Mrs Collins’s Year 2 Class
Mrs Collins’ Year 2 Class
On this web page you can find out about all the exciting things taking place in Year 2!
Teacher: Mrs Collins
Email: ecollins@victoriousacademies.org
Twitter: @Year2Discovery
Teaching Assistant: Miss Goodson
Please follow the link here to our meet the teacher presentation.
Term: Summer 1
Our Learning this term:
Fractions – This term we will begin to explore fractions by finding a half, quarter and third of a shape or number
Time – This term we will begin to tell the time using o’clock, half past, quarter past, quarter to and to 5 minute intervals.
English: In English, we will be looking at the story Leaf and write our own story where a character changes from one habitat to another. We will then move onto writing a set of instructions linking to our Science work on Plants and also an explanation text.
Science: What do I need to know to grow my own plants at home? We will be looking at the work of George Washington Carver and the contribution he made to farming. From there, we will be planting cress and beans, observing overtime and completing investigations to fins out what a plant needs to survive.
History: What were the most important developments throughout the history of Hattersley
In History we will be look at how Hattersley has changed over the years and the reasons behind the developments in their local area.
DT: What is the best mode of transport to get around Hattersley??
We will be exploring different modes of transport and using our research to design our own vehicle that will help us get to different places in Hattersley. We will then be developing our cutting skills to cut dowels, and using wheels and hinges within our design and final product. At the end we will evaluate our product.
Computing: Can I create and debug simple programs?
This half term, we will be learning the basics of coding, what an algorithm is and how to debug a program.
Music: How does music makes me feel?
We will be listening and responding to different pieces of music and expressing how it makes us feel through dance and composition. We will focusing on the pulse, rhythm, tempo and using our voices as well as the glockenspiels to perform.
RE: What makes some places sacred?
As part of Religious Education, our focus will be looking at Islam and their beliefs as to why certain places are sacred to Muslims..
PSHE: This half-term, our focus will be on Relationships. We will look at our relationships with people in our family, our friends and with ourselves.
General Class Information
Reading: Each week, the children read a range of texts through their learning. They also take part in whole class or small group Reading sessions where their decoding and comprehension skills are developed with a different reading skill being focused on each day.
Home reading is to practice and consolidate their fluency, expression and comprehension. Children still being taught phonics will take two books home – 1 decodable book and 1 reading for pleasure book and be assigned a Collins ebook based on the book they have read in school that week. The decodable book is for the children to practice their fluency and expression as well as to show their understanding through questioning. The reading for pleasure book is for the children to share with an adult and to promote a love of reading. If they are past being taught phonics they will be sent home 1 colour banded book to practise decoding and comprehension as well as 1 reading for pleasure book. Please let us know how your child has got on with their reading books using the reading record. We would like you to write a comment each time you hear your child read.
The children will also be listened to at least once every two weeks on a 1-1 basis with their teacher or teaching assistant. The class teacher or teaching assistant will change your child’s book on the day they are listened to read. We will not change a home reading book unless there is a comment in the reading record. If we do not have a comment or a book is not returned for two weeks Mrs Collins, our English curriculum leader, will contact you.
One child per half term will be nominated for being the Reading Hero for their class based on their commitment to home reading. The child will be chosen based on the evidence seen in their reading record and in class. If your child is chosen to be the class Reading Hero they will be given a prize and a certificate and acknowledged in Friday’s good work celebration assembly.
Homework:
- Read at home at least 3 times
- Go on TTRockstars twice for 10 min
- Go on Lexia twice for 10 min
- Complete Maths or English homework
PE:
PE is two times a week on a Tuesday and Thursday.
Your child will participate in a dance lesson and sports/gymnastics lesson every week. It is normally expected for children to have a full PE kit kept in school at all times.
Children should not be wearing any jewellery including earrings for PE. If your child does wear earrings, please could you ensure they are taken out before school on a Monday, Tuesday and Thursday please.
Snack: Snack is to be a piece of fruit or a cereal bar. No chocolate, crisps or sweets are allowed