Welcome to Snowy Owls.
Year 2
Snowy Owls
Welcome to Snowy Owls!
September is always exciting with the start of a new year and chance to start a brand new learning journey. We have lots of wonderful topics this year including a favourite of mine to teach The Plague and The Great Fire of London. We have three fantastic educational visits planned and more information will follow about our first one shortly.
A welcome letter has been sent out today and please keep an eye out for any further letters in your child's bag.
Please see some important information below:
Homework and spellings
Homework and spellings will be set every Friday and will need to be completed and handed in by the following Thursday. This routine will help the children and encourages independence as they go through year 2. Please encourage your child to establish a consistent homework and spelling routine to reinforce their classroom learning.
P.E.
PE will take place on Mondays. On these days, please ensure your child comes to school in the correct PE kit. It is also important that on these days, they do not wear any jewellery or cover with plasters and shoulder length hair to be tied back.
Reading
Reading is a key part of school life and early reading is the start of a wonderful journey into discovering a whole new world of stories, facts and adventures.
We will be continuing our reading adventure with our very own snowy owl, Fluffy, who will be coming home with your child to share a reading book of their choice with Fluffy, in a place of their choice. All we ask is that you snap a picture of your child reading with the owl and email it to school - look out for a text and the bag coming home very soon!
Remember every Tuesday we change our books as it is Choosy Tuesday - please return your reading for pleasure book to get a new one for the week to share with your family.
To support your child in their reading we encourage you to listen to them read as often as you can and make a note in their reading records on how they did.
Reading will be individual at the beginning or end of the term and all other reading will be in a guided group session.
More books for reading can be found here https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks1-school-pupils/suggested-reading-list-year-2-pupils-ks1-age-6-7/
If you have any questions or queries please get in touch via the school office.
Many thanks for your continued support
Mrs Potton
Below are some helpful websites to support your child's learning:
Our author of the term is
Roald Dhal
Our Artists of the term are
Autumn 1 - Max Ernst – “Creativity is that marvellous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.”
Autumn 2 - Quentin Blake – “Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly”
Our Scientists of the term are
Autumn 1 - Steve Backshall – “It’s really important that we know we can change this planet for the better and that is every single one of us, no matter how small we may feel has that power.”
Autumn 2 - Norman Borlaug – “You can’t build peace on empty stomachs.”
Our Sports People of the half term are
Autumn 1 - Usain Bolt - “I stopped worrying about the start, the end is what’s important.”
Autumn 2 - Danusia Francis - "If your dream sounds impossible: perfect. You're on the right track."
Our Composers of the term are
Autumn 1 - Samuel Coleridge Taylor – “Should it not rather come from the heart as well as the brain?”
Autumn 2 - William Grant Still – “God didn’t place only roses on the Earth but flowers of many sorts and colours.”
What can you find out about these special people?
What are we learning this term?
Here are our topics for this term:
English: Our work will be based on Fantastic Mr Fox - exploring setting and character descriptions.
Our author is Roald Dhal
Maths: We will complete work around shape, fractions, money, time, position and direction as well as addition, subtraction and a focus on counting in 2, 5 and 10.
Computing: We will be focusing on What is a computer? followed by word processing.
Geography: We will be focusing on Comparing Harworth to Jamaica
History: Florence Nightingale, Edith Cavell and Mary Seacole
Music: We will be focusing on Call & Response followed by Orchestral Music
Our musicians of the term are: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and William Grant Still
P.E: We will be focusing on personal skills with a focus on footwork followed by Gymnastics
Our sports people of the term are: Usain Bolt and Danusia Francis
Science: Habitat continuing into a topic on Micro-Habitats
Our scientists of the term are: Steve Backshall and Norman Borlaug
Design and Technology: Food: A balanced diet where we will make a healthy wrap followed by Making a Moving Monster
French: We will be learning our numbers to 20 and days of the week followed by colours, weather and clothes
R.E: We will focus on the story of Creation followed by Inspirational People
Art: We will focus on Paint and mixed media followed by Drawing based on telling stories.
Our Artists of the term are Max Ernst and Quentin Blake
You can find a full overview of the year under the curriculum tab.
The school follows the National Curriculum 2014.
Please ask your child's teacher if you require any information.
