Sky
Sky (Year 2)
Summer 2, 2022
As it is their last half term at ‘Haddenham St Mary’s’, ‘Summer 2’ is a very special time for Sky classes and we intend to make it brilliant! The topic ‘Eco-Warriors’ is Geography based and focuses on environmental issues. Our ‘Wow Day’ is on Monday 6th June. During this day, Sky children will be making Scarecrows for the ‘Haddenham Scarecrow Festival’ using straw and recycled materials and they will also be investigating the best place in the school grounds for a wind turbine – should this ever become a sensible option! There is no need to dress up or bring in any materials on this day. Thank you!
Learning Logs:
Below is a list of the ‘Learning Log’ tasks for this half term.
Worksheets – Maths and English
There is an optional Maths or English worksheet available based on what the children have learnt during the week should you wish to do use it: just click on the links below when they are available. These links will be updated with new worksheets every Tuesday. If your child completes the worksheet – as with the Learning Logs and Reading Books – please ask him/her to take responsibility for handing it in, although we will obviously remind the children from time to time. Please do not stick the worksheets into the ‘Learning Log’ books: they are for extra practice of learning accomplished that week and the teacher will use them for formative assessment.
Timetable:
There is an English, Phonics and Maths lesson each day. On Fridays, 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, I.T. and PSHE (Personal, Social and Health and Economic education). We incorporate Art and STEM activities into each Topic.
Forest School:
Sky classes will will have an extra half term of Forest School in the Summer Term 2 – on Tuesday for Sky 1 and on Wednesday for Sky 2. Please make sure your children come appropriately dressed for this day: it is fine for Sky 1 to wear their PE kit as they will now have PE on the same day as Forest School.
Trips:
Sky will be going on a ‘Geography Fieldtrip’ using the ‘Haddenham Scarecrow Festival’ map during the afternoon of Wednesday 15th June and as part of our farewell, we will also be going to Gulliver’s on Tuesday 12th July! Very exciting! Our Fieldtrip is part of a nationwide focus on the importance of fieldwork, (National Fieldwork Week runs from 6 to 10 June, 2022).
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 will have PE on Tuesdays and Fridays and Sky 2 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Reading
We are keen for the children to love reading and to practise at home on a daily basis if possible. Please make sure the children bring both their ‘Reading Record’ and reading books in with their book bags every day to enable an adult to hear your child read if an opportunity arises. Each child will be heard to read at least once a week by an adult in the classroom. The children will change their own reading books every Tuesday. They are welcome to take more than one book home. Here are some helpful suggestions for books to look at:
Spellings
Below is a list of the spellings we will be looking at this half term: please practise these at home.
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. We won’t be handing out certificates in relation to ‘Cracking Times Tables’ in order to maintain a positive, fun atmosphere and I am sure as parents you will know which level you need to work on with your child.
Cracking Times Tables – Pyramid
‘Oxford Owl’ has helpful suggestions to aid your child with learning their times tables: Oxford Owl – Times Table tips.
Class rules and behaviour
Each Friday the class have ‘Golden Time’ for half an hour and they choose from different activities each week. If they do not follow the ‘Golden Rules’ during the course of the week then they might lose some ‘Golden Time’ in 2 minute increments.
Please do not hesitate to email us if you have any questions or any concerns.
With best wishes from the Sky Team,
Alice Gilbert Scott, Rebecca Richardson, Karen Collett and Max Williams
