Welcome to Swallows class page

Ms Sarwar, Miss Gray, Miss Pearce, Mrs Acri and Miss Sobczyk

Key days to remember:

• PE will be on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please ensure children wear their PE kit to school.
• Spellings will be given out on Mondays and spelling tests will take place on Fridays.
• Homework will be issued on Fridays and children will need to return their completed homework by the following Friday.

Home Learning

Spellings

Children will be given spellings on a Monday. Please spend some time learning these with your child to support their learning in school.

Reading

Please continue to read with your child as much as possible (we recommend just a few minutes every day). If you read at home - remember to sign/tick the reading diary to say you have done so (with a comment if possible).

They will recieve stamps for every time they read which will add up to a prize from Mrs Lewis if they read consistently

There are more books on Oxford Owl which can be read online.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ 

Numbots

Your child will have their Numbots login in front of their reading record. This online game supports children's mathematical skills and we recommend playing at home if possible. The children also have the opportunity to play in school. 

Play Numbots 

Purple Mash

We will set activities on Purple Mash as further optional homework activities which will be linked to our learning in school. Your child's login can be found in the front of their reading record.

Purple Mash

Online games to support learning

Hit the button - practice number bonds to 5, 10, 20, and 100.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

Year 2 SPaG ideas to use at home

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Year 2 Curriculum Overview

What we are learning this term

English

In English, we will be learning the key features of an information text. We will be using a Talk for Writing picture map to help us remember the layout and key facts. The children will use this to help them write their own information text about wolves. We will focus on how to structure their writing with a clear beginning, middle, and end. 

Maths

This term we will be learning how to add and subtract using a range of methods.

Hot and Cold Places

For our topic we will learn all about hot and cold places.  We will think about the different climate zones, identifying where the hot and cold places are. We will look at both the North and South Pole and compare these to Kenya. We will also explore different weather conditions within both the hot and cold places and also our local area. We will use the four compass points to help us navigate around the hot and cold places.

Phonics

The children are taught discrete phonics lessons everyday following the Twinkl Phonics program which is a DfE approved programme.  We teach the children the sounds in order for them to read and write with increasing proficiency. At the end of Year 1 the children completed a Phonics Screening Check which is a legal requirement for each child. They will apply their phonics knowledge to read 40 words, 20 of which are real and 20 which are not (we call these alien words).

In Year 2, we will continue to build on children's phonics knowledge from reception and year 1. Children will have lessons tailored to meet their individual needs and next steps.

There is more information about the Phonics Screening Check here: 

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-owl/expert-help/the-year-1-phonics-screening-check

Here is an overview of our phonics programme. We will be recapping level 3 and teaching levels 4-6 in year 2, depending on the children's level.

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Common Exception Words

We will be teaching the children how to spell these common exception words by the end of year 2.

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