Brinsley Primary and Nursery School – Year 2
Class Name:
Goldfinches
Who’s in the class?
Mrs M Wingrove
Class Teacher & EYFS/KS1 Lead
Mrs S Meakin
Teaching Assistant
Mrs C Bamford
Teaching Assistant
Welcome to Year 2
We hope that your child enjoys being in our Year 2 Goldfinches class!
This half term our topic is all about the Victorians
We’ll be researching to find the answer to the question ‘What do we know about the Victorians and the way they lived?’
Our focus text is ‘Major Glad, Major Dizzy’ by Jan Oke
During the build up to our longer pieces of writing, we will be looking at nouns and prepositions in the story. We’ll be looking very closely at the pictures in the story and making inferences about what they tell us. We’ll be finding out all about Queen Victoria and her reign.
In Maths, we will be looking at Multiplication and Division and Length and Height.
In Art, we will be exploring maps through various art forms.
In DT, we will be learning to sew.
In Computing, we will be learning about programming and coding.
In Music, as well as learning to sing, play, improvise and compose a song, we will listen and appraise classic Rock songs.
In History, we will be learning about the Victorians and their way of life, and comparing it to life today.
In PSHE we are are learning about rights and respect, and in RE our topic is ‘belonging’.
Remember to check Class Dojo regularly for updates, photos and information.
Helpful Websites To Use At Home
Reading
Reading is an essential part of your child’s learning. Your child will be sent home with a colour banded book to match their ability. They will have a guided reading session every week, which will include shared reading, and accompanying tasks. Please take time to look at and read your child’s reading books and any other books, with them. When you have read with your child please record this in their reading record. If a child reads 3 or more times at home each week, they will be entered into our ‘In It, To Win It‘ draw to be in with a chance of choosing a prize!
Homework
Could we ask that you help your child practise their spellings, which will be checked weekly. We expect your child to begin to use these words in their writing. Spellings can be practised in different ways such as writing them out using paint, or in sand or practising them with magnetic letters or making a game up with them. You can also look out for them when reading and when you’re out and about!
Times Tables
Please can you encourage your child to learn their times tables and their inverses at home. They have all received a log in for Times Tables Rock Stars and you will find this in their Reading Records. To access their personal page, please visit:
P.E.
P.E. will take place on a Tuesday and Thursday. Please ensure that your child comes to school on this day in their P.E. kit. They will stay in their P.E. kit all day and where possible, P.E. will take place outside so please make sure children are dressed to keep warm. Please also remember that children need to have their hair up in a pony-tail and to remove earrings and other jewellery for P.E. If your child has newly pierced ears please pop in to the office to fill in the appropriate form.