It has been another busy week in year 2 – we have squeezed a lot into the shorter four day week! We were so proud of the manner in which the year 2 children conducted themselves on VE Day and how engaged they were with learning about the event.
Summary of learning
In Maths, we have continued our unit of work on measurement and specifically measuring temperature using a thermometer.
In English, we wrote poems inspired by the theme of hope that endured throughout the second world war.
In phonics, we have started to focus on the /or/ sound – can your child give you examples of words in which the /or/ sound is represented by different letters incuding ore (more), aw (thaw), our (court), ough (bought) and augh (taught)? We also reviewed the /m/ sound. Some phonics books were not returned on Friday please ensure these are brought to school on Monday.
In SPAG, we revisited adverbs.
How to support your child’s learning
Maths: numbots –
review year one / two learning: https://whiteroseeducation.com/parent-pupil-resources/maths/free-downloads
Reading: Daily reading practice (phonics book and reading for pleasure book).
Spellings:
Ensure your child can spell the year one common exception words: https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2019/08/29/13/48/38/98b01b1e-5cd2-47f6-a592-f97cebd0b777/CommonExceptionWords_Y1.pdf
Notices
Trip to Wicken Fen: please provide parental consent and financial contribution, if able to do so.
PE kit: Please ensure weather appropriate PE kit, including trainers, is in school.
Hot weather: please ensure children have a sun hat, sun screen and water with them now that we are in summer term.
Phonics books – changeover was on Friday 9th May – please return outstanding books ASAP
Enjoy the weekend
The Year 2 Team