owers, urrets and unnels.

Year 2 Spring 1 Newsletter 2018

ThroughthiscreativetopicwewillcovertheseareasoftheYearTwocurriculum.

English

-LearnandwriteanadaptionofthejourneytaleTheTunnelbyAnthonyBrowneusingallthelanguagefeaturestaughtsofar.-Begintousethedifferenttypesofsentencescorrectly;command,statement,exclamation,questionsandcompound.-Toknowthespellingrulesforaddingthesuffixes–ment,-ness,-fuland-less-Tobegintouseanapostrophecorrectlyforcontractions.-Tolearnabouthomophones;wordsthatsoundthesamebuttheyarespeltdifferentlyandhavedifferentmeanings,forexamplehere/hear/,there/their/they’re/etc.-TorevisitthefeaturesofarecountlearntinYear1andusethistowriteanewsreportaboutasignificantevent.

Maths-Continuetolearnthe2,5and10timestablesandrecallthemquicklyinandoutoforder.-Begintousetheirtimestablestohelpthemsolvemultiplicationanddivisionproblemsusingarangeofmethodstaught.-Recalltheiradditionandsubtractionfactsupto20andusethistosolveproblems.-Torecognisethevalueofcoinsandnotesandusethesetosolvearangeofproblemsinvolvingmoney.-Toknowthedifferentunitsofmeasurementsandusethemtomeasure

length,mass,capacity,distanceandtime.

Geography-Toidentifythehumanfeaturesofthelandandrecogniselandmarksfromaroundtheworld.-Discusstheimpactandthepurposebridgesandtunnelsintheirlocalareaandaroundtheworld.-Nameandlocatefamoustunnels,bridges,

Computing-Usinganonlinepaintprogramtoaddandtextandimagestocreatedigitalart.-Touse2painttorecreateimpressionistandpointillismart.

castlesandtowerslocatedaroundtheworld.

ReadingandReadWriteInc.YourchildwillcontinuetohavedailyphoniclessonstaughtinsmallgroupsinReadWriteInc.Wewillhavesmallguidedreadinggroups.Thishalftermwewillbelookingatnon-fictiontextsindetail.Wewillbeidentifyingthekeyfeaturesofanon-fictiontext,talkingaboutwhywewouldusethistextandcomparingittofictiontexts.Yourchildwillbenefitfrombothbeingreadtoandlistenedtoreadonaregularbasis.Regularreadingathomecanhaveapositiveinfluenceonhowwellachildachievesinschool.

Science- Sort and classify bridges by purpose,

material,size,shapeetc.- Lookatthematerialsused to

construct many of thetowers, tunnels andbridgesanddiscusswhytheyaremadethatway.

- Identify and explore animals that formtunnels and make their homes inburrows.

History- Lookathowbridges,tunnels,castles

andtowershavechangedovertime.- Discussthepurposeofcastles,their

significanceinthepastandhowtheyareusedtoday.

- LearnaboutasignificanteventfromWorldWarII-‘TheGreatEscape’

ArtandDesignand

Technology- Toexploretheconstructionoftowers,

bridges,tunnelsandcastles.- Designapurposefulproductbasedona

designcriteria.- Selectarangeoftools,materialsand

componentstocreatetheirdesign.

- Evaluatetheirdesignandexplorewaystheycanbemadestronger,stifferandmorestable.

PEOurPEdaysareaTuesdayandWednesday.PEkitisapartofourschooluniform.Pleaseensureyourchildhasblackorblueshortsanddarkcolouredjoggingbottoms,whiteT-Shirt,trainersandablueschooljumper.HoodiesarenotsafeorappropriateforPElessons.-Thishalfterm,yourchildwillbetaughtthefundamentalskillsneededforteamgameswiththeMKDonscoaches.-Ingymnastics,yourchildwillcombinebalances,jumps,travelandrollstocreatearoutineonthefloorandthentransferthattotheindoorPEapparatus.

Parentinformation-Thishalftermwewillbehavingfewersharingassemblies.Yourchildcanbringinsharing,thatisrelatedtoourtopiclearning,onthefollowingweeksbeginning:3rdJanuary,15thJanuaryand5thFebruary.OakwillsharetheirlearningonaThursdayandWillowwillsharetheirlearningonaWednesday.-Yourchildneedsacoatandjumperorcardiganinschooleverydayregardlessoftheweather.Wesometimesliketotakeourlearningoutsideandwewillgoouttoplayeverydayunlessitisheavyrain.Pleaseensureallitemsareclearlynamed.

HomeLearning• Learnyour2,5and10timestables.Yourchildshouldbeabletorecalltheminand

outoforder.• Getoutyourmoneyboxesoremptyyourpurseorwallet.Lookcloselyatthetypes

ofcoinsandnotes.Putdifferentcombinationsofcoinsandwithyourchildplaya‘howmuch’game.Seeadditionalsheetformoneyproblemactivities.

• Investigateatower,castle,tunnelorbridge.Writeaninformationpageaboutthelandmarkandwriteaboutthefollowing-whereisitlocated,whenandhowitwasconstructed,whatmaterialsitismadefrom,whatisitusedforandanyotherinformationaboutit.

• Readstoriesaboutcastles,princessesandknights,bringthemintosharewithyourclass.

• Usetheinternetoraninformationbooktofindoutaboutdifferentcreaturesthatformtunnelsandtheirhabitatinunderground.