Year 2 News Autumn Term 1... Welcome back! We hope you have all had a wonderful summer! This half term our creative topic will be the history of Walt Disney. In Literacy we will be looking at biographical and recount texts. We will be learning to write in the past tense and extend our sentences with adverbs and conjunctions.
In Numeracy we will be learning the 2x, 5x and 10x tables. We will also explore number sequences and develop addition and subtraction strategies. In Science we will be exploring the use of everyday materials. In Art we will be explore the work of Walt Disney and create a silhouette
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of a Disney character. P.E lessons will focus on developing Fundamental sport skills such as throwing, catching and reaction skills. We will be learning Spanish as part of our whole school MFL curriculum.
September—October 2014
Special points of interest: Shine Assembly Thursday @ 8:55pm Educational visits will be announced. Y2JS Class Assembly 15th October
Reminder’s… WATER: Please ensure your child has a water bottle in school with fresh water each day.
Biography Boxes As we explore the life of Walt Disney, we will be encouraging the children to explore their own pasts. Please could you
start collecting together baby photos, favourite toys, personal artifacts, baby clothes etc, for the children to put into
a biography box. We will be using these boxes to support our literacy work.
READING BOOKS: Please encourage your child to change their reading book each morning and fill in their reading diary each evening.
Non Negotiable Targets This year we will be working towards targets called ‘non–negotiables’ that we would like every child to achieve by the end of Y2. Targets we will be particularly focusing on this term are stated below. Reading To read high frequency words independently. A list will be sent home in due course. Writing To consistently use capital letters and full stops/question marks accurately in sentences. To begin to use commas in lists. Maths To know all number pairs to 100 (e.g. 30 + 70 = 100). To know by heart 2x, 5x and 10x tables.
Creative Projects
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Our key skill this half term is creativity. Could your child show their creativity by having a go at one of the projects below?
We hope that you have found this first edition of the Y2 class news informative. We will send you an updated version each half term.
We will be showcasing creative projects in the last week of half term, the date will be confirmed and we look forward to the entries! Ideas…
Build a 3D Disney castle.
Write a poem about Mickey Mouse.
Create a family tree.
Design a t-shirt for Mickey Mouse.
Create a powerpoint presentation about what you would do if you went to Disney World in America.
Create a brand new Disney character. Draw a picture of them and label it.
If you have any concerns or issues regarding your child we are more than happy to speak to you about these. We are available before school: 8:35 to 8:50 or after school: from 3:05. We can always arrange another time to suit you should you wish to make an appointment. Monteney Primary School Monteney Crescent Sheffield S5 9DN Phone: 0114 2467916 Fax: 0114 2467965 Email: enquiries@monteney.sheffield.sch.uk Website: http://monteney.sheffield.sch.uk