Spider Class (Year 2) 2023 - 2024
Welcome to the class page for Spider Class.
Here you will find all of the exciting and wonderful things that your child will be learning during their time in Year 2. If you have any questions, please use Class Dojo or speak to a member of our team at drop off/ pick up.
Thank you
Summer Two
This term our class will be looking at the book 'Rosie Revere, Engineer' by Andrea Beaty.
The story is about Rosie Revere who dreams of becoming a great engineer. She creates wonderful, fascinating gadgets and gizmos but only when no one is watching her. She keep her inventions a huge secret ever since she was very small but this all changes when her great-great-great aunt Rosie appears on the scene.
The writing outcome for this unit is to write a fiction invention narrative and a non-fiction text to explain. We will be focussing on using suffixes e.g. -er and -est in adjectives and using the suffix -ly to turn adjectives into adverbs. We will practise using the correct choice and consistent use of past and present tense throughout our writing and building on skills that have been previously taught.
This term in maths we will be learning about statistics and position and direction.
Statistics
Make tally charts
Make tables
Make block diagrams
Draw pictograms (1-1)
Interpret pictograms (1-1)
Draw pictograms (2,5 and 10)
Interpret pictograms (2,5 and 10)
Position and direction
Use of positional language
Describe movement
Describe turns
Describe movement and turns
Shape patterns with turns
Times Tables
Times tables will be taught daily as part of our mental maths lessons. We will be learning our 2, 5 and 10 times tables as well as completing daily challenges and a weekly timed quiz. All children have a log-in for TT Rockstars which is a fun, exciting website with lots of games to support the learning of times tables. Please encourage your child to practise their times tables using this website or any other games.
Everyday 8.50 - 9.20 am we will have our phonics or whole class shared reading lesson. Each child will bring home a shiny book and paper book taken from current reading level. Obviously, accidents can happen but please try and look after the books so they can continue to support our children with their reading.
Reading Expectations
Read with your child every day even if it is just 2 minutes- this can make all the difference.
Record in their reading diaries we need to ensure that your child is recieving their vending machine or reading buddy.
Asking your child about what they think might happen next in the story, how do they think the character is feeling, who is the author and what do they do.
It does not have to be their paper or shiny book they read it can be any, you can read to them- change your voice for expression, bring the characters to life.
Shiny book bag books MUST be returned to school every day ready to be changed every Monday.
Paper books ( they are the same as what they are reading within their phonics lesson to promote confidence), they should be coming into school every day - ready to be changed every 3rd read within their phonics lesson.
If your child has finished the reading scheme they will continue to have whole class shared reading lessons. The text we will use for this half term is 'Grimm's Fairytales' by Ruth Brocklehurst. We will learn how to make inferences on the basis of what is being said and done, sequencing of events in stories and how information is related, make predictions, clarify vocabulary and retrieve information.
To support the children in their reading sessions we use a strategy called VIPERS.
Reading diaries MUST come in every day reguardless of whether or not they have been written in- we cannot replace them if they are continously being lost or not taken care of.
Every child has a frequent reader book worm (below). For every 3 reads they complete at home they get a tick/ stamp on their worm. When the worm is full (12 ticks/stamps) they receive a free book of their choice from the book vending machine. If they fill their frequent reader worm three times then they get a free reading buddy as well. Great incentive to get reading!
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Globe Trotters
This term we will studying Geography by answering our key question of 'What is it like to live by the coast?'. We will naming and locating continents and the oceans of the world while revisiting countries and cities of the UK and surrounding seas. Children will learn about the physical features of the Jurassic Coast and how humans have integrated with this, including land use and tourism.
Your child will have 2 PE lessons each week. Their days this half term are Tuesday and Thursday. Please ensure they come into school in their PE kit on these days.
Health and Wellbeing
This unit of work will help the children understand the importance of being coordinated and agile by performing circuits.
Team Building
This unit of work will enable the children to focus their learning on working as a team.
Plants
This half term we will be consolidating our learning of living things, materials, habitats, animals including humans and plants. We will be consolidating our investigative skills through different experiments to develop the children's scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding. We will also be learning about significant scientists and what legacy they have left.
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We will also be conducting some investigations and experiments using the full range of scientific skills.
Forest School
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Spider Class Forest skills session is on a Wednesday afternoon. Please ensure children come in their green hoody, joggers and have a pair of shoes and a warm coat. The session is outside for 45 minutes and the children need to be in warm, waterproof clothes.
Useful links
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=year%202%20maths
Rules of spellings for Year 2
Weekly spellings will be added to the class dojo. A paper copy will also be handed out on a Monday. Children need to practise everyday ready for their test on a Friday.
Homophones - Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and are spellled differently. For example, flower and flour, bee and be, hair and hare and their, they're and there.
Common Exception Words for Year 2 - we will rehearse Year 1 common exception words and then begin to learn the Year 2 set. Please see the attached list of words to practise. Make them into games, colour them in and have fun learning them.
Contracted words - children will learn how to use an apostrophe correctly for contracted words. For example could not - couldn't, I have - I've. They will learn that the apostrophe is replacing a letter and also irregular forms of the rule. For example, will not - won't.
General Reminders:
Please ensure that your child's uniform is clearly labelled.
Children's water bottles should contain water (unless we are notified as to why) again, bottle should be clearly labelled.
Most communition will be done via Class Dojo a great way to upload and home learning, WOW moments or if you have any questions or concerns.
