Numeracy

Year 2 2024 - 2025

Miss Millington

A very warm welcome to Year 2 and our team, myself - Miss Millington, and Mrs Cox and Mrs Callow, our fabulous Teaching Assistants.

The children have settled in beautifully to Year 2. They have fully embraced every learning opportunity so far and it has been lovely getting to know them all.

I am looking forward to the second half of the autumn term where the children will perform in the school Nativity, The Magical Christmas Jigsaw. Taking part in school productions, no matter what part you play, is a chance to work together as a team, learn new skills, and develop confidence. The children are already busy learning new songs and it will be a perfect Christmas treat for all the family!

This half term in history, we will be understanding how to find out about the past by looking at different types of holidays. The children will use photographs to learn about the type of holidays people used to go on, and make comparisons to the types of holidays that people go on today. We will explore chronology through the use of timelines and understand how artefacts can provide us with information to learn how things were different to how they are now.

In maths we continue to secure knowledge of 2-digit addition and subtraction by using both concrete and pictorial methods to help us. Alongside this, we will be using the NCETM Mastering Numbers programme to help us with our mental maths and times tables knowledge.

In Literacy, we will explore a beautiful written and illustrated book called, Grandad's Island by Benji Davies, that will inpsire us to write a return narrative and letter.

You will find our class timetable in a link at the bottom of the page.

Important information:

Tuesday

Indoor PE - kit to remain in school:

T-Shirt (Red or White)

Shorts (Black)

Joggers (Black)

School jumper/fleece (can be with or without school logo. No branded sportswear/hoodies/football kit)

Plimsolls/Pumps

Thursday

Outdoor PE - kit to be brought in each week:

Plain white/red t-shirt, jumper (school jumper or Dean Valley fleece) and black tracksuit trousers are required for winter outdoor Games Lessons.

Trainers

Reading books changed

Friday

Forest School will take place on the 15th November and the 6th December this half term. Please ensure that warm and appropriate waterproof clothing is provided for each session.
Online homework to be completed

Homework

TT Rockstars - I advise 7 games a week, 1 per day or in a chunk. Key focus for Year 2 are the 2s, 5s, and 10s - use the Jammin feature and explore the settings, you can set to just multiplication.

Numbots - aim for 10mins across the week either in one session or a split throughout the week.

Spelling Shed - 7 games to be completed per week on the focus spelling of the week - start on easy and progress if you feel your child is confident with this.

*Online homework to be set each Friday and completed for the following Friday. If you have any problem logging in, please let me know.

Useful information:

Spelling

Children are learning their Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Words as well as the red words from their RWI group.

t-l-54347-common-exception-words-years-1-and-2-alphabetical-word-mat-english.pdf (twinkl.co.uk)

We also use the high frequency words:

t-l-5995-200-high-frequency-words-word-mat_ver_3.pdf (twinkl.co.uk)

Spelling techniques:

t-l-52830-strategies-for-learning-spellings-activity-sheet_ver_1.pdf (twinkl.co.uk)

Useful spelling games: Yr 2 common exception words - Teaching resources (wordwall.net)

Reading

Thursday is our book change day. Please ensure your child has their book with them each day as we do have people reading with the children.