17 September 2018
Dear Parents and Carers,
Year
2 - Curriculum Newsletter Autumn
Welcome back to the New Term! We hope you find this letter
informative. Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher if
you have any questions relating to the curriculum.
Homework:
Our expectation at Mead is that every child should do the
following every night:
·
15 minutes reading to themselves or an
adult (please note this in the reading record and ensure their book bag is
brought into school every day)
·
15 minutes practicing spellings
·
15 minutes rehearsing counting/arithmetic
or times tables facts
Your
child will also have the opportunity to bring a library book home to share with
you. We also have the Year 2 Bingo homework to attempt each half term. All
activities are based around the curriculum and experiences the children can
share with you. Children do not have to attempt every activity, but instead
select the activities that interests them. We hope that children will take
their time with the homework and be proud of the work they produce. Then they
should hand completed work into their teacher at the end of the half term. This
will then be rewarded in our ‘E’ for Excellence assembly.
Spellings:
Spellings will be given out on Fridays starting the 14th
September 2018. The children should practice their words every evening. The
test will take place on Thursdays.
Trips
Year 2 will have a Great Fire of London workshop on the 4th
October and will visit Harold Hill fire station on Thursday 20th
September. (Please complete the attached
consent letter for our local trips)
Curriculum
Information
We have included a summary of the topics, which the children
will be covering this term. If you would like to make any suggestions for what
you or your child would like to learn in relation to the topics taught, please
complete the form attached and return it to your child’s class teacher. We
welcome any suggestions you may have.
Please remember to put names on your children's clothing as we already have some lost property.
Thank you
Yours
Sincerely,
Mrs
Rolph Miss Gibson Miss Murray
Year
Group leader
Madagascar Egypt teacher Kenya teacher
Autumn
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1st Half Term
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2nd Half Term
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Topic
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Year
2: Bang, Whoosh, Pop
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Year
2: Australia VS Antarctica
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Literacy
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Year 2
RWI/Literacy and Language
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Year 2
RWI / Literacy and Language.
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Please fill in the reading
journal after hearing your child read.
Your child will also bring a
library book home to share. Please encourage your child to look after these
books and they can be changed regularly in class. There is a charge for lost
or damaged books.
For a good selection of children’s
books visit your local library.
Useful web links-
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Numeracy
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Year 2
Number- Ordering and counting.
Place Value
Addition and Subtraction
Number bonds.
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Year 2
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division
Measurement
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Please practice the counting
and times tables with your children. We complete Rock Stars Maths arithmetic
regularly in class. Children may take home the sheet they are on to practice.
It needs to be completed in 5 minutes. This is to help their mental math’s
skills.
Useful websites:
www.mymaths.co.uk www.mathletics.com/primary (cdn have log ins)
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ICT
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Year
2
Researching
the great fire of London.
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Year
2
Espresso Coding www.espresso.co.uk Log in UN-student12206 Password- mead60
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Science
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Year
2-Mixtures and Potions
Changing
materials. The properties of materials. Performs simple investigations.
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Year
2-Mixtures and Potions
Changing
materials. The properties of materials. Performs simple investigations.
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You could visit the Science Museum. Admission is free. Located at Exhibition Road in South
Kensington, London, SW7 2DD.
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History/
Geography
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Year 2
The Great Fire of London.
Samuel Pepys.
The Gunpowder Plot.
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Year 2
Countries and continents. Comparing
different locations.
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You
could visit The Monument or Museum of London both have exhibitions about The
Great Fire of London.
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P.E
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Year
2
PE
with coaches
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Year 2
PE with coaches
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Please
ensure your child has their P.E kit for Monday.
Remember
to name clothing.
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Music
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Music
lessons Monday afternoons with a music teacher.
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Music
lessons Monday afternoons with a music teacher.
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Art/
Design and Technology
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Year
2
Design
and make a healthy Pizza.
Painting
Artist
-Wassily Kandinsky
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Year
2
Painting
Artist-Anthony
Frost
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P.H.S.E/R.E
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Year
2
New
Beginnings
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Year 2
Christianity. Christmas
Stories about Jesus.
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If
you have any suggestions you would like to make in relation to the topics we
are covering please fill in the box below.
Topic
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Suggestion
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Child’s
name: ___________________________
Date:________________________
