Mrs Fallows and Mrs Boyle

Welcome to the new school year! I hope you all had a lovely holiday!

Important

Reading – Please hear your child read every day. Sign their reading record book so you can share their progress with me.

Times Table Rockstars (y2) – The Times Tables Rockstar app is a fun way for your child to learn and remember their times tables. Please support your child to learn their tables by practising for 5 minutes each day. 

Homework – Please practise reading and Times Tables with your child.  Complete one activity a week.  Please bring the homework book on Wednesday so that I can see the wonderful work you have been doing.

Forest School is on a four-weekly cycle for each class in the school. This term, our first session is Monday  15th September, followed by Monday 13th October.  Please can you make sure the children come to school in suitable clothes as they will be learning outside. Please bring their change of uniform in their bag. In forest school.

Below is a short insight into some of the things we will be learning this half-term.

In English, we will be reading the book The Troll Swap and writing a story based on this.

In Maths, we will be learning about place value. This will invole recognising and writing numbers, ordering them and using vocabulary such as more and less.

In Religious Education,  the children will learn about the topic Prophecy and Promise. Learning about the Bible and all the preparations in the run up to Christmas

In History, we will learn about schools and how they have changed over time, focusing on the changes over the last 100 years.

In Geography, we will learn about the naughty bus  and a journey it can take us on. We will be using vocabulary such as North, South, East and West.

In Physical Education, the children will learn about locomotion – chasing and evading.

Please find below our half-term curriculum plan.

Thank you, 

Mrs Fallows