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Welcome back to school, Year 2 - we hope that you have had a wonderful half term with your families and are ready for Autumn Term 2!
Our new topic is 'Fire, Fire!'. Through this topic, we will be investigating who Guy Fawkes was and the meaning behind Bonfire Night. We will then travel back through time to 1666, to learn all about the Great Fire of London. Using primary and secondary sources, we will discover how and where the fire started. We will also explore how the fire spread across our capital city and the devastation that the fire caused.
Science
Our Science topic this half term is 'Materials - Changing Shape'. Through this topic, we will find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching!
English
In English, our writing will link to our 'Fire, Fire!' topic. We will create our own firework poems using onomatopoeias and similes. We will read the story 'Mary and the Great Fire of London' and empathise with the main character by writing diary entries in role. We will then focus on the story of 'Excitable Edgar' (John Lewis Christmas advert), where we will carry out lots of drama and hot seating activities to help inspire our writing in role as this clumsy dragon!
Maths
In Maths this half term, we will continue to focus on addition and subtraction. We will recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and use related facts to 100. We will then move onto Shape, where we will identify and describe the properties of 2D and 3D shapes, including the number of sides and lines of symmetry.
Physical Education
Our PE day this term will continue to be on a Tuesday morning, with Action Ants. Please ensure that your child brings their full PE kits (black shorts/tracksuit bottoms, PE t-shirt, trainers or black plimsols, all with names on each item) in a bag at the beginning of term. PE kits should remain in school and will be sent home at the end of each half term. We also use our track to do the daily mile.
Snack and milk
Children can bring a piece of fresh fruit to school each day for their morning snack, if they wish. If packaging is required, please send it in a reusable box with your child's name on. All children will also be offered a piece of fruit every afternoon and those who pay for milk using the online service will continue to receive this each morning.
It is important that all children have their own water bottle in school every day (water only please, no juice 😀).
Contact us: 📞
If you have any questions or would like to speak to one of the teachers, please telephone the school office. Messages can also be sent via Learning Beck, using your child's login details.
Class 7 Staff:
Teachers - Mrs O Farrell (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday am)
Mrs Davidson (Thursday pm & Friday)
STA - Mrs Stephenson (Full time)
Contact us: 📞
If you have any questions or would like to speak to one of the teachers, you can contact us via our class email - year2@rferguson.cumbria.sch.uk or alternatively, telephone the school office. Messages can also be sent via Learning Beck, using your child's login details.
Mrs O' Farrell, Mrs Davidson and Mrs Stephenson
Class 7 Home Learning
Reading:📖
We read every day in Year 2 and will change our reading books in school each week. Children are heard read individually through guided reading sessions once a week. Being heard read and being read to at home is equally as important, to help develop children's vocabulary and aid their comprehension skills. So, try to read a bedtime story every night too when you can 📚🦉.
Maths:
Children will be given their Doodle logins this half term, which will be stuck into inside the front cover of their reading journals. Try to use Doodle as often as you can manage at home. Little and often is best. If you need a reminder of your login details, please speak to us or contact us through the school office.
Homework:
At Robert Ferguson we encourage the skills of independence, creative thinking, planning and presentation skills. Each half term, we will send home a homework grid with a choice of activities linked to our topic for your child to complete. If you need any help with homework or have any questions you can email us or speak to your teacher. When your homework is complete, bring it into school so we can celebrate your amazing work and effort! Homework can also be emailed to the school office.
Class 7 Weblinks
Doodle EnglishTopmarks - Toy Shop Money Game
Doodle Spell
Pop Art Prints
BBC - Exploring Materials
Topmarks - Coins Game
Doodle maths
BBC - Changes within Livings Memory (Toys)