellings can be practised online on Spelling Shed:
https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/homework/4675631
- Weekly mathletics is also set that links up with our maths focus of the week. https://login.mathletics.com/
- Daily reading
- Optional maths homework - an additional worksheet will be sent home to consolidate our maths learning from the week.
Resources such as J2e and Busy Things can be accessed by typing 'LGFL My USO' into your browser and using your child's logons which are sent home near the beginning of term.
On J2e, click on shared folders to see the class and this will show you activities for the children to complete. You can write straight onto the documents and then to save just press the back arrow in the top left hand corner.
Our class code for BusyThings is bug76
Twinkl is a FANTASTIC resource with lots of free resources and activities to keep on top of everything! Setting a profile up is really easy to do - go to www.twinkl.co.uk/offer and enter the code UKTWINKLHELPS
https://login.mathletics.com/
Mathletics is a great resource for you to work your way through the curriculum and have fun playing games and challenging your classmates! You can also earn Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates for your efforts. ☺
In Year 2 children should know the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Hit the Button is a great resource to help with times tables and other mental maths facts. Access it here: Hit the Button
Reading:
Children should be reading at least 10-15 minutes a day. Please remember to sign your child's reading journal every day - they will be given a certificate for reading every day!
Sample SATs style reading comprehensions can be found on Twinkl or on www.satspapers.org.uk
Additional Resources
Useful maths links for home learning:
