Welcome to the Year 2 class page
Your child’s teachers this year are
Mrs C Stephens
Mrs L Garnham
The TAS who will work with your child are
Miss Peggy
Mrs S Sales
We want to work in partnership with you to ensure your child has the best education they can. We have an open door policy where you can feel free to ask us any questions and discuss any worries or concerns.
In Year 2 the children are preparing for Key Stage 2 and we are trying to get them to become more independent and able to concentrate for lengthening periods on focus tasks.
Our aim is to make learning fun and enjoyable to instil a love of learning for every child.
Below is an outline of what the children will be learning during the first term
Religious Education
- Branch 1 Creation and Covenant
- Branch 2 Prophecy and Promise
Topic
Our Topic for the next term is Cynefin (Belonging)
We will be focusing on the following things
- Cynefin, belonging to Wrexham, Wales and the World.
- Our city Wrexham.
- Wales on a map
- Welsh artist Martyn Evans
- Habitats, animals and where they live
- Significant places in Wales and the UK
- Autumn, Harvest and Diwali
- Bonfire Night and the story of Guy Fawkes
- Remembrance Day
- The World of Work
- How are children’s lives in other countries different to mine in Wales
- Christmas
Literacy
In our Literacy work we will focus on
- Fact files- Wrexham, Martyn Evans, Autumn, Diwali
- Researching on Ipads
- Poetry- Harvest, Autumn, Diwali
- Zig zag books about Autumn and Baptism
- Postcards
- Adjectives
- Perfect sentences
- Handwriting
- Phase 4 phonics
- Reading
- Spellings
- Recounting stories/information we have heard
- Creative writing (Christmas stories)
Our Numeracy focusses
- Counting and numbers to 100 and beyond
- Number bonds
- Counting in 2’s, 5’s,10’s
- Patterns of objects and numbers
- Money- adding amounts and knowing how to make an amount using different coins
- Understanding where our money goes
- Place value
- Odd and even numbers
- Directional language
- Symmetry.
In addition to this the children will be following The My Happy Minds programme for their wellbeing education.
We will be having a weekly PE session focussing on apparatus and games
We will visit the Queensway Gym each week after half term.
Children will have weekly creative tasks
Outdoor learning will also be a key part of the daily routines.
Below are a few reminders
Please make sure you check the school app regularly for the latest letters and information. More information on how to download the app can be found here on the website.
Please ensure your child’s dinner is ordered each day using Parent Pay
Look out for messages and pictures of your child on Seesaw
Please bring your child’s book bag back each week by a Wednesday.
Provide your child with a Heathy Snack and water bottle each day.
We really look forward to working with you over the next term.
Many thanks.
Mrs Stephens/Mrs Garnham