Sycamore
Year 2
Miss Cole
Mr Watkins, Mrs Freeman
Welcome to the Sycamore class page! Here you will find lots of information about what we are doing this term as well as information about our routines, PE days, library days and more. Firstly, let me give you some information about myself:
Teacher Bio
Miss Cole
I am now going into my 5th year of teaching and am very excited for the year ahead. When I have a bit of time to myself, I love to visit my family, bake cakes or go for a walk. I have always loved reading. When I was younger my favourite author was Roald Dahl and I loved his book 'Georges Marvellous Medicine'.
Class Routines
School gates open at 8:40 and the day finishes at 3:10. Our main classroom door for the start and end of the school day is Sycamore class door, inside the KS1 outside area.
Our regular PE lessons are as follows: Wednesday
On these days, children should come to school wearing their PE kit. We will also be doing a daily run and engaging with outdoor play in our self-led learning. Please send in wellies for pupils to keep at school for outdoor learning.
We will change reading books on Mondays and Thursdays. Please make sure your child has their reading book in school every day.
The Great Fire Of London
English: In English, we will work on writing to entertain using a narrative 'The Frog and The Stranger'. We will also work on writing instructions, using a narrative 'How to make Friends with a Ghost'.
Maths: In maths we will work on place value. Looking at our number bonds to 10. We will also focus on addition and subtraction.
Science: We will explore plants and what they need to survive.
Geography: We will look at maps, aerial photos and look where our local landmarks are.
History: We will look at the history of Bracknell. As well as looking at Black history month and Remembrance day.
Art: We will work on self portraits and the different skills needed.
Music: We will be working on the skill of learning different sounds played by musical instruments.
DT: We will focus on making chair linked to Tudor houses.
PE: In our PE lessons we will be focusing on developing our dance skills.
PSHE: Our sessions will focus on health and wellbeing.
Computing: In computing we will learn how to log on and off a laptop. As well as how to use the laptops.
RE: We will be looking at different religions and focusing on the question. 'Why do we give thanks?'
Knowledge Organiser
Year 2 Common Exception Words
Homework
Our expectations for homework are as follows:
Weekly
Reading: Reading aloud with an adult progressing to more independent reading as often as possible.
Maths: Daily practise on Numbots or TTRS.
End-of-Year
Spellings: Children should be able to spell all words on the Statutory Word Lists for year 1/2.
Times Tables: Children should be able to count in 2s, 5s, 10s, 3s. they will begin to learn 2, 5, 10x tables by heart.
Recommended Websites:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - quickfire number games to help children learn basic number facts
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/ - Number games to reinforce the concept of place value
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-collection/zbr4scw - Fun songs with actions to teach many learning concepts in English, Maths and other subjects. This is my new favourite resource!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ks1-english/z67ncqt - Loads of story telling, poetry and punctuation short films to watch.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ks1-maths/zhng7nb - Useful Maths short films to watch. Fractions and telling the time would be particularly good ones to try.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/addition-and-subtraction - Games from any of the Maths categories will really help your child practise skills they have learnt at school.
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html - great game for learning common exception words.