Year 2
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Mr Wilson Class Teacher |
Mrs Catchpole Teaching Assistant |
Miss Cox-Donovan Learning Support Assistant |
Hello to our new Year 2!
We hope you have had a lovely break and are looking forward to Year 2 as much as we are. In Year 2 we have:
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Mr Wilson (Class Teacher)
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Mrs Catchpole (Teaching Assistant)
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Mrs Donovan (Learning Support Assistant)
In Maths, we will be learning multiplication facts for the 2s, 5s and 10s. Your child should practise these regularly at home to gain fluency.
All children are expected to be lining up on the playground before the bell goes at 8:40, at which time the class will enter school and begin their day of learning. The school day finishes at 3:10 so please be on time to collect your children. It is vital that the children attend school every day. Missing just one day will mean that five lessons have been missed. If your child is too unwell to attend school, please ensure that the office is contacted before 9:00am.
Children must be in school uniform each day. Please make sure each item of clothing has their name in it to prevent it from getting lost. PE days are on Monday and Thursday - please ensure PE kits are brought into school on a Monday and taken home on a Thursday. If your child has earrings, they must be taken out for PE lessons. If they cannot remove their own earrings, please take them out before school.
It is a school expectation that children read at home at least three times a week. It is so important that this happens as often as possible as it has such an impact on not only their reading skills but in other areas of learning too. If it is a longer book, your child can read a couple of pages each evening. We ask that an adult signs the reading record every time a child reads at home.
Our class concept is Development. Our enquiry question is,
“Does development have a positive or negative impact on society?”
We will be looking at development and how things have developed throughout society in each subject, with a close look at whether it has had a positive or negative impact on society.
If you have any concerns please do not hesitate to come and talk to us. This can be done either by arranging an appointment after school or if necessary, an appointment can be made that day.
We really look forward to teaching Year 2 and hope it is a good year for us all!
Mr Wilson
Development in Technology
So far in our concept this year, the children have made enquiries about key developments in society since the Georgian era. They have learnt about how there was very little technology in the 1800's and realised how different life would have been as a child in this era. The children toured the school to discover objects that would not have existed during the Georgian era. They photographed these objects using the iPads, something that they realised they wouldn't have been able to do in the Georgian era! We discovered that these developments in technology were due to many factors such as new materials being available, and more education with mathematicians such as Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage.
