Class 2 - Miss Riddell & Mrs Trencher
Spring 2025
The children have settled back into the new term really well, with lots of enthusiasm and ready to learn.
We have been learning about money in maths and are now moving onto multiplication and division, while in English, the children are enjoying reading The Bear and the Piano.
In Science, we are learning about plants, what they need to grow healthily and are about to start an investigation into how important light is for plant growth. Our History topic is about how schools were different in the past and we have talked to older members of the community about how school was for them. In Geography, we will be covering the unit, Why is our World Wonderful, looking at some UK and world landmarks. In PSHE, our topic is Safety and the Changing Body, in which we learn how to keep safe, both in the real world and online.
In RE, we are finding out about how Jewish families live and will be learning about the importance of Easter to Christians, as well as finding out about how both Eid-ul-fitr and Chinese New Year are celebrated locally and across the world. The children are loving our Forest School sessions with Kerry on Friday afternoons, so far making owl nests and sculptures from natural materials. It's been fantastic to see them working so well together and being so creative.
As always, please ask if you have any questions and thank you again for all your support.
Jo Riddell and Kerry Trencher
The children have settled back into the new term really well, with lots of enthusiasm and ready to learn.
We have been learning about money in maths and are now moving onto multiplication and division, while in English, the children are enjoying reading The Bear and the Piano.
In Science, we are learning about plants, what they need to grow healthily and are about to start an investigation into how important light is for plant growth. Our History topic is about how schools were different in the past and we have talked to older members of the community about how school was for them. In Geography, we will be covering the unit, Why is our World Wonderful, looking at some UK and world landmarks. In PSHE, our topic is Safety and the Changing Body, in which we learn how to keep safe, both in the real world and online.
In RE, we are finding out about how Jewish families live and will be learning about the importance of Easter to Christians, as well as finding out about how both Eid-ul-fitr and Chinese New Year are celebrated locally and across the world. The children are loving our Forest School sessions with Kerry on Friday afternoons, so far making owl nests and sculptures from natural materials. It's been fantastic to see them working so well together and being so creative.
As always, please ask if you have any questions and thank you again for all your support.
Jo Riddell and Kerry Trencher
Spring term Knowledge Organisers
| m_y2-ko-how-was-school-different-in-the-past-v2.pdf |
| ko-dt-y2-pouches-print.pdf |
| y2-01-living-things-and-their-habitats.pdf |
| plants-year-2-spring.pdf |
| y2-why-is-our-world-wonderful-ko-1-1.pdf |
| year-2-sculpture-and-3d.pdf |
| rse-ko-y2-safety-and-the-changing-body-final4__1_.pdf |
Spring term dates
Maths Open Morning - 28th January
Half term - 17th -21st February
Parents evenings - 11th and 12th March
Egg rolling (TBC)
End of term - 11th April
Maths Open Morning - 28th January
Half term - 17th -21st February
Parents evenings - 11th and 12th March
Egg rolling (TBC)
End of term - 11th April
Autumn 2024:
We've been having fun learning our song for the Harvest Festival, which is at St Mary's next week on Wednesday 2nd October at 9.30am. We're hoping that you'll be able to come along and join us!
This half term, we will be learning about timelines in History, using textures, observational drawing and telling stories through Art and about families in PSHE. In RE, we will be finding out what it is like to belong to a faith community and in Science, we will learn about different animal groups. The children will read individually each week and we are really grateful for any extra reading they can do with you at home - it really helps, both with their fluency and their comprehension. They will also have spellings to practise on Spelling Shed each week, which links to their Phonics lessons at school.
Our PE lessons are on Mondays and Tuesdays. Children need to come to school IN their PE kit on those days, as well as having a water bottle at school every day, but particularly for PE lessons. PE kit should include plain dark blue/black tracksuit bottoms and sweatshirt, white t-shirt, trainers and plimsoles (for indoor PE).
Children also need a pair of indoor shoes, such as plimsoles, to change into when entering the classroom. They will also need a waterproof coat and wellingtons or other waterproof boots in wet weather, especially if they are playing on the field. Please make sure ALL clothing and footwear is clearly labelled with your child's name.
We will let you know more as the term goes on, either here or via Parentmail, but as always, please ask if there is anything we can do to help.
Miss Riddell and Mrs Trencher
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| Art knowledge organiser |
| re_-_knowledge_organiser_belonging_to_a_faith_community.pdf |
| Music knowledge organiser |
Dates for your dairy:
Monday 30th September - Whole School Tennis Day
Wednesday 2nd October - Harvest Service at St Mary's at 9.30am
Monday 7th October - School Photos
Tuesday 15th October - Open Afternoon
Friday 18th October - Skating and Scooting Day
Monday 21st - Friday 25th October Half term
Friday 1st November - Staff INSET Day
Tuesday 5th November - Parents Evening
Wednesday 6th November Parents evening
Friday 6th December - Christmas Decoration Day
Monday 9th December - EYFS Nativity
Wednesday 11th December - Year 1/2 Nativity
Tuesday 17th December - Christmas Jumper and Dinner Day
Wednesday 18th December - Christmas Carol Service at St Mary's
Friday 20th December End of Term
Monday 30th September - Whole School Tennis Day
Wednesday 2nd October - Harvest Service at St Mary's at 9.30am
Monday 7th October - School Photos
Tuesday 15th October - Open Afternoon
Friday 18th October - Skating and Scooting Day
Monday 21st - Friday 25th October Half term
Friday 1st November - Staff INSET Day
Tuesday 5th November - Parents Evening
Wednesday 6th November Parents evening
Friday 6th December - Christmas Decoration Day
Monday 9th December - EYFS Nativity
Wednesday 11th December - Year 1/2 Nativity
Tuesday 17th December - Christmas Jumper and Dinner Day
Wednesday 18th December - Christmas Carol Service at St Mary's
Friday 20th December End of Term
