Year 2 Summer Term
Welcome to our final half term of Year 2!
First, a reminder about housekeeping, lots of children's uniform and PE kits still do NOT have names in and it is making it very difficult to find misplaced uniform.
For our Topic work this half term, we have a History and Geography based topic about mapping and pirates. Children will explore a range of maps at a local, national and global level, developing their understanding of how to navigate around an atlas to find key countries, continents, oceans and seas along with devising their own maps and routes. They will learn how to ‘view from above’ looking at aerial photographs to spot human and physical features, understand simple map symbols, compass directions and develop key geographical vocabulary. Have a look at our knowledge organiser for more information.
We will be working hard to learn many key concepts in English and Maths. In English, we will be writing different genres based on our English text Mungo together with working hard on the 4 operations in maths and ways to collect and read data.
Reading is a crucial part of your child's learning so please make sure that you read daily with your child and ensure they learn their spelling homework.
Year 2 have a P.E lesson on Thursday afternoon, so please make sure your child has the correct PE kit and ensure all items are labelled with your child’s name.
Please also make sure you child has a water bottle in school each day so they can stay hydrated!
If you need to speak to me regarding any issues, my door is always open.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Howarth
Homework
Spelling Homework - Given out Friday, test the following Friday
Maths Homework - This will be given out on a Friday and needs to be completed by the following Thursday
Reading & Phonics- Please read with your child daily. Phonics reading books need to be read 3 times before we will change them to help children increase their fluency.
PE
Thursday - Please have full PE kit - white top, black shorts and black pumps.