Visit on Monday

Just to remind everyone it´s Year 2´s visit to the farm on Monday.

 

 

We will be leaving at 9.30am, so please ensure your child is in school on time to get the register completed and their snack/water ready to take down to the bus.

Snacks to be in a throw away bag.

If the weather is as lovely as it has been yesterday and today, please ensure that your child has sun cream on before they arrive at school and that a sun cap is brought in.

On this day your child will receive a packed lunch.

I will take lots of pictures and post these on the blog for you to see.

 

Read Write Inc

Read Write Inc Assessments

 

Next Week Year 2 will be completing their Read Write Inc assessments.

 

As part of their assessment they get a timed reading session, where they have 1 minute to read as many passages (between 13-17 lines) and then talk about it.

The passages also contain punctuation, this will also be tested in listening to expression, pauses, etc.

 

I have set a piece of homework to practice both reading and comprehension.

 

If they can read the short story, encouraging them to use the punctuation to change their expression

 and then answer the questions.

 

Maths Tests

Maths Tests on Friday

 

On Friday Year 2 will be having their end of term tests.

They will complete 2 short tests, 1 out of 10 the other out of 20.

On Thursday when the new homework is handed out if they could practice any previous maths homework, in particular the quarter to and quarter past. I have included a new worksheet on this as when marking I found that lots of the class had the same common mistakes.

I also recapped on this area today.

 

 I will mark the maths papers over the weekend and let you know their scores next week.

Friday 17th March

 

 

To teach the children about water awareness the Primary School have having a Water Awareness Day on Friday 17th March.

The South Schools infant department will be joining us here at Tafira.

One of the activities that is planned s for the children to make a boat that will float.

 

If you have any of the following items at home between now and next Friday I would be grateful if you could bring them in:

Plastic containers: bottles, yogurt pots, plates.

Egg cartons

Juice containers

Toilet roll holders 

 

Thank you in advance

 

Assesmbly

Year 2 Assembly

 

 

If a few weeks time, Year 2 will do an assembly to the rest of Primary school about recycling.

They will be sent home their lines that they need to learn, and will also be singing a song.

 

The lyrics for the song are being handed out today for them to practice.

 

I thought I would give you all the link of the song on You tube if they wish to sing along with it at home.

 

 Please click on this link:

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIQUOIyE7q0

 



Home work

This weeks homework

 

Only 3 pieces of homework this week.

 

Read Write Inc. is their Green speedy, green story and red words to read and spell.

Weekly spelling tests will continue using these words.

 

Literacy: My news.

Children to write a newspaper article about what they did over their holiday.

To use tenses where possible and using their Fred sounds to help with spellings.

 

Maths: Quarter past and Quarter to.

The class can already show o´clock and half past the hour, so we are now looking at quarter past and quarter to. The children have to draw the hands of the clock to show the different times.

 

I have also allocated their online maths homework, where you can login and complete the activity.

 

Happy homework.

 

 

 

 

Topics this half term

Just to update you on the Topics this half term, taking us up to Easter.

 

Literacy: Will continue with Read Write Inc., with Fridays being their Big or Little write.
Big Write this half term will include a WANTED poster, writing a diary on growing cress, recount of their trip, etc. Assessment will be done just before we break up.

Maths: Will continue to follow the Abacus maths program. The class will have their half termly assessments for Maths next Friday and then after the Easter holidays when we have completed all areas required.

PSHE: Will continue as Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
They will be performing an assembly to the whole of Primary on this in a few weeks.

PE: PE this half term is team games, various activities and sports will be used and taught with the main purpose of the group working together as a team/s.

ART and Design: For the next few weeks their focus will be on block colour painting and drawings. Activities will vary each week and also be linked to other topics.

Our Topic, which starts tomorrow is a Geography themed topic of Oceans and Seas. They will be learning about the different oceans but also about the Equator, poles and using globes and maps.

The class really enjoyed last terms topic of the micro habitats, and during golden time we will continue to maintain our gardening area and bug hotel.

If you have any questions regarding this half term or the topics, please do not hesitate to come and speak to me.