SUMMER
Term – 2nd half 2013
This is our last newsletter before our class goes
to the Juniors. We will still be working
hard throughout this last half term. We have thoroughly enjoyed teaching this
class, and thank you all for having such lovely children!
SATS
WELL DONE TO ALL OF YEAR 2 DURING THEIR SATS! The
children have all worked extremely hard, and we are very proud of their
achievements. They will certainly be ready for the Juniors now! You will be
informed of your child’s results when final reports are given out towards the
end of the academic year.
Spellings:
Spellings to continue to be learned each week. They
will be given out on Fridays and will be
tested on the following Friday.
Curriculum:
Numeracy:
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Our
topics will include:
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Ways
to help your child:
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o Ordering
and partitioning 3-digit numbers
o Number
pairs.
o Adding
19 or 21 by using known facts.
o Measuring
lengths accurately.
o capacity.
o Money
investigations.
o 3D
shape
o Shape
rotations
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Telling the time to seconds, hours and
days
We will be targeting the
use of the 3s and 4 times tables. Try your best to help your child learn
these important mental facts.
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o Challenge children to
build larger numbers, then tell you how many hundreds, tens and units are
involved
o Get your child a ruler!
Ask them to find objects around the house that will be 5cm, 11cm etc.
o Try to make amounts of
money using the fewest coins possible.
o Why not buy your child an
analogue watch?
o Please help your child to
learn these new tables. Ask questions such as ‘What is 2 x 3?’ and ‘How many 4s
in 20?’
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Literacy:
o Poetry – use of Limerick
o Information texts
o Stories with a central
character.
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o Why not read a selection
of poems with your child? Practice performing them, chanting, using
expression and tongue twisting!
o Silly sentence games- Can
you make a boring sentence better? Can you join two sentences together to
make a better one? The hairy cat sat on the fluffy mat because it wanted to
play outside…(Try using these words because, so, and, while, then)
o Talk about the characters
in your stories. Do you like them? Why? What do they look like? What are they
like as a person? Would you like to be their friend?
o Can you find out some
facts about Nocturnal animals? We’d love to see them!
o Try sharing a longer
story with your child- The Twits, George’s Marvellous Medicine, Horrid Henry-
you can share the reading too!!
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Science: Health
and Growth
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We will be thinking about our health and how this
effects our health this half term. This involves looking at the kind of diet
and exercise we need to keep us tip top! Medicines will feature, as will the
life cycle of humans and other animals.
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I.C.T:
Questions and Answers
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We
are now lucky to have extra ICT resources in school (ask your child about new
whizzy things!) and will be using these to research our topic areas.
R.E:
Christianity
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With
a focus on stories told by Jesus.
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DT:
Winding
UP
o This term we will be creating
a wind up toy.
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P.E: Athletics
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The children will be honing their athletic
skills in preparation for Sports Day.
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We hope to have a fantastic last half term!
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