Welcome to Year 2

Welcome to Year 2!

This year we have new class names, named after famous ‘Changemakers’, who we are looking forward to exploring with the children. They can tell you all about them in the coming weeks!

Our Changemakers are Florence Nightingale, David Attenborough and Martin Luther King.

As we all settle into Year 2 routines, please take note of the following:

• Children will enter the Year 2 indoor area independently. The doors open at 8.40am and will close at 8.50am. 2A and 2K will leave from this exit at 3.30pm. 2N will exit via the door on the opposite side of the Year 2 area (the middle area).
• If you need to speak to your child’s teacher, there will be a member of staff at our Year 2 door every morning. Please speak to them and we will be able to pass on messages or call on your child’s own teacher.
• Named uniform and water bottles will be needed each day. Please send in smaller sized (500ml or less) water bottles so that the children can independently carry water trays when needed.
• PE days are Monday and Thursday.
• Children will need indoor and outdoor kit including plimsolls and trainers, and their house t-shirt (they are available at the office if a replacement is needed).
• No jewellery to be worn on P.E days (including earrings, which must not be plastered or taped over).
• We will send out further information about homework
  once we are all settled in.

Topic News

This term our topic will be ‘Let’s Play!’

In English we will be reading and sharing The Everywhere Bear by Julia Donaldson. We will be writing teddy bear adventure stories based around this brilliant story. Look out for the date of our ‘Bring a Bear’ to school day.

In Maths we will be counting, writing numbers and learning all about place value. We will be using numbers from 1-100 !

In Science we will be learning about materials and their properties and investigating which materials are best at all sorts of different jobs.

In History we will be learning all about the history of toys – looking back 30 then 60 years to discover how toys, and the way we play, have changed over time.

In Art we will be developing our drawing skills using pastels and charcoal to make a range of marks and creating our own illustrated story book.

The children have already made a great start to the new term and we are excited to continue and support their learning journey in the coming year.

If you have any questions, please do come and ask or email us at our class email address below:

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We look forward to working with you.

Year 2 Teachers