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Welcome to Maple and Sycamore Class
| Maple Class Staff |
| Teacher: Mrs Ambler |
| Teacher: Mrs Stewart (Wednesday PM) |
| Teaching Assistants: Mrs Wilkinson & Mrs Kelly |
| Teacher planning, Preparation and Assessment time (PPA) is usually half a day on a Monday; Mrs Bailey teaches the class during this time. |
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PE Days Our PE days are Thursday and Friday Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days |
| Sycamore Class Staff |
| Teacher: Miss Howes |
| Teaching Assistants: Mrs Kelly |
| Teaching Assistant: Mrs Wilkinson |
| Teacher Planning, Preparation and Assessment time (PPA) is usually half a day on a Wednesday; Mrs Bailey teaches the class during this time. |
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Homework Homework will be sent home on Friday; please could this be completed and returned by the following Wednesday. |
Welcome Back to Year 2
It is a pleasure to welcome you all to Maple Class and Sycamore Class for an exciting year in year 2. We will be doing lots of fantastic learning this year and we can’t wait to get started and get to know you all.
This year Maple Class will be taught by Mrs Beth Ambler and Sycamore Class will be taught by Miss Francesca Howes. We will be supported in our year group by Mrs Adele Wilkinson.
If you have any questions or would like to talk to us, please speak to any of the team at the gate before or after school and we will be happy to help you. If you aren’t able to catch us then, please write a note in your child’s reading record book. Alternatively, you can make an appointment at the school office.
We have a very busy term ahead and our learning will include:
English
Frog and the stranger
How to make friends with a ghost
The Puffin book of fantastic poems
Last stop on market street
Maths
Place value
Addition and subtraction
Shape
Science
Animal including humans
Geography
The World
History
Local History: Wrest Park
Music
Pulse, rhythm and pitch
Playing in an orchestra
Art
Drawing: Tell a story
Craft and Design: Map it out
Puppets
Computing
E-safety
Route Explorers
The internet
Creating Pictures
PSHE
Citizenship
Families and relationships
PE
Fundamentals
Team Building
Gymnastics
Ball skills
RE
How do we show we care for the others? Why does it matter?
How and why do we celebrate significant times? What makes some celebrations sacred to believers?
Library
We will aim to take the children to the library each week so that they can choose a library book to take home. Sycamore Class will visit the library on Wednesdays and Maple Class on Thursdays.
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Ways you can help: Reading: To help your child at home please read together as much as possible and record where you have got up to in your child’s reading record. It is useful to ask your child questions about what they are reading to check that they understand the story of information that they are reading. In year 2 the reading level your child reached in year 1 will be used as a starting point. This year we will, for the first time, be using the Little Wandle phonics and spelling materials for year 2 to ensure a smooth transition from year 1 and to help secure the fundamentals of spelling. It is useful to keep practicing the year 1 common exception words to ensure that your child is really confident and secure when they use these words in their writing. We will begin working on the year 2 common exception words soon. Maths: Please continue to practise number bonds to 10, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and understanding what each digit in a number means - in 26, the ‘2’ means 20. |
TTRockstars
TTRS log ins were distributed before the Easter holidays. You can use jamming mode to practise questions without a time limit and garage mode to have a go at practicing times table facts within a set time. It is useful to practise this to practise your quick