Welcome to Snowy Owls.
Year 2
Snowy Owls
Welcome back after what I hope has given you all a rest. We have lots of exciting new learning for the spring term. In our History we will be learning about The Plague and The Great Fire of London. We are also learning about the United Kingdom in Geography and special landmarks. If you have been to a significant landmark in the UK you have visited please send a picture to my email address.
We continue to write stories in English and it would be great if your child could have a practice of their skills at home.
Further down the page you will find our snapshot of learning which will also help with homework.
Please see some important information below:
Homework and spellings
Homework and spellings will be set every Friday and will need to be completed and handed in by the following Thursday. This routine will help the children and encourages independence as they go through year 2. Please encourage your child to establish a consistent homework and spelling routine to reinforce their classroom learning.
P.E.
PE will take place on Mondays. On these days, please ensure your child comes to school in the correct PE kit. It is also important that on these days, they do not wear any jewellery or cover with plasters and shoulder length hair to be tied back.
This year your child will use the entrance by the hall and they will enter via this back door. The doors open each morning at 8:40am and a member of staff is on the door to pass on any messages to me. At home time please could all parents/carers stand on the playground near to the stage area/covering to ease congestion.
Reading
Reading is a key part of school life and early reading is the start of a wonderful journey into discovering a whole new world of stories, facts and adventures.
We will be continuing our reading adventure with our very own snowy owl, Fluffy, who will be coming home with your child to share a reading book of their choice with Fluffy, in a place of their choice. All we ask is that you snap a picture of your child reading with the owl and email it to school - look out for a text and the bag coming home very soon!
Remember every Tuesday we change our books as it is Choosy Tuesday - please return your reading for pleasure book to get a new one for the week to share with your family.
To support your child in their reading we encourage you to listen to them read as often as you can and make a note in their reading records on how they did.
Reading will be individual at the beginning or end of the term and all other reading will be in a guided group session.
More books for reading can be found here https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks1-school-pupils/suggested-reading-list-year-2-pupils-ks1-age-6-7/
If you have any questions or queries please get in touch via the school office.
Many thanks for your continued support
Mrs Potton
Below are some helpful websites to support your child's learning:
Our author of the term is
Robert Louis Stevenson
Our Artists of the term are
Spring 1 - Julien Opie – “All artists deal with our experience of reality, whether they are reimagining it, or trying to capture it in some specific way.”
Spring 2 - Clarice Cliff – “Having a little fun at my work does not make me any less of an artist.”
Our Scientists of the term are
Spring 1 - William Harvey – “All we know is still infinitely less than all that remains unknown.”
Spring 2 - Jane Colden - “I have the mission to sketch and classify every plant in my family estate.”
Our Sports People of the half term are
Spring 1 - Margot Fonteyn - “Take your work seriously but never yourself.”
Spring 2 - Lucy Bronze - “We want to play our game – the way we want to play it- and win the way we want to win.”
Our Composers of the term are
Spring 1 - Philippe Jaroussky – “Without a minimum of confidence there is no room for communication.”
Spring 2 - Robert Schumann- “To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts, such is the duty of an artist.”
What can you find out about these special people?
What are we learning this term?
Here are our topics for this term:
English – Little Red Reading Hood by Lucy Rowland. We will be writing stories, expanded noun phrases followed by work on instruction writing.
Maths – Shape, fractions, money, time, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division.
Science – Animals: Life cycles followed by Plants
History – The Great Plague followed by The Great Fire of London
Geography – Our Wonderful World focussing on the UK and landmarks
Computing – Algorithms and debugging followed by Data
Internet safety is covered each term.
Art – Human form continued followed by Art and Design skills
Design and Technology - Structures: Baby Bear's Chair followed by Making pouches
Music – Structure: Myths and Legends
P.E. - REAL Dance Cognitive followed by REAL P.E Creative
R.E – Jewish beliefs and stories
PSHE – Online safety followed by Citizenship
You can find a full overview of the year under the curriculum tab.
The school follows the National Curriculum 2014.
Please ask your child's teacher if you require any information.
