Rowan Year 2 - Miss Jesson
Welcome to Rowan Class!
In Year 2 we have all come back to school eager to learn and ready for new challenges. Rowan class are enthusiastic and positive learners who show increased independence and confidence in the classroom. Year 2 is about becoming even more independent and the children taking responsibility for themselves. The children already know the high expectations that they need to show and this will continue to increase in Year 2. The children should now be organising their own belongings.
Useful information:
Spellings:
Each Friday, your child will be sent a set of spellings to learn/ revise over the course of the week. They will be assessed on these spellings on the following Friday. Please send their sheet back into school on the day of the test. Some spellings will be words they can ‘Fred talk’ to spell e.g. th-i-s = this, however some are ‘red’ words that they will just have to learn e.g. after. Many of these red words are words which have a high frequency in the English language so it is important that children learn to spell them correctly.
In order to practise, the children need to:
Homework:
The children will be given a piece of homework to complete around each half term or holiday in their learning journal. There are dos and don'ts of how to present their homework at the front of their learning journal.
As well as this, they will receive a piece of maths or literacy homework each week. This will be handed out on a Friday and will be due in on the following Wednesday. We encourage parents to support their children with their homework but prefer that this work is child led as the homework will reinforce the work that we have been completing in class.
SATs:
I will be responsible for judging the standards that your child is working at by the end of the year. To help inform those judgements, pupils sit national curriculum tests in English and maths, commonly called SATs. These are merely a tool to help measure your child’s performance and identify their needs as they move up to Year 3. The tests will take place during May. I will use the results from these tests, along with the work your child has produced throughout the year, to help me reach my own judgements. As with the phonics screening check in Year 1, your child will not know that they are completing a test.
MyBookBlog:
To increase the children's comprehension and encourage their love of reading, the children will have access to MyBookBlog. Here they can blog, collect facts, take comprehension quizzes and learn new vocabulary linked to books they choose to read themselves. Your child will be able to take a look at the books on offer in the school library. Please encourage your child to talk about and blog about the books they have read and tease out vocabulary when talking to them. The children have already had some experience of MyBookBlog in Year 1 as we have blogged as a class. I will provide more information and your child’s individual login details in September.
In Year 2 we have all come back to school eager to learn and ready for new challenges. Rowan class are enthusiastic and positive learners who show increased independence and confidence in the classroom. Year 2 is about becoming even more independent and the children taking responsibility for themselves. The children already know the high expectations that they need to show and this will continue to increase in Year 2. The children should now be organising their own belongings.
Useful information:
- PE is on Wednesday and Thursday. Please ensure your child has their named, correct PE kit in school and that earrings are not worn on these days.
- The children have access to their water bottles in the classroom during the day. Please ensure that your child has a named water bottle in school which is taken home regularly to be washed
- Reading books will be changed as regularly as possible. Your child will be responsible for changing their own book - please record the date and title of the book that they have chosen in their reading record. Please also make sure that your child’s reading record is signed to say they have finished their book and read as regularly as you can with them at home.
- Any questions, please come and speak to me!
Spellings:
Each Friday, your child will be sent a set of spellings to learn/ revise over the course of the week. They will be assessed on these spellings on the following Friday. Please send their sheet back into school on the day of the test. Some spellings will be words they can ‘Fred talk’ to spell e.g. th-i-s = this, however some are ‘red’ words that they will just have to learn e.g. after. Many of these red words are words which have a high frequency in the English language so it is important that children learn to spell them correctly.
In order to practise, the children need to:
- Look at the word
- Say it
- Cover it
- Write it
- Check it and edit it (if necessary)
Homework:
The children will be given a piece of homework to complete around each half term or holiday in their learning journal. There are dos and don'ts of how to present their homework at the front of their learning journal.
As well as this, they will receive a piece of maths or literacy homework each week. This will be handed out on a Friday and will be due in on the following Wednesday. We encourage parents to support their children with their homework but prefer that this work is child led as the homework will reinforce the work that we have been completing in class.
SATs:
I will be responsible for judging the standards that your child is working at by the end of the year. To help inform those judgements, pupils sit national curriculum tests in English and maths, commonly called SATs. These are merely a tool to help measure your child’s performance and identify their needs as they move up to Year 3. The tests will take place during May. I will use the results from these tests, along with the work your child has produced throughout the year, to help me reach my own judgements. As with the phonics screening check in Year 1, your child will not know that they are completing a test.
MyBookBlog:
To increase the children's comprehension and encourage their love of reading, the children will have access to MyBookBlog. Here they can blog, collect facts, take comprehension quizzes and learn new vocabulary linked to books they choose to read themselves. Your child will be able to take a look at the books on offer in the school library. Please encourage your child to talk about and blog about the books they have read and tease out vocabulary when talking to them. The children have already had some experience of MyBookBlog in Year 1 as we have blogged as a class. I will provide more information and your child’s individual login details in September.
Home Learning
As always, any support you can give at home is greatly appreciated as it really does make an enormous difference to children’s confidence and progress in school.
Try some of these ideas and activities at home to reinforce learning that has taken place at school and to bring learning to life for your children in everyday contexts:
Maths games online:
Number recognition - www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/blast-off
Odd and even - www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/coconut-odd-or-even
1 more and 1 less - www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/chopper-squad
Number bonds to 10 - http://www.ictgames.com/save_the_whale_v4.html
Number bonds to 10 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zx3982p#z2whnbk
Number bonds to 10 - www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/numberbond.html
Addition - www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z8hyfrd#ztr8k7h
Subtraction - www.bbc.co.uk/guides/ztpmrwx#z29wcj6
Missing number calculations - www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/subtraction-grids
2D Shapes - www.bbc.co.uk/guides/ztpwdmn#zw7rg82
3D Shapes - www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zcsjqty#zp7grdm
Capacity - http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zp8crdm#z9g44j6
Time - www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html
Time - www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zydsb82#zywfgdm
Count by 5s song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FaBDqOmiyI
± A sound knowledge of basic number facts is vital to support children in making mental calculations and solving simple number problems in their heads, rather than resorting to a calculator. Play games with your child: throw two dice and add or multiply the numbers.
± Play snakes and ladders, cribbage, darts, dominoes and other games that depend on numbers, counting, calculation and scoring. 'Battleships' is a fun way to use graphs.
± Talk about pocket money with your child. Help him/her to add it up week by week, and work out whether s/he can afford a particular toy or treat. Shop using money and calculate change.
± Capitalise on hobbies. If your child is car-mad, talk about relative engine sizes, fuel economy, speed and performance. Watch and play sports that involve scoring, timing, counting, measuring.
± Add number apparatus to your child's toy collection - counters, a purse full of change, dice, dominoes, a tape measure, ruler, pack of cards, timer, different shapes - and use them to make mathematics come alive.
± Be creative! Ask your child to look out for patterns and shapes on floors, wallpaper, plants, animals, buildings - anything from the arrangement of tiles in the kitchen to the markings on the cat. Draw objects made entirely of triangles, rectangles or squares: make 'butterfly' pictures by painting on one half of the paper and folding it over so that the image is mirrored. Make mobiles by suspending objects from coat hangers and ensuring they balance.
± Think about time. Look at clocks, both digital and analogue. Estimate how long a certain activity will take to do and see if you are right! Work out how long it is until the next mealtime. Play games: how long is a minute, starting from now?
± Think about calendars and dates too. Make a timeline that includes the birthdays of each member of the family and work out how far apart each one is. Use different units: months, weeks and days, even hours, minutes and seconds. Add other important events, such as a family holiday, and encourage your child to count down to the big day.
± Cooking is great for helping your child get to know simple weights and measures. An old-fashioned set of balance scales is ideal. Count out spoonful’s of ingredients. Let your child help you set the timer and countdown to teatime! Bear in mind that your child will be learning the metric system at school, so try to measure amounts in grams and kilograms.
Literacy games online:
Phonics - www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/
Phonics - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Phonics - https://www.phonicsbloom.com/
Phonics - http://www.oxfordphonicschecksupport.co.uk/
Teach Your Monster to Read - https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
Phonemes - www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/sandcastle/
Past tense - www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/blast_the_rocket/big_sound/full.shtml
MyBookBlog - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-1-and-2-national-curriculum-tests-information-for-parents
Useful links:
SATs information for parents/carers by the Department for Education
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-1-and-2-national-curriculum-tests-information-for-parents
Oxford Owl - www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Apps:
Check your Phonics by Pearson Education
Teach Your Monster to Read by Teach Monster Games Limited
Try some of these ideas and activities at home to reinforce learning that has taken place at school and to bring learning to life for your children in everyday contexts:
Maths games online:
Number recognition - www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/blast-off
Odd and even - www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/coconut-odd-or-even
1 more and 1 less - www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/chopper-squad
Number bonds to 10 - http://www.ictgames.com/save_the_whale_v4.html
Number bonds to 10 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zx3982p#z2whnbk
Number bonds to 10 - www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/numberbond.html
Addition - www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z8hyfrd#ztr8k7h
Subtraction - www.bbc.co.uk/guides/ztpmrwx#z29wcj6
Missing number calculations - www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/subtraction-grids
2D Shapes - www.bbc.co.uk/guides/ztpwdmn#zw7rg82
3D Shapes - www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zcsjqty#zp7grdm
Capacity - http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zp8crdm#z9g44j6
Time - www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html
Time - www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zydsb82#zywfgdm
Count by 5s song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FaBDqOmiyI
± A sound knowledge of basic number facts is vital to support children in making mental calculations and solving simple number problems in their heads, rather than resorting to a calculator. Play games with your child: throw two dice and add or multiply the numbers.
± Play snakes and ladders, cribbage, darts, dominoes and other games that depend on numbers, counting, calculation and scoring. 'Battleships' is a fun way to use graphs.
± Talk about pocket money with your child. Help him/her to add it up week by week, and work out whether s/he can afford a particular toy or treat. Shop using money and calculate change.
± Capitalise on hobbies. If your child is car-mad, talk about relative engine sizes, fuel economy, speed and performance. Watch and play sports that involve scoring, timing, counting, measuring.
± Add number apparatus to your child's toy collection - counters, a purse full of change, dice, dominoes, a tape measure, ruler, pack of cards, timer, different shapes - and use them to make mathematics come alive.
± Be creative! Ask your child to look out for patterns and shapes on floors, wallpaper, plants, animals, buildings - anything from the arrangement of tiles in the kitchen to the markings on the cat. Draw objects made entirely of triangles, rectangles or squares: make 'butterfly' pictures by painting on one half of the paper and folding it over so that the image is mirrored. Make mobiles by suspending objects from coat hangers and ensuring they balance.
± Think about time. Look at clocks, both digital and analogue. Estimate how long a certain activity will take to do and see if you are right! Work out how long it is until the next mealtime. Play games: how long is a minute, starting from now?
± Think about calendars and dates too. Make a timeline that includes the birthdays of each member of the family and work out how far apart each one is. Use different units: months, weeks and days, even hours, minutes and seconds. Add other important events, such as a family holiday, and encourage your child to count down to the big day.
± Cooking is great for helping your child get to know simple weights and measures. An old-fashioned set of balance scales is ideal. Count out spoonful’s of ingredients. Let your child help you set the timer and countdown to teatime! Bear in mind that your child will be learning the metric system at school, so try to measure amounts in grams and kilograms.
Literacy games online:
Phonics - www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/
Phonics - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Phonics - https://www.phonicsbloom.com/
Phonics - http://www.oxfordphonicschecksupport.co.uk/
Teach Your Monster to Read - https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
Phonemes - www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/sandcastle/
Past tense - www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/blast_the_rocket/big_sound/full.shtml
MyBookBlog - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-1-and-2-national-curriculum-tests-information-for-parents
Useful links:
SATs information for parents/carers by the Department for Education
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-1-and-2-national-curriculum-tests-information-for-parents
Oxford Owl - www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Apps:
Check your Phonics by Pearson Education
Teach Your Monster to Read by Teach Monster Games Limited
