29th October 2018 International Week

This week is International Week and we are learning about Poland. We will be...

• looking at famous landmarks in Poland and thinking about if they are human or physical features (human features exist because people have created them e.g. buildings, bridges and road - and physical features exist naturally e.g. lakes, rivers and mountains).

• cooking Polish gingerbread 

• learning about Polish folk art and creating our own 

• listening to music from the famous composer Chopin and learning about his life

• reading traditional Polish folk stories and comparing them to ones we already know

• comparing the weather in Warsaw (the capital city of Poland) to here in Norwich

As part of your home learning we encourage the children to share as much as they can about Poland. Which facts can they remember? What did they enjoy the most? They could share these verbally or write them down in their home learning books. They could also write a list of facts they have learnt about Poland.

You may remember us mentioning team captains. If your child would like to a be a team captain then we would like them to write a letter and hand it in by Wednesday 31st October. We will then get the children from each team to vote for their team captain. 

Parents teacher meetings continue this week. Please remember these are 10 minute appointments so if you have any concerns please come and speak to us prior to your appointment. 

Thursday 1st November JW

Tuesday 6th November RE

Wednesday 7th November JW

Monday 5th November is non-uniform day and we also have our first year 2 maths event 9am in the school hall. 

                                                           

Please remember that if you have visited any where in the UK this half term please send us some photos to add to our UK wall to rellis37ru@nsix.org.uk   Thank you to those who have done so already!

Letters are coming home this week to share an exciting basketball event we are running with Lodge Lane. Please send your reply slips in ASAP. Many thanks.

15th October 2018

Wow- what a great first half term we have had in year 2. Thank you for all of your support so far. 

This week we in English we have been listening to and creating our own acrostic poems. An acrostic poem is a type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in a line spell out a particular word or phrase. Our poems have had a pirate theme!

 

In maths this week we have been learning how to count in 3s. As part of your home learning we would like your children to continue this at home. We have been singing it to the tune of row, row, row your boat. 

3, 6, 9, 12

15 and 18

21, 24

27 and 30 

The children could even paint the numbers on a 1-100 number square by clicking the link below.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares

We also encourage to children to regularly count in 2s, 5s and 10s up to 100 and if they would like an extra challenge you could ask them to count in 10s from any number. For example 3, 13, 23, 33...etc.

We have also been learning number names (e.g. 1 one, 15 fifteen etc) and there are some great games online to help children learn to read them...

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/fruitShootNumbersWords.htm

http://www.maths-games.org/number-word-memory-to-20.html

Parent teacher interviews begin this week on Tuesday 16th October (RE). The rest will continue after half term (see below). Please remember these are 10 minute appointments so if you have any concerns please come and speak to us prior to your appointment. 

Monday 29th October RE

Thursday 1st November JW

Tuesday 6th November RE

Wednesday 7th November JW

Monday 5th November is non-uniform day and we also have our first year 2 maths event 9am in the school hall. We will send a reminder nearer the time.

We finish this Wednesday (17th) and return back to school on Monday 29th October. This will be our first International week of the year and we will be learning about a European country. If you visit any where in the UK this half term please send us some photos to add to our UK wall to rellis37ru@nsix.org.uk 

Please  encourage your child to read every day, have a lovely half term break and remember...

8th October 2018

This week we had a fantastic time at Norwich Theatre Royal watching the Music for Youth Primary Proms. It was really inspiring for the children to watch other children performing. We were really proud of how well the children behaved and this was commented on by other schools and the coach driver! 

We were lucky enough to listen to a Cantabene choir, Norfolk County Strings, West Lynn Strummers & Drummers and Norfolk County Symphonic Wind Band.

In maths this week we have continued to look at addition. We recapped how to add two number on a number line (finding the greatest number first) and also by partitioning. 

Number line addition

Number line addition

 Addition using partitioning-

23 + 32 = 55
20 + 30 = 50 
 3  +  2 = 5
50 +  5 = 55

In English this week we received a letter from Kitty Black who we met on our trip to the Tide and Time museum. Her message arrived in a bottle and we have been writing informal letters to reply.

Please remember to send your Christmas cards back by this Friday 12th October so they can be sent off. 

Parent teacher interviews begin next week on Tuesday 16th October (RE & JW). The rest will continue after half term (see below). Please remember these are 10 minute appointments so if you have any concerns please come and speak to us prior to your appointment. 

Monday 29th October RE

Thursday 1st November JW

Tuesday 6th November RE

Wednesday 7th November JW

The last day of half term is Wednesday 17th October and we are back in school on Monday 29th October. 

Monday 5th November is non-uniform day and we also have our first year 2 maths event 9am in the school hall. We will send a reminder nearer the time. 

1st October 2018

Thank you to all those parents who have been able to attend one of our curriculum meetings this week and for all of your positive comments. We welcome any feedback and remember if you have any questions, concerns or worries please speak to us now and don't wait until parent - teacher interviews. (The sign up sheets for these are available now if you haven't already signed up!) If you weren't able to make it to a meeting we have put a very brief overview at the bottom of this blog.

This week in maths we have been recapping on number bonds to 10, learning about number bonds to 20 and thinking about addition using our knowledge of place value! Number bonds are also often referred to as 'number pairs'. They are simply the pairs of numbers that make up a given number. For example- 16 + 4 = 20, 4 + 16 = 20, 15 + 5 = 20

As part of your home learning you could play board games such as snakes and ladders- can your child add the number they are on to the number rolled on the dice without moving the counter? There is also a great game your child can play...

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

In English we have been looking at similarities in Pirate stories. One thing we noticed is that Pirates often receive letters in a bottle. We have been looking at different letters, thinking about the features of letters and talking about why we send and receive letters. We have looked at formal letters (to people we don't usually know) and informal letters (to people we know).  As part of your home learning you could share different letters you get the in post (even if it is a bill!), what do they notice? You could also teach you child your home address as we will be writing these at the top of our letters. 

Please remember to send your children in their fantastic pirate costumes tomorrow if they wish as they will continue their pirate training.

We are lucky enough to be going to the Theatre Royal next Tuesday to enjoy watching some other school play a range of different instruments. Thank you for helping us to get the slips signed and sorted so quickly! The trip is happening in school hours so they need to be in school at normal time and will be back normal pick up. Please remember to send a packed lunch if you haven't ordered one and a water bottle. Thank you!

Year 2 Curriculum Meeting Overview

 Expectations, responsibilities and opportunities 

Now the children are in year 2 we are providing opportunities for them to be more responsible such as choosing to wear coloured bibs at break and lunch time and to apply to be team captains. We are also providing lots of great opportunities for them including trips and sporting events. 

Blog / App

Please download the school APP. We share as much information with you as we can on the school blog and it's a great way to find out about what your child(ren) have been up to and things which are coming up. We also provide ideas for home learning on the blog and it is usually updated on a Thursday.

Timetable

Here is an example of what our weekly timetable looks like but this often changes due to trips and other activities. We also have science weeks, International weeks, art week and sports week.(ERIC means everyone reading in class and is a carousel of reading activities). 

SATs

SATs will take place in May. Please don't book any holidays for May!! We will not let you know which days these take place and appreciate your support with this.   

Personalised learning

Please remember that learning for each child looks different and what it right for one child may not be for another. We are working hard to provide your children with appropriate challenges to meet their own needs. Please support us in making sure your children appreciate this and they need to focus on only themselves and listen to what they are told. 

 Home learning and Big Talk

Big talk is sent home weekly and is a talking activity. If children want to record things then they can but we ideally want you to be talking and building their range of vocabulary. Ideas for home learning are posted on the blog weekly and if children want to record anything then this can be done in their home learning book which has been sent home. We will not mark this but we will share any work with the class and give team points and stickers. 

Reading

The expectation in Year 2 is that children read 5 times a week for about 5 – 10 mins- building up to longer. As their reading becomes more confident and fluent we focus on comprehension and understanding. Please remember that we prefer quality rather than quantity – when should we read? DO what works for you! Please record reads in their yellow reading diary and if you want get them to write it in. Please remember that there’s always an opportunity for reading!

Junior school

You need to start thinking about which Junior school you would like your child to attend. Our best advice is to go and have a look around.