Welcome to Class 2M. Mrs Murray is our class teacher and Miss Spencer is our support assistants.  On Mondays, Mr. Dylan teaches in class. We work hard and have lots of fun in 2M.

Below you will find lots of information about our class. This will include information on the Year 2 curriculum, our school schemes, reading book days, PE days, homework menu and water bottles. We will update the website regularly and notify you of any important dates for your diary. If you are having to stay at home due to self-isolation, please contact the school office. Information about lessons and current work will be provided through Class Dojo.

Anything that you wish to share or talk about, please message us on Class Dojo. We endeavour to regularly check all messages and we will reply as soon as we can. We are here for your children, and we will always listen.

Phonics

Phonics is taught daily in Year 2. Phonics is a method for teaching reading, where your child is taught to read letters or groups of letters by saying the sounds that they represent. Your child can then start to read words by blending the sounds together to make a word.

Our school follows the Read Write Inc (RWI) approach to teaching early reading and spelling. This is a structured and systematic approach, that is designed to create fluent readers, confident speakers, and willing writers. It is vital that your child is encouraged to pronounce phonemes (sounds) correctly.

For further information on RWI please visit the following website: -

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/ 

Book Bags

 Reading books will be changed regularly. Please send your child's book bag to school with them every day. 

In support of our approach to teaching reading, your child will take home a Read, Write Inc phonics book.  Your child will be reading the book during the RWI lessons, and we ask that you reinforce your child’s learning by revisiting the book.

Your child will also take home a book for you to read together for pleasure. We encourage that you ask your child questions about their book and that you encourage your child to ask their own questions. It is important to develop comprehension skills, as it supports your child with reading and writing. We encourage you to visit our amazing local library to expand your child’s knowledge and love of books.

The Spelling Shed and Maths Shed

Your child will be bringing home a password. This will enable them to log onto the spelling shed and maths shed. We will set a variety of fun activities on this site for you to share at home with your child.

PE

Our PE day this year is Tuesday. Please ensure that your child comes to school in their PE kit on Tuesdays. They can wear black tracksuit bottoms or leggings on colder days. No PE kits are to be brought into school.

Water Bottles

 There are studies to say, that drinking water and being well hydrated, improves the mood, memory, and attention in children. We would ask that you send in a water bottle for your child each day. We request that your child brings in water only and not juice or fizzy drinks. The bottle needs to have your child’s name on. The children will have access to their water throughout the day.

Homework Menu

Every half term, a homework menu will be given out with a selection of tasks to be completed, across all areas of the curriculum. It is your choice as to how many you complete; however, you must complete at least one piece and hand it in to school by the end of the half term. Your child’s completed work will be celebrated. 

Upcoming dates this term:

Monday 5th September - Children return to school. 

WC Monday 3rd October: Dyslexia awareness week

3rd October- Other Faith Week (Judaism)

WC Monday 17th October: Harvest Focus

Friday 21st October- Finish for half term 

Monday 31st November: Return to school

Wednesday 21st December: Break up for Christmas

RE- Rejoice- Beginnings

During our theme of Beginnings the children have talked about all the beginnings they have had. We described the many new beginnings we have had in our lives. Sometimes we have feelings at the start of a new beginning and can then feel different in the end, like Nemo. We ended our unit by remembering all that we have learnt. Together we sang the song 'He's got the whole wide world.' Our go forth was a chance for us all to make a positive choice and start each day the right way. We put these ideas on a post it note. 

Geography Entry point-The Coast

To start off our new topic of 'Coasts' we had a hook of various activities. We wore beach-style clothes in clothes and brought in a prop or object that we might find at the beach. We created a mind-map of questions of what we would like to ask about the beach and another mind-map of what we already know. Last of all, we created our own Beaches in a jar, suing sand, shells, sea-water and pebbles.

Maths Basic Skills

In Year 2, we also enjoy our Mastering Number sessions. In these sessions, we focus on developing our Number Sense. Here we will cover skills of subitising (knowing the amount without counting), cardinality, ordinality, counting, composition, comparison and number facts. In these sessions, we use a rekenrek to support our understanding of numbers and their relationships. In addition to this, we also work through Maths Flashback (White Rose) for our morning Maths work, which helps to recap on our previous learning.

Maths- Place Value

Year 2 have been busy learning about place value of numbers. Through counting, partitioning numbers from 0-100 and recognising numerals, we are becoming more confident with the number system. We use practical resources, such as place value charts, base 10, numicon, cubes and groups of straws.

Whole Class Read

As well as daily Read, Write, Inc. lessons, we enjoy daily Whole Class Read sessions. In these sessions, our teacher will read part of a selected text, the teacher then models a reading skill, which the children then practise and finally apply to complete the session. Each half-term, we have a selection of vehicle texts based on a theme.

Autumn 1- Seas and Rivers

Autumn 2-Fairy Stories

Science-Living things including animals

In this topic, we are learning about the different animal groups, offspring, life cycles and the importance of exercise on the body. We are extending our vocabulary with new words, using our writing skills and investigating changes like real scientists.

Geography- Entry point

As part of our entry point to our new geography topic we have completed various activities.

The mix of activities have allowed us to share what we already know about the topic, think about what we want to find out in this topic and have even allowed us to use our creative skills.

Art: Autumn 1-L.S Lowry

We have been looking at the work of L.S Lowry. We have found out some facts about him. We looked at how he used skylines and buildings to give a background to his work. We looked at our Liverpool Skyline and copied it. We sketched our work using pencils.