Year 2 - Dormouse Class
Welcome to Dormouse Class
Class Teacher: Miss Hilton
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Ninglekhu and Miss Humphrey Smith
Term 6
Our final term!
Welcome back to the last term of Year 2.
Our history enquiry focus is ‘What is a Monarch?’ You will be able to understand what a monarch is and who our monarchy is, as well as stepping back in time to find out about William the Conqueror and how he became the King of England. There will be lots of investigating different types of castles too.
Our trip this term will be to Margate Turner Contemporary and the beach. We will travel by coach and have lunch there. More details will be given soon.
Our English sessions will be linked to the following books:
The Cook and the King by Julia Donaldson
The Queen's Hat by Steve Antony
If I Were King by Chelsea O'Byrne
Writing will continue to focus on punctuation, description and extending with conjunctions. To support our writing, we will begin the term with a ‘Royal Tea Party!’ The children can bring their best party outfit to wear! Please see DOJO for updates. We will also link some writing to our history, William the Conqueror.
DT is all about sewing! Sew a running stitch, preparing and cutting fabric and adding decorations.
Our science focus is to extend our knowledge from last term’s focus on plants and growing. An exciting project which will teach us how to reduce, reuse and recycle by learning how paper is made and making our own plant pots from eco-friendly materials.
Our maths learning continues with fractions, leading to telling the time to the nearest five minutes, collecting data and presenting it, as well as continuing to practising addition and subtraction. Please continue to help by practising your 2,5, and 10 times tables at home whenever you can.
It is always helpful to us for you to support your child’s learning at home with tasks such as times tables, money and measurement.
PE will be outside, weather permitting, on THURSDAY afternoon, so please have an appropriate PE kit and trainers. These can be worn to school and kept on throughout the day.
We don’t have any Forest School dates yet. However, I will update you via Class Dojo.
Home learning will include reading each day and phonics/reading/spelling/ maths games on
Twinkl For Web alongside practise TT Rockstars.
If you have any questions please contact me via DOJO.
Thank you for your continued support.
Term 5
Welcome back!
Our English sessions will be linked to the following books:
The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch by Ronda Armitage
The Secret of Black Rock by Joe Todd-Stanton
Tiddler by Julia Donaldson
Writing will continue to focus on punctuation, description and extending with conjunctions. We will be using the first person, writing a newspaper report and writing adventure stories.
Phonics
In our phonics learning we will continue to learn the Level 6 sounds to support us with our reading and spelling. If you would like to support your child with this at home, you might find the following video clip helpful:
Click here for a video of the Level 6 Sounds
Our Maths learning begins with mass, volume and capacity, leading on to fractions. Please continue to help by practising your 2,5, and 10 times tables at home whenever you can.
Learn Your Two Times Table in Rap! | MC Grammar 🎤 | Educational Rap Songs for Kids 🎵
Learn Your Five Times Table in Rap! MC Grammar 🎤 | Educational Rap Songs for Kids 🎵
Learn Your 10 Times Table in Rap! | MC Grammar 🎤 | Educational Rap Songs for Kids 🎵
It is always helpful to us for you to support your child’s learning at home with tasks such as telling the time, money and measurement. We will visit these areas but if they are already familiar, it is beneficial.
Our Geography enquiry focus is ‘What is it like to live by the coast?’ By the end of the term, you will be able to name and locate the seas and oceans surrounding the UK using an atlas, define what the coast is, locate coasts in the UK as well as describe how people use the coast, in particular Margate.
Art is all about mixing primary colours to create secondary colours and developing our collage skills by gathering different textures from inside and outside and using them in our own creative artwork.
Our Science focus is Plant Growth and investigating seeds, bulbs and plants and recognising the conditions required for germination and healthy plant growth.
PE will be outside, weather permitting, on THURSDAY afternoon, so please have an appropriate PE kit and trainers. These can be worn to school and kept on throughout the day.
Whole Class FOREST SCHOOL will be on Monday 27th April this term. It is a morning slot. Please come to school in appropriate clothing and bring school uniform to change into.
Home learning will include reading each day and phonics/reading/spelling/ maths games on
Twinkl For Web alongside practise TT Rockstars.
If you have any questions, please contact me via DOJO.
Thank you for your continued support.
The Term 5 vocabulary sheets below will help you to know more about what your child will be learning this term.
Please click here to access extra phonics, reading and spelling resources.
Please click here to access links to other useful home learning resources published online.
If you are unsure of any log in details please contact the teacher through Class Dojo or email office@pilgrims-way.kent.sch.uk