Welcome to Class Two
Class teacher: Mrs Mali
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Cant
CLASS INFORMATION
Reading
Daily reading is essential. Reading with your child and discussing the text with them is significant in developing their comprehension and inference skills. Please ensure your child has their reading record in school as this is checked daily.
Spellings
Spellings will be sent home on a Friday and books need to be handed in on a Wednesday. Children will be tested every Friday and they will have the opportunity to learn their spellings at school.
Mental Arithmetic
Mental Arithmetic Maths books will also be sent home on a Friday and books need to be handed in on a Wednesday. Please ensure children complete only one test per week and no more or less.
Times tables
Every week, children will play the Golden 100 Times Tables game. It is a great and fun way to practise those times tables. We also practise our tables daily through chanting them as a song and compete against each other in fun timed activities. A fantastic website that children can access at home is ‘Hit the Button’.
PE
Children will have PE lessons every Wednesday and swimming on Friday. Please ensure children have suitable footwear please and the correct PE kit/swim wear. Please do not forget that all Kit should be labelled.
USEFUL WEBSITES:
Spring Term
Welcome back to an exciting new term. It is going to be a very busy one!
Literacy
In literacy, the children will be learning about stories from imaginary worlds and have a chance to read Fantastic Mr Fox. They will then have the opportunity to write their own adapted version of the story. Children will also be writing some traditional poems and learning how to write their own non- chronological report based on the famous Harry Potter books.
Math
This term, children will focus on mastering key skills involving addition and subtraction. The children will secure their knowledge of multiplication and division and begin to develop their understanding of fractions. Every week the children will have the opportunity to put their learning into practise with a problem-solving lesson.
RE:
Our RE lessons will be discussing belonging. The children will discuss things that are important to them and how learn what belonging looks like in different religions. We will also be learning about Easter.
History
The children will be recapping previous leaning Bronze Age and Iron Age. They will recap their learning about the Stone Age and build upon their knowledge to understand the key changes that took place in history.
Geography
This spring term, the children will be developing their knowledge about locational knowledge and learn about Europe. Along with understanding key aspects, such as population, rivers and the different mountain ranges in Europe, children will also have the opportunity to investigate some of the cultural differences between eastern and western European countries.
Science
In Science the children will learn about living things and their habitats. The children will explore different living things within their local environment. Through the term, children will also be learning about Plants and the life cycle of a plant.