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Beech
Children in Beech class are developing their independence, resilience and problem solving skills across all aspects of their school life. We are learning to make links, problem solve and use different tools from our tool box to help us.
We are thoughtful.
We work collaboratively.
We are Beech class!
Beech Class Teacher - Mrs Byrne
Beech Class Teaching Assistant - Mrs Adams
Our learning this term
Summer 1
Our learning - 22nd April 2024
Maths: This week we will be developing our understanding of counting in 2s, 5s and 10s to help create arrays and the development of multiplication from repeated addition.
Don't forget we have started to take part in Times Tables Rockstars!
Writing: We will be creating character descriptions of Katie, the main character in our text, Katie in London. Children will take part in hot seating, brain storming and plans to include expanded noun phrases, adjectives and adverbs to improve our descriptions.
SPaG: Children will be problem solving homophones this week. Look out for our homework to sort and complete sentences with the correct homophones!
PSHE: Children will be exploring internal body organs and describe how air, food and water get into the body.
PE: Within PE, we will be working sending and receiving a ball to a partner.
Dance: We will be re-visiting our dance topic this half term and will be working on partner dance shapes this week and how to transition them from one movement into another.
Science: Last week, we explored the life cycle of the sunflower and created movements to remind us of the process.
This week, we will be exploring different seeds and deciding how's best to sort them using a venn diagram.
Topic: Children will be imagining they were in control of rebuilding London after the Great fire of London. Children will be creating their own map of London in the past and London today using captions and diagrams.
RE: Children will be exploring why Christian and Jewish people believe in the creation of the world and will understand the term 'tikkum olum' and how to look after our world.
Useful Information
Reading at home | Children are expected to read to an adult at home daily. Two reading books will be changed and sent home on a Friday and collected in on a Wednesday. Please indicate that you have read with your child in the reading diary. Children's books will be changed when you have read them twice. Children are doing fantastically well climbing our class reading ladder! |
PE | Children will be doing PE on a Wednesday and Friday. Please ensure your child's PE kit is in school during this time. |
Spelling | Please see the list of Year Two common exception words. These are the spellings children are expected to be able to spell by the end of the year. Please find these on the back of your child's homework folder. We have weekly spelling challenges for particular words we may be finding challenging. |
Times Tables | By the end of Year Two children are expected to be confident with the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables. We will be beginning our learning of them in the summer term. |
Homework
| Subject | Day handed out | Day due in | |
| Reading | Friday - 2 books written in diary and handed out. | Wednesday - both books and signed reading diaries to be handed in. | |
| Don't forget our reading challenge! | |||
| English | Friday - in homework folder to be sent home. | Following Friday - homework folder to be sent in to school. | |
| Maths | Friday - on line - log in to My Maths see set task(s). | Following Friday - will be looked at on line and shared with children! | |
Useful Information
How can you support your child at home?
Phonics support
Useful Websites
TTS Rockstars and Numbots: https://play.ttrockstars.com
Handwriting: www.letterjoin.co.uk
Phonics: www.phonicsplay.co.uk
Purple Mash: access via http://www.welearn365.com
Wellbeing
Support for children's mental health: https://www.lapworthschool.co.uk/childrens-mental-health/
Wellbeing Activity Pack: https://www.risingstars-uk.com/media/Rising-Stars/Wellbeing%20and%20Character%20Education/Happy-Newspaper-Activity-Pack-download.pdf