Beech

Welcome to Beech Class!

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to speak to us at the end of the school day or you can email us at contact3147@welearn365.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you,

Mrs Turner and Mrs Adams

Our photos!

Class Information

Class Teacher: Mrs Turner

Class Teaching Assistant: Mrs Adams

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 Tuesday and collected in on a Monday. 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.
PE	Children will be doing double PE on a Thursday. Please send your child in to school in their PE kit on this day.
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.
Times Tables	By the end of Year Two children are expected to be confident with the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables.
Topic	Our topic for the first two weeks is 'Olympics'. We will then introduce our autumn term topic, 'Indian Spice'.

Supporting learning at home

Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Words.

Letters

Dates for your diary

Please check regularly for updates.

14th September - Olympic workshop: Please send you child in their PE kit on this day.

16th September - Olympic sports morning: Please send your child in their PE kit on this day.

Half term: 25th - 29th October

Year 2 Topics

For your information - these are the topics our class will cover this year:

History and Geography

Week 1 and 2 - Whole School 2 Week Topic - Olympics

Remainder of Autumn Term - Indian Spice

Spring Term - Wonder Women

Summer Term - The Home Front (World War 2)

Science

Terms 1 and 2 - Materials

Term 3 - Animals, including Humans

Term 4 - Living things and their habitats

Terms 5 and 6 - Plants

RE

Religions covered in Year 2: Christianity, Islam, Sikh, Buddhism

Wellbeing

Support for children's mental health: https://www.lapworthschool.co.uk/childrens-mental-health/

Your questions and concerns about Coronavirus answered: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround#more-stories-2

Wellbeing Activity Pack: https://www.risingstars-uk.com/media/Rising-Stars/Wellbeing%20and%20Character%20Education/Happy-Newspaper-Activity-Pack-download.pdf

Indian Spice

White Rose Maths: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

TTS Rockstars and Numbots: https://play.ttrockstars.com

Handwriting: www.letterjoin.co.uk

Phonics: www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Username:march20 and Password: home. Try Phase 5)

Purple Mash: access via http://www.welearn365.com

Exercise: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers, https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1