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In the links above, you will find out all about the exciting learning that is yet to come this half term! Please have a browse. 

Below you will find important information regarding your child's PE time slot and information on reading. 

At the bottom of the page you will find the children's class blog - A weekly update of all the exciting things that happen within the week! Enjoy! 

Reading Books 

Each week, you will receive a reading book matched to your child’s phonetic level. This book coincides with the Read, Write, Inc. book they will be reading during their daily phonics sessions with their RWI teacher. This book will be changed every Friday. Children will also read with staff in school, so please ensure they have this with them every day. 

We continue to learn phonics in Year 2 to consolidate learning and support fluency. As your child shows progression and completion of the programme, they will then be moved from the scheme to levelled and free-reader books. 

In the front of RWInc Book Bag Books, you will find supportive notes to help your child read the book; this follows a similar structure to how they read at school. RWInc follows a teaching sequence to encourage children to read, rather than recall, the text they are presented with.  

Our suggested activities for this book - 

1. (Day 1) – Ask your child to read the title, the Story Green Words and Red Words. Child to read the text, if able, or explore the illustrations. 
2. (Day 2) – Ask your child to read the first half of the book, using questioning to support understanding. 
3. (Day 3) – Recap what has been read. Ask your child to read the second half of the book, using questioning to develop understanding. 
4. (Day 4) – Ask your child to retell the story using the pictures in the back of the book to help them. 
5. (Day 5) – Read the questions at the back of the book aloud to your child and ask him or her to find the answers in the relevant pages. 

You will also receive access to your child’s RWI book they are reading in their daily phonics sessions via the Oxford Owl website. You can follow the suggested activities for this book as well. 

When you read with your child, please write into their reading record so that your child works towards receiving their reading certificate and prize. Your child’s reading record will also be checked every Friday. 

P.E. Days 

Year 2 have P.E once per week; the day will be confirmed with a sign on the door. As part of our developing curriculum, additional PE activities will be embedded into core subjects. Please ensure that your child has their P.E kit at school on PE days. Hair should be tied up and earrings MUST be removed on these days. Your child will not be able to join in with P.E if they have earrings in. 

Homework 

Homework will be set weekly on Spelling Shed and Oxford Owl. Children also have access to Numbots, which supports their maths skills at their current working level.

Spelling Shed will be replacing Reading Eggs for our Year 2 pupils. This will help them build their confidence in independent writing and also help prepare them for their SATs in the Summer term. 

Logins can be found in your child’s Reading Record. 

Thursday 21^st September 2023 – 2C Class Blog

We love Book Club.

English:

HH: We were writing an email to Sunny asking him to come to London.

LD: We were listening to Meerkat Mail.

ZK: We were learning about features of an email and a postcard. Emails are very similar to postcards. They are a way of communicating.

Maths:

KB: We were comparing numbers to 100 using greater than, less than and equal to.

JH: We use the tens and ones to help us.

JR: You need to look at the tens and ones to compare numbers.

Science:

FJ: We were comparing habitats. A habitat is an animal’s home.

ERW: A cactus’s habitat is in the Sahara Desert.

PH: A seal lives in the Arctic.

Geography

AA: Africa is a hotter continent than Europe as it is near to the equator.

LG: The equator is an imaginary line that splits the earth in two.

Mental Maths:

SY: We were counting in 10s and we were counting backwards within 100.

Please learn your 2s, 5s, 10s and 3s.

PSHE:

JR: We were looking at rewards and consequence.

JT: A gold sticker is a reward.

LC: A consequence at Phoenix might be a penalty point.

Computing

LA: In computing we learned about not sending out personal information.

Music

AG: We were responding to an animal name. Lion roar roar roar.

Art

SC: We were drawing different types of lines.

PE

We will be doing PE tomorrow