Sky
Sky (Year 2)
Spring Term, 2024
We hope you all had a restful February half term and the children are ready for another fun half term.
Please note that our PE days will be changing to Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the Spring Term.
See below for the new Learning Log tasks and our topic web outlining what we will be covering in the Spring Term.
Here is some key information about Sky Classes:
Sky 1 – Mrs Allison (Mon,Tue, Thurs, Fri) and Miss Longman (Wed) are your teachers and Mrs Aziz works in class with you as well.
Sky 2 – Mrs Nickless (Mon,Tue, Wed) and Mrs Williams (Thurs,Fri) are your teachers and Mrs Taourit works in the class with you as well.
Mrs Law teaches Music in both classes each week.
Learning Logs:
At the beginning of each half term we will upload a list of activities that link to our topic for children to carry out at home if they wish- please choose one task to complete each week. If you would like to support your child at home, these objectives have been provided for that purpose but there is certainly no pressure to complete them all. Please send your child’s ‘Learning Log’ into school on a Tuesday (if they have completed any work) and we will aim to return them on a Friday.
Through the Keyhole Learning Log: Learning Log – Spring 2 2024
Our new topic: Through the Keyhole!
The topic this term is ‘Through the Keyhole’.
In this topic, we will be looking back in time and comparing our lives now to the lives of children in the Victorian Era. We will be taking part in an immersive Victorian day at school and will be visiting Milton Keynes museum to learn about how different our lives are today.
In Art, we will be focusing on sculptures and learning about the work of some key artists (including Marc Quinn, Michelle Reader and Barbara Hepworth)
Timetable:
There is an English, Phonics and Maths lesson each day and every other week, the classes have an extended writing session called ‘Big Write’ where they will write independently. The children are set personalised writing targets to achieve.
Each week, we also study an aspect of Geography / History in ‘Topic’, as well as Science, Music, R.E, Computing and PSHE (Personal, Social and Health and Economic education). We incorporate Art and STEM activities into each Topic.
Forest School:
Both Sky classes will will have a Forest School session on Thursdays this term. Mrs Tucker is our Forest School Leader. This year, we would like children to bring their Forest School clothing into school with them in a named bag.
PE:
Sky will have PE twice a week and children should come into school wearing their PE kit, (or clothing suitable for PE). Sky 1 and Sky 2 will have PE on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Reading
We are keen for the children to love reading and to practise at home on a daily basis where possible. Please make sure they bring both their reading record and reading books in their book bags every day. Each child will be heard to read at least once a week by an adult in the classroom.
Spellings
Spring 2 Spellings: Spring 2 spellings
Times Tables
The expectation by the end of Year 2 is that the children know their 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Alongside understanding the processes involved in multiplying and dividing, the children need to be able to quickly recall times table facts. To aid the latter, we will begin ‘Cracking Times Tables’ at the start of this term. This is the scheme for monitoring the learning multiplication facts. The children will be expected to learn times tables at home (about 5-10 minutes each day is ideal) and they will be tested each week in class. The learning and testing are based around a series of ten levels – click on the link below.
Cracking Times Tables – Pyramid
‘Oxford Owl’ has helpful suggestions to aid your child with learning their times tables: Oxford Owl – Times Table tips.
Our class email addresses are below. Please use these for non-urgent queries and information, as we will not be able to check emails whilst we are teaching during the day we ask that if you have something urgent to let us know please email the school office where it can be dealt with more quickly. Please also use the school office email to report if your child is absent as they will need to update the register straight away.
sky1@haddenham-st-marys.bucks.sch.uk
sky2@haddenham-st-marys.bucks.sch.uk
With best wishes for a very exciting year ahead!