Year 2 - Squirrel Class
Welcome to Squirrel Class
Class Teacher: Miss Hebditch
Teaching Assistant: Miss Foreman and Miss Frogley
Welcome to Term 4
Sending a HUGE well done to all the Squirrels for how incredibly well they settled into our new class! We had a great term in the new building and Term 4 is looking to be just as fantastic!
Art Week and World Book Day will be focused around the book: 'A Planet Full of Plastic' and we will be creating a big artwork using recycled plastic to go on display in school, to raise awareness about plastic pollution.
English
Our English sessions will be linked to the following books:
Emma Jane's Aeroplane By Katie Haworth
Taking Flight By Adam Hancher
A Planet Full of Plastic By Neal Layton
Writing will continue to focus on punctuation, figurative language, extending with conjunctions and using a range of writing in a range of styles. We will be writing poetry using similes and build our confidence to perform these to the class. We will be acting out our class text using puppets and drama skills to help us to retell the story in our own words.
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
Maths
Our Maths learning will begin with multiplication and division and go on to length and height.
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 later in the year but if they are already familiar, it is beneficial.
History
Our history enquiry focus is ‘How did we learn to fly?’ This will give the children the opportunity to discover the history of flight and learn about some significant people who shaped the way we travel around the world today.
Why not discover more about the history of flight together by following this link?
History KS2 | Explorers: Amelia Earhart | BBC Teach
The Launch of the First Hot Air Balloon | The History of Science | BBC Earth Science
Notices
- PE will now be inside on Monday afternoon, so please have an appropriate named PE kit and trainers. These can be worn to school and kept on throughout the day.
- The whole class will have Forest School on Monday morning, on the 16th and 23rd of March
- World Book Day will be on Thursday 5th March where children are encouraged to dress up as their favourite character and bring in their favourite book to share with their friends.
Home learning will include reading each day and phonics/reading/spelling 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 4 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