(Week beginning 11/9/23)

This week: Wednesday 13th September – Year 2 WOW Day

To kick off our new topic we are inviting the children to dress up using the theme of ‘Knights and Castles’. During the day the children will learn about Heraldry and create their own shields, learn a dance to Henry VII’s ‘Greensleeves’ and perform it at a ball following a special banquet!

Also this week: Tuesday 12th September – Class return to school meetings and information about supporting your child’s reading progress.

If you are unable to attend or want to remind yourself of what was said then please follow the link to notes for the meeting. We shall update them after the meeting if questions were asked and answered during the session as it will remain a live document. Link to notes

Noticeboard

Well done and congratulations to all the children who completed the Summer Reading Challenge. It was so great to see so many Year 2s in Celebration Assembly last week showing us their medals.

Well Being Activities

Monday – Connect – Throw an imaginary ball (or a treat of your choice) to a friend and call out their name
Tuesday – Take Notice – Make a feelings wheel and move the pointer to show us how you’re feeling
Wednesday – Be Active – Try some Yoga poses
Thursday – Keep Learning – Tell us about a new toy or activity you have tried
Friday – Give – What’s your favourite food?

English

Phonics and Spelling

Reading
Individual Reading time during the week.
Whole Class: Read ‘Neat and Clean’. Think about how we use our voice when reading out loud and our use of expression. In pairs afterwards list as many words using ‘-ing’ suffix to describe movement.
E.g stomping, running, hopping etc.

Writing
Write an invitation to a banquet and ball.
Write about the character that came dressed up as for WOW Day.
Handwriting- Look at spelling patterns and correct formation of letters.

Maths

Partition numbers to 100 (Hundreds, Tens and Ones)

Write numbers to 100 in words (Concentrating on zero to twenty first)
Write numbers to 100 in expanded form (54 = 50 + 4)

Wider Curriculum

PE – Dance – Learn a class dance to Henry VIII Greensleeve’s music
Shine PE

Art- Use knowledge of our ELLI animals and Heraldry symbols to design and then make a shield depicting their coat of arms, thinking about their characters and personalities.
PSHE – Exploration of our hopes and fears for the year
R+WV – Looking at celebrations and how these are carried out. Celebrations for Religious and non-religious observances. Looking at similarities and differences.
SCIENCE – Introduce Materials in everyday use unit of work. Be curious cats…What do we already know? What do we want to find out?