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