St Peter's Church of England (VA) Primary School
One Family, Aiming High, Learning Together with God
Year 2's Class Page
Our teachers are:
Miss Hussain (Monday to Thursday)
Mr Tatham (Thursday, Friday)
Miss Chapman (Class TA)
Contact us:
anisah@spmillend.herts.sch.uk
danielt@spmillend.herts.sch.uk
Homework, Reading books and spellings:
Homework (Handwriting), reading books and library books will be sent home on Fridays to be returned the following Wednesday.
Reading records need to be filled in at least three times a week by an adult at home and brought into school on Wednesdays for us to check. Children who read more than three times a week will be rewarded.
Spellings will also be sent home on Friday. Please learn them over the week for our spelling test which will be on Wednesdays.
Please remember to send your child in with a water bottle. Fruits and vegetables for snack are provided.
PE will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays. Please come to school wearing your PE kit on these days.
This week...
In English this week, we have been learning to write a non- chronological report on sharks. We will be continuing with report writing for the next week.
In Maths we have been lerning to measure in cm's and metre's. We have been comparing the different lengths and heights. Next week we will be moving on to applying our knowledge of addition, subtraction and multiplication when calculating length.
In Phonics we having been reviewing the following sounds;
'k' spelt 'k' or 'ck'
'w' spelt 'wh'
'f' spelt ph'
'n' spelt 'gn' or 'kn'
'r' spelt 'wr'
Homework and reading:
To give children a variety of tasks to complete, we'll be varying the tasks between; maths, spelling and handwriting as much as we can.
A gentle reminder, reading books are due back on a Wednesday in order for them to be changed and given back by Friday.
Our Class Curriculum:
Guided Reading- Our text for this half term is 'The hodgeheg'.
Science- In science, we continue to look at Living Things and their Habitats.
History- Our local area. If you have any ideas or know of anyonw who may be interested in coming in and talking to the class about the local area, please drop me an email.
Music- The children have been looking at Peter and the Wolf. More recently, the focus has been on our Christmas Carol Concert.
PE- Ball skills is the outdoor focus this half term, and gymnastics the indoor focus.
Spanish- Greetings has now concluded.
RSE- We have been exploring health and wellbeing.