Hi everyone!

So 2 weeks of home learning have gone by in a flash. I hope you have been able to complete some of the work from your learning packs, and access some of the QR codes I provided for extra apps and websites.

I have been busy both in School and at home, looking after the key worker children, and also getting things ready for teaching you using Google Classroom after Easter. Lots of you have been in touch with me using email, which has been lovely. It is ever so strange not seeing each other isn't it. I have also enjoyed seeing photos of all of your work, which I have now posted here on our class page for you all. 

Below this message I have posted two Easter challenges for you.

1) Life Skills Bingo - with your parents help, how many of these can you achieve over the next two weeks? These are things that are tricky to teach you in School, so make the most of being at home and learn them now!

2) Easter egg template. I challenge you to design an Easter Egg based on our new Summer term topic... which I am happy to announce will be 'HEALTHY HEROES'.

Happy Easter from me, and I look forward to receiving some of your challenge entries!

From Miss Sinnott 

W/C 16/03/2020

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

*If you are off School this week I will be sending home our assessments for you to work through. 

Maths - assessment week 

English - assessment week 

PE - Tennis/dance 

PSHE- Healthy Me 

Topic - What is the capital of China?

Spellings - o spelt a after 'w' and 'qu'

W/C 09/03/2020

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - length and measure - ms and cms, comparing lengths.

English - poems by John Agard

PE - Tennis/dance 

PSHE- Healthy Me 

Topic - Can I complete a fact file about China? 

Spellings - mixed spellings based on what we found tricky this term. 

Pre-learning for next week - Next week is assessment week, if the children mention we have been doing 'booklets', this is why! 

W/C 02/03/2020

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - position and direction

English - traditional tales from other cultures. Writing our own stories based on the structure learnt. 

PE - Tennis/dance 

PSHE- Healthy Me 

Topic - What is School like in China?

Spellings - 'ey' at the end of words. 

Pre-learning for next week - Who is John McAdam? 

W/C 24/02/2020

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - telling the time

English - traditional tales from other cultures. Hansel and Gretel

PE - Tennis/dance 

PSHE- Healthy Me 

Topic - Where is China?

Spellings -I can identify the /u/ spelt o.

Pre-learning for next week - Which materials are recyclable?  What do you know about China? 

W/C 10/02/2020

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - Statistics - tally charts, pictograms

English - research on Chepstow castle, recount about our trip. 

PE - Tennis/dance 

PSHE- dreams and goals 

Topic - What kind of monarch would I be? 

Spellings -I can identify the /or/ spelt a before l and ll.

Science - recycling 

Pre-learning for after half term - telling the time to half hour and hour intervals. Short 'u' spelt 'o'.

W/C 03/02/2020

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - fractions - unit fractions and 3/4

English - apostrophes

PE - Tennis/dance 

PSHE- dreams and goals 

Computing - Code-a-pillar programming 

Spellings -I can add es ing ed est er and y to words, understanding the different changes and rules.

Science - Materials changing shape 

Pre-learning for next week: Where is Chepstow Castle? Thinking about Elizabeth and Victoria as monarch's - what type of monarch would I be?

W/C 27/01/2020

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - fractions - recognising and finding quarters

English - poetry - writing our own poems and editing 

PE - Tennis/dance 

PSHE- dreams and goals 

RE -Is Easter happy or sad?

Spellings - I can add ing ed er est and y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter..

Science - Suitability of materials 

Pre-learning for next week: Fractions - unit fractions, thirds. 

W/C 20/01/2020

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - fractions - recognising equal parts, recognising and finding halves. 

English - poetry - monster poems. Types of sentences.

PE - Tennis/dance 

PSHE- dreams and goals 

RE - What is Easter? Can we remember the Easter story from Year 1. 

Spellings - I can add ed ing er est and y to words ending in e with a consonant before it.

Science - Out and about - looking for materials in our School. 

Computing - technology in our lives - technology street/

Pre-learning for next week: Fractions - quarters. 

W/C 13/01/2020

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - sorting 2d and 3d shapes., vertices, edges etc. 

English - The Dragon machine, Paper Bag Princess, George and the Dragon. Writing our own dragon stories. 

PE - Tennis/dance 

PSHE- dreams and goals 

RE - What is the Bible? Visitor from the Church. 

Spellings - I can add ed ing er and est to a root word ending in y with a consonant before it.

Science - materials - which materials can we remember from Year 1?

Computing - technology in our lives - talking about our homework findings. 

Pre-learning for next week: What materials can I notice 'out and about'? 

W/C 06/01/2020

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - recognising 2d and 3d shapes. 

English - The Dragon machine, word classes 

PE - Tennis/dance 

PSHE- dreams and goals 

RE - What is the Bible?

Spellings -  I can add es to nouns and verbs ending in y.

Pre-learning for next week: counting edges, vertices and faces on 3D shapes. 

W/C 16/12/19

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - division 

English - The Christmas Truce

PE - gymnastics

Art - Christmas cards and calendars. 

IT - Programming (lego fix the factory)

DT - wheels and axles - making a sleigh with wheels for Santa. 

Spellings -  words ending in Y that rhyme with 'fly'

Pre-learning for next week: Have a wonderful Christmas! 

W/C 09/12/19

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - 2 x table, 5x table, 10 x table

English - Anthony Browne - The Night Shimmy,  writing our own stories. 

PE - gymnastics

RE - nativity story, Christmas cards. 

IT - Programming (lego fix the factory)

DT - wheels and axles 

Spellings -  I can identify the phoneme l spelt al at the end of words.

Pre-learning for next week: What was the Christmas Truce? 

W/C 02/12/19

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - 2 x table, using arrays  

English - Anthony Browne - The Night Shimmy, commas in lists. 

PE - ball skills contd. 

RE - Incarnation. 

Science - living things and their habitats, quiz to see what we have learnt. 

Topic - Remembrance, comparing the Berrow memorial to the Cenotaph. 

Spellings -  I can identify the difference between when to use le or el.

Pre-learning for next week: division. 

W/C 25/11/19

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - Multiplication, equal groups. 

English - Anthony Browne - Silly Billy 

PE - ball skills contd. 

Music - Nativity song practice. 

RE - Incarnation. 

Topic - Remembrance. 

Spellings -  I can identify /r/ spelt wr at the beginning of words.

Pre-learning for next week: 2xtable, using arrays. 

W/C 18/11/19 

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - Money- finding change + ASSESSMENT WEEK 

English - Anthony Browne + ASSESSMENT WEEK 

Science - Food chains contd

PE - ball skills contd. 

Music - Nativity song practice. 

RE - Incarnation. 

Topic - Remembrance. 

Spellings -  I can identify the /n/ spelt kn and gn at the beginning of words.

W/C 11/11/19 

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - Money - adding pounds and pence, different coins to make the same amount. 

English - Anthony Browne - books by the same author. 

Science - Food chains. 

PE - ball skills contd. 

Music - Nativity song practice. 

RE - Incarnation. 

Topic - Remembrance. 

Spellings -  words with the /s/ spelt c before e, i and y.

Pre learning for next week - Maths - Multiplication. English -  Anthony Browne - Do you have any of his books at home? 

W/C 04/11/19 (Monday and Tuesday are inset days)

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - Money - counting pounds and pence. 

English - Subordinating and coordinating conjunctions. 

Science - Dependency within habitats.  

PE - ball skills contd. 

Music - Nativity song practice. 

RE - The Christmas Story 

Spellings - none this week, will start back next week. 

Pre learning for next week - Maths - find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money. English - have you heard of Anthony Browne? Topic - What is Remembrance day? 

W/C 21/10/19

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - To add a 2-digit and 2 digit numbers. Adding 3 one digit numbers. 

English - Writing letters about plastic pollution. 

Science - Ocean habitats 

PE - ball skills contd. 

Art - David Hockney's A Big Splash

ICT - technology in our lives

Music - 'Water'

RE -Jewish symbols

Spellings - dge/ge/j words that make the 'j' phoneme. 

Pre learning for next week - (after half term) - money (recognising coins, coins that make the same amount). Counting in groups of 2,5 and 10. What is Remembrance? 

W/C 14/10/19

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - To add a 2-digit and 1-digit number, To subtract a 1-digit number from a 2-digit number – crossing ten, adding 2 digit numbers 

English - reading and answering questions about plastic pollution, writing rhymes. 

Science - World habitats 

PE - ball skills contd. 

PSHE - a class learning charter

Topic - The Great Barrier Reef 

ICT - technology in our lives

Music - 'Water'

RE -  Synagogues 

Spellings - Year 2 common exception words.

Pre learning for next week - what sort of animals live in the ocean? What are the features of a letter? Adding and subtracting with 2 digit numbers. Adding 3 one digit numbers. 

W/C 7/10/19

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - number bonds to 100, 1 more 1 less, adding and subtracting 1, adding and subtracting 10.

English - introducing our new class text - 'Somebody swallowed Stanley'

Science - microhabitats

PE - ball skills contd. 

Art - shades - adding black to a colour. 

Topic - The Great Barrier Reef 

ICT - technology in our lives

Music - 'Water'

RE -  Jewish weddings cont'd

Spellings - words with 'wh'

Pre learning for next week - To add a 2-digit and 1-digit number – crossing ten. Non-fiction texts about plastic pollution - have you read/seen anything about this recently?

Miss Sinnott :) 

W/C 30/9/19

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - checking calculations, the inverse, related facts. 

English - writing our own 'Storm Whale' story

Science - local habitat survey

PE - ball skills contd. 

PSHE - rewards and consequences 

Topic - How can we locate Scandanavia? Our place in the world.

ICT - internet safety

Music - 'Water'

RE - The Torah scroll

Spellings - words with 'ph'

Pre learning for next week - bonds to 100, add and subtract ones and tens. 

Miss Sinnott :) 

W/C 23/9/19

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - counting in 3s, checking calculations using the inverse.

English - making storyboards of an island story.

Science - MRS GREN

PE - ball skills contd. 

Art - tints

Topic - the seven continents and the five oceans of the world

ICT - internet safety

Music - 'Water'

RE - Inside a Synagogue 

Spellings - words with 'aw' and 'au'

Pre learning for next week - Where is Scandanavia? What is a habitat? 

Miss Sinnott :) 

W/C 16/9/19

This week Dolphin class are learning about:

Maths - counting in 2s, 5s and 10s forward and backwards from any given number.

English - writing poems based on the storm in our class text.

Science - Living or non-living? Dead or alive?

PE - ball skills contd. 

PSHE - being responsible

Topic - the seven continents and the five oceans of the world

ICT - internet safety

Music - 'Water'

RE - Shabbat

Spellings - words with 'ie', 'igh' or 'i--e' 

Pre learning for next week - Counting in 3s. What is a tint? What is MRS GREN? 

Miss Sinnott :) 

Welcome to Y2 Dolphins Class!

I am so excited to welcome your child into Year 2 at Berrow Primary School. Mrs Hall, Mrs Wall and I have lots of exciting things planned for the coming terms, and thought it was best to write briefly to you to explain some of the things you can do at home to help with your child’s learning.

• Reading – as in Year 1, the expectation is that your child reads at home 5 times a week. This will be checked by the teaching staff on a Friday morning. We have a display in the classroom where the children move their astronaut to the next planet when they have read 5 times. Once they reach the ‘Moon’ they can choose a treat from the prize box.
• Spellings – these will be sent home weekly and tested on a Friday.
• Maths – Our class has 3 ‘Maths Monkeys’. 3 children will be chosen to take a Monkey home each week, and complete a maths challenge of their choice. If they/you could write a sentence, include a picture of this challenge in the Monkey’s exercise book this is sufficient evidence of their learning. (And should be something fun, not a chore!)
• Times tables – Each child will have a ‘rocket’ where they can track their learning of the times tables. We will practice them in class, however if you could also do this at home it would be very beneficial. Children can let one of the TAs know when they are ready to be tested on each table, and when complete they can move to the next one.
• Speaking and listening – As part of the curriculum, children need to be able to practice their speaking and listening skills regularly. We will have a slot each day where they can speak about a topic of their choice. They can bring something in to show or tell us about, or something they have done at the weekend, for example. Please note this only needs to last a couple of minutes. Please check the rota to see when your child’s turn is.
• Writing – I have included a ‘writing checklist’ so that you have an idea of what is expected from a Year 2 writer. Please try and encourage as much writing at home as possible, and help the children work towards these goals!
• Other homework – Other homework may be sent home depending on what we are learning in class

I look forward to meeting you all soon,

Miss Sinnott