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Sky (Year 2)
Autumn Term 2
We had a great first half term back in school and we are looking forward to our next half term, the lead up to Christmas and all the chaos (and glitter) that it brings!
Our next Topic is ‘Spark in the Dark’ where we will be looking at The Gunpowder Plot as well as researching the lives of some significant people. We will be having a Wow Day on the first day back (Monday 2nd November) to explore this new topic.
Here is the topic web for you to find out more:
autumn2_topicweb_sparkindark2020
Year 2 Structure
Timetable:
Each day there is an English and Maths lesson. Once a week the classes have an extended writing session called Big Write. They write for half an hour based on a writing stimulus. The children work hard to try to meet their personalised targets so that they can improve their writing.
There is also an R.E lesson or a Music lesson every other week and this term, owing to the unique circumstances, we will have two PSHE (Personal, Social and Health and Economic education) sessions, in order to allow time to focus on Wellbeing. Twice a week science lessons are taught and twice a week the classes have a Topic lesson. We also have one computing lesson a week.
This half term, Sky 1 will be having PE on a Monday afternoon and Sky 2 will be having their lesson on a Tuesday afternoon. Children will continue to come in to school dressed in their PE kits. Long hair should be tied up for P.E.
Outdoor Learning:
Although we won’t be running Forest School sessions this term, we will be outside as much as possible and will provide the children with a range of regular outdoor learning opportunities as part of our curriculum. Please make sure that your child has a pair of named wellies in school. They will be kept on our welly racks outside.
Reading
Owing to Coronavirus Health and Safety recommendations, we need to limit the frequency of items going in and out of school and will not be able to change books throughout the week. Therefore children will bring home reading books each Monday and will need to return the finished books along with their Reading Record on a Friday.
Please send your child’s named empty book bag into school on each Friday to allow us to change books- Books not returned will have to wait until the following week to be changed.
We have sent home a login for your child to access a wider range of e-books on the Oxford Owl website (see below), along with details of the letters and sounds phase your child is working at so you can read more books online if you would like to.
Each child will also have a reading book in school kept in a separate folder to read regularly to an adult.
Spellings
These are the spellings to practise at home for this half term:
Times Tables
We will start times tables during this half term.
Homework
Homework is optional. ‘Learning Log’ books will be sent home on Monday 2nd November ready to start the new activities
Please then return your child’s Learning Log book during the last week of this half term for teachers to give their feedback.
Year 2 Learning log 2020 sparkinthedark
Class rules and behaviour
In September, the children helped to create their class rules and we all work hard to follow these.
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. Stay well and happy!
With best wishes from the Sky Team,
Alice Gilbert Scott, Anna Allison and Emily Roads
sky1@haddenham-st-marys.bucks.sch.uk
sky2@haddenham-st-marys.bucks.sch.uk
