Hello, and welcome to our class page!
Our PE days are Monday and Wednesday. Homework will be given out on a Monday and needs to be handed in by the Friday. Children will have their reading book changed at least once per week during their RWI sessions, and their diaries will be checked on a Monday morning. We expect children to read and have their diary signed at least 5 times a week. They will be rewarded with house points for their efforts.
Important dates for the Advent term:
Wednesday 18th October- Meet & Greet
Thursday 26th October- Class Assembly
Monday 6th & Wednesday 8th November- Termly Learning Conferences
Thursday 14th & Friday 15th December at 2:15pm- KS1 Nativity
If you need to contact me, please email me using the address: class6@stgeorges.derby.sch.uk
I will do my best to respond within 48 hours, during working hours of 8am-5pm Monday to Friday.
Class Rules
During our transition days back in July, we wrote our class rules and made a short video showing these rules in action! Take a look:
Letters and Other Important Documents
Year 2 Curriculum Plan 23 24
Advent Term Curriculum Letter 2023
Class Timetable 2023-2024
Ways to support your child at home:
Please find below links to useful documents that can offer some guidance as to how you can support your child at home. They will also give you an understanding of what a year 2 child is expected to know by the end of the year.
You can also find websites that they can go on to, to support their learning and to support your understanding of the year 2 curriculum. Also, you can visit the curriculum pages on the website for more information.
Supporting your child at home
What Will My Child Learn In Year 2?
Reading support
Spellings
KS1 Common Exception Word List
Read Write Inc channel for daily phonic videos
Busy Things
Log in is in your child’s diary.
Times table rock stars
Your children will have their personal log in stuck in their diary. There is also a parent letter to support how to use the website.
Pupil log in for My Book Blog
If you follow this link children will be able to blog about their home reading book.
CLIC and Beat That’s are online!
0029 school code. username is firstname.surname and password is Abc123
Our Learning Environment
RE/RSE
This term, we will be looking at the topics: Beginnings, Signs & Symbols, Judaism and Preparations. As well as this, we will continue to have our daily acts of worship either as a class or whole school.
Take a look below at our RE knowledge organisers.
RSE/PHSE
We will continue to be using the TenTen resources for RSE, and a programme called 1 decision to teach PHSE.
Knowledge Organisers
Beginnings Knowledge Organiser
Maths
Each half term, we will look at the 4 calculations as well as other areas of maths, such as shape and time! Our homework is designed to revisit past learning as well as explore further the current learning we are doing. If you want to find out more about our maths curriculum, please visit the maths curriculum page of our website.
Reading and Writing
Children will still continue to learn their sounds and reading skills through RWI. Please continue to use the reading books at home to encourage word reading development, as well as understanding the text.
This term we are exploring the text “Jack and the Beanstalk.” We will then be writing a recount in the form of a diary entry. Please find a copy of the text map in your homework book.
Science, History and Geography
This term in science, we will cover a range of topics at a basic/advanced level. The idea is we then revisit these topics again later on in the year at a deeper level. So we will cover everything from plants, to animals, to materials and more!
Within History we are looking at: Martin Luther King & Rosa Parks and their impact on the Civil Rights Movemement. We will also be revisiting our learning on Neil Armstrong and discussing the space race. In Geography we are having a focus on world maps. We will be looking at labelling key areas on a world map, as well as revisiting knowledge on the continents and oceans. Below you can find knowledge organisers for these topics to discuss with children at home.
Knowledge Organisers
Neil Armstrong And 1st Man On The Moon Knowledge Organiser
Rosa Parks Knowledge Organiser
KS1 Nativity Songs to Learn at Home
01 – It’s a Nativity
02 – Mary, Mary
03 – Fetch the Donkey
04 – Full to the Brim
05 – She Lays the Baby Down
06 – Leave the Sheep
07 – Three Gifts for the Baby
