Year 2
Welcome to the web page for classes 2C and 2SG
Staff in Year 2
2C - Mrs Caldwell, Mrs Moretti & Ms Dona
2SG - Mrs Gammon (Mon & Tue), Ms Stanton (Wed, Thu & Fri) Mrs Crawshaw & Mrs Ranaweera
Welcome back to Spring Term in Year 2!
You have many lovely new things to look forward to learning, including great women who changed the world, all about Kenya and about living things and their habitats, both here around the school and around the world!
Please see above, for the slides used at the Year 2 SATs parent information session. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask a member of the Year 2 team.
Homework
The children will bring home homework on a Thursday and are expected to return it completed the following Tuesday.
We mark the homework together in class.
Oxford owl:
For extra spelling resources and ebooks please follow this link:
Username: cranborne
Password: school 1
Homework
25.05.23
There will be no homework this week as it is half term. Have a lovely, restful break and we look forward to seeing you all back after the holiday.
Common Exception words/
Red Tricky words
Below, are the list of common exception, or red tricky, words for Year 2. These are words that do not follow the usual sound patterns.
Key Dates and Reminders
Monday 17th April 2023 - INSET
Tuesday 18th April - children return to school
Monday May 1st - Bank Holiday
Monday May 8th - extra Bank Holiday
Wednesday 17th May - Class photographs
Monday 15th May - Year 2 SATs week
Monday 29th May - Friday 2nd June- HALF TERM BREAK
Thursday 8th June - Sports Day
Friday 9th June - FoC Careers Day
Tuesday 20th June - Southend visit
Tuesday 27th June - Exhibition Evening
Monday 26th June - INSET
Thursday 13th July - Transition Day
Friday 21st July - End of term (1:15pm finish)
Link to the school calendar
Link to the school term dates
Questions to ask, whilst reading with your child
Year 2 Curriculum Overview
Spelling rules
Please find our spelling rules for this half term
| Rule | Tip | Example words |
| The or sound spelt a before l and ll | all, tall, always, already, altogether, walk, chalk, stalk | |
| adding 'ed' to words |
if the words ends in y - change to and i then add ed
If there are 2 consonants just add ed
If there is a short vowel sound, double the consonant and add ed |
dry -> dried
hunt -> hunted
spot-> spotted
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| The soft c sound | when a c comes before i,y or e is usually makes the s sound. | city, cell, exercise, icy, cycle, rice, mice |
| Adding the suffix –y |
If there is a short vowel sound you double the consonant |
mud -> muddy run -> runny |
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Adding the suffix –y |
if the word has an e you take it off and add a y |
shine -> shiny wave -> wavy |
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Adding the suffix –ly |
When a word ends in y we swap the i for a y otherwise no change to root. |
happy ->happily easy-> easily soft -> softly |
| The n sound spelt kn and gn | gnome. know, knife | |
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Adding the suffix – ing |
If the word ends in a short vowel sound and a consonant, we double the consonant. Otherwise, no change. |
play -> playing put -> putting glow-> glowing sip -> sipping |
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j There are a a range of ways to present the 'j' sound.
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j - before a, o u
g before e, i, y
ge at the end
dge after the short vowel sounds a,e,i,o or u |
join, adjust
gentle, giant
charge large
badge bridge |
Reminders
P.E. – After half term, our PE days are Monday and Tuesday.
On these days, children are to come into school dressed in their PE kit. Please ensure they are in weather appropriate clothing as they will be outside at lunch and break times in these clothes.
Please also ensure that all parts of your child(ren)'s kit is clearly labelled. Long hair must always be tied back and it would be safer if earrings were not worn.
Reading Books
Please ensure that your child reads a little everyday at home, in addition to the daily reading they do at school. We can not stress how important this is in helping your child to become a confident and fluent reader.
Homework
Homework will continue to be set on a Thursday to be handed in on the following Tuesday. It will consist of an English task and a Maths task.
Spellings will be sent home to learn also. The children will be tested on these spellings on a Wednesday.
Show and Tell timetable
As requested, please see the document below for our 'Show and Tell' timetable for 2SG this term. Children are invited to bring in a book to share, something they are proud of or something topic related.
Reading at home
Using books at home
- Read to a grown up and answer questions about your book - your grown up can use the questions in the document below
- Read together with a grown up - taking turns to read
- Read to sibling, pet or teddy bear!
- Re-tell the story in your own words
- Predict what will happen at the end of the story then read the book to see if you were right
- Draw a cartoon of the story
Using OXFORD OWLS
The link below will take you to the free online library. A Year 2 account has been created for your use.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
Username: square20
Password: school
The Oxford Owl website is a great, free resource that enables you to access online texts for your child. These are the same schemes of books we have in school. The books are all grouped by age range, but you may wish to look at other ages also.
Herts Library Service
The Herts. Library Services are offering free online books also. Please follow the link below to access it.
https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/Libraries-and-archives/Books-and-reading/Ebooks-and-Audiobooks/ebooks-and-audiobooks.aspx
Our learning this term...
Maths
This term we will be focusing on multiplication, division and fractions. The children will be looking at links between repeated addition and multiplication. They will also be looking at number of groups, group size and solving problems involving multiplication.
In division, children will be looking at both sharing and grouping. We will also be looking at groupings where there are remainders and solving problems in this context.
In Year 2, the focus of fractions is halves, quarters and thirds of amounts and shapes. As we move in the second half of the Summer term, children will be looking at equivalent fractions. We will revisit telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes, and properties of 2D and 3D shapes in geometry. The children will be classifying and sorting shapes according to their properties (including right angles).
Science
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Our Science topic this term is Plants. We will be learning to... - observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants You may like the explore the following website: Plants - KS1 Science - BBC Bitesize |
Foundation Subjects
History - We will be learning about Seasides in the past. We will investigate changes that have happened within living memory as well as how the seaside has changed since the Victorian period.
Geography - Our topic is called 'Little Blue Planet'. We will learn to name and located the world's seven continents and five oceans, and locate the North and South Poles.
PE Outdoor - Games
Indoor - Dance
Computing The children will learn how to design and create their own pictures.
R.E - In RE we will be learning different ways of giving thanks to God.
PSHE - Our jigsaw topic this half term is 'Dreams and Goals'.
DT- This term the children will be making puppets. They will learn to cut, mark out and measure textiles, as well as join textiles using a running stitch.
Music - We will explore improvisation through our topic 'Music that makes you dance'.
English
This term we will be reading the book 'On the Way Home' by Jill Murphy. We have been acting out parts of the story, experimenting with powerful adjectives and verbs, and planning our own versions of the story. In our writing we will aim to include:
- capital letters at the start of sentences and for proper nouns
- full stops (or exclamation or question marks) at the end of sentences
- Sentences to contain a verb and a subject
- Correct use of tense throughout
- Use of conjunctions such as, and, but, not, so, or, yet, because, when to extend sentences.
- Use of adjectives and powerful verbs
The children will also be learning how to join their letters when writing and we will be focusing on consistent letter size, correct formation and presentation.
After half term, we will be reading ' The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch' by Ronda and David Armitage, and 'The Twits' by Roald Dahl.
Year 2 e-mails
Please use the personal email addresses below if you need to message your child's class teacher directly.
Mrs Caldwell : tcaldwell@cranborne.herts.sch.uk
Mrs Moretti: tmoretti@cranborne.herts.sch.uk
Mrs Gammon: gammonk@Cranborne.herts.sch.uk
Mrs Stanton: sstanton@cranborne.herts.sch.uk
Mrs Crawshaw: kcrawshaw@cranborne.herts.sch.uk
Ms Dona: dtafili@cranborne.herts.sch.uk
Mrs Ranaweera: ranaweeras@cranborne.herts.sch.uk
If you were unable to attend the Parent Information Evening, please find the slides used, below.
Home Learning
In the case of bad weather and school closure or if your child is isolating but well enough to work, please see the list of activities below, that they can complete at home so they can continue to learn.
The work below will support your child in they key areas of arithmetic, reasoning, and SPAG ( spelling, punctuation and grammar).
As well as these acitivities, you can make use of Mathletics ( for Maths ) and Purple Mash (for reading and other curriculum games).
You can use ' PE with Joe Wicks' you keep you moving. His YouTube Channel is: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyCLoPd4VxBuS4UeyHMccVAjpWaNbGomt
| Name | |
|---|---|
| KS1-Arithmetic-Full-Test-1.pdf | Download |
| KS1-Arithmetic-Full-Test-2.pdf | Download |
| KS1-Arithmetic-Full-Test-3.pdf | Download |
| KS1-Arithmetic-Full-Test-4.pdf | Download |
| KS1-Arithmetic-Full-Test-5.pdf | Download |
| KS1-Arithmetic-Full-Test-6.pdf | Download |
| Mat 3 MA.pdf | Download |
| Mat 4 MA.pdf | Download |
| Mat 5 MA.pdf | Download |
| Mat 6 MA.pdf | Download |
Some useful websites:
Mathletics
BBC Bitesize Maths
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/collections/year-2-and-p3-maths-lessons/1
White Rose Maths
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/
Purple Mash
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/cranborneen6
BBC Bitesize English
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/collections/year-2-and-p3-english-lessons/1
Oak Academy
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-2
National Geographic Kids
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Geography
https://world-geography-games.com/
Draw with Rob Art
Home Learning Support
Please find below some resources which may be helpful in supporting your child with their learning at home.
The website 'DoorwayOnline' is a great resource for helping your child develop their letter formation.
Using the link below, you can select the letters you would like your child focus on.
https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/letterformation/
There are two modes:
- Press and Follow - your child places their finger (if using an iPad/tablet) or the computer mouse (if using a computer or laptop) on the ball and maintains pressure as they follow the formation of the letter, lead by the program.
- Free Draw - your child uses their finger or the mouse to copy over the letter, starting in the correct place, as indicated on the screen.
Using an iPad/tablet is best, with this program, as your child can use their finger directly on the screen.