Term 5 Starts: Tuesday 22nd April

Lovely Spring Bonnets in our parade in celebration assembly on the last day of term. Well done Year 2. You helped to bring the sunshine out!

Noticeboard

This Week:
Thursday 24th April 3pm – You are invited to come and look at the Year 2 project work on Climate Zones, including writing and models made in groups.

Saturday 17th May – May Fair – You should now have returned permission slips for those children involved in our Maypole dancing and choir. Thank you. Rehearsals for both will be taking place through the first 4 weeks of this term. More information will follow nearer the time with timings and details.

English

Spelling
CEW: beautiful pretty door path wild behind
Session 1: Teach adding the suffix -ful +ing recap
Session 2: Teach adding the suffix -less +ed recap 
Session 3: Teach adding the suffixes -ment and -ness
Writing
Writing a Narrative – Explicit teaching of the grammatical structures and text conventions required.

Reading
Whole Class Text: ‘Great Women That Changed the World’.
Focus: on core text and a non-fiction paragraph for sequencing and retrieval using all parts of the text.
Group Reading and individual Reading

Maths

Fractions
Introduction to parts and whole
Equal and unequal parts
Recognise a half
Find a half

Wider Curriculum

Geography – Q1 How do we describe places?
Science – Assessments of our work on plants. What do plants need to thrive?
PSHE – Citizenship – Local Environment – To recognise the roles people play in looking after the environment.
SHINE PE – To understand what being in possession means and support a teammate to do this.
PE – L1: To develop the sprinting action.

Reading for the Stars

Silver Award
Maple Class – George
Sycamore Class – Yoav Theo Reggie
Willow Class – Freddie

Gold Award
Maple Class – Olivia
Sycamore Class – Ava
Willow Class – Thea

Headteachers Award
Maple Class – Jasper
Willow Class – Amelie Soroosh

Sycamore Class – Teo
Maple Class – Georgia
Willow Class