Welcome to Year 2

Meet the team

Miss Gilbert - Class Teacher

Miss Towers - Teaching Assistant

 

Autumn 2

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Class Saint  

RE

Special Celebrations

• Know the Seasons of the Liturgical year and be able to describe some of the customs and symbols associated with them.
• Know that the Sacraments are special celebrations and identify some of the rituals that take place in Baptism and Marriage.

Advent

• Develop our knowledge of the time, symbols and characters of the liturgical Season of Advent.
• Know how Advent is a season of preparation for Christmas and explore this through stories like John the Baptist and through parish activities.

 

Class Texts

Vlad and the Great Fire of London – Kate Cunningham

The Flower – John Light

Pumpkin Soup – Helen Cooper

 

  PE

Gymnastics

Children will begin to refine movements into actions showing control, extension and a degree of fluency. They will use these movements when creating routines with guidance.

 

Homework

Daily Homework

• Daily Maths homework will be four questions practicing the four basic operations. They should be completed and returned daily.
• Daily English homework will support the development and enrichment of vocabulary. Words will be taken from class texts or stories read in school. Homework will be given on a Monday and collected on a Friday.

Weekly Homework

• Children will receive one piece from either Science, History, Geography, Art, DT, Computing or PSHE (these subjects will be rotated on a weekly basis).
• Homework is handed out on a Monday and handed in on Friday.

Reading Diaries

• Children are encouraged to read at home daily (for at least 20 minutes) and are expected to have their diaries signed by an adult at least 3 times a week.

 

 

Class Diary- trips, assemblies etc.

Please take a look at the messenger for any upcoming dates/class trips.