Miss Crosby’s Year 2 Class

Miss Crosby Year 2 Class

On this web page you can find out about all the exciting things taking place in Year 2!

Teacher: Miss Crosby

Email:  ecrosby@discovery.victoriousacadmies.org

Teaching Assistant: Miss Slinger

Please follow the link here to our meet the teacher presentation.

Term: Autumn 2

Our Learning this term:

Maths: This half term we are continuing to look at addition and subtraction up to 3 digits and then we will be looking at shape.

English: This half term the children will work on different text types: a narrative, postcards and shape poetry. In each unit we will continue to build on the skills we have learnt in autumn 1.

Science: We will be looking at uses of everyday materials and then experimenting to see which materials are appropriate for different jobs.

Geography: This half term we will be looking at our oceans and how useful they are to the world. Including the many different ways they support humans.

DT: In DT we will be looking at creating a soft toy using stitching and staples to create a finished level.

RE: Our focus this term will be on what Christians believe the good news is the Jesus brings. Focussing on what Christians may believe their God is like. We will then discuss how we have developed our worldviews through our learning.

Computing: We will be looking at photography and how to improve the pictures we have taken on the iPads with different skills.

Music: In music the children will be looking at songs with Year 1 for our Christmas concert and how we can perform in front of an audience.

PSHE: The children will learn about everyday dangers, in the home and outside, and how they can keep themselves safe. Children will also learn rules to keep themselves safe around strangers, both in real life and online. They will be taught about The Underwear Rule, which includes information about appropriate and inappropriate touching and knowing that what is inside their underwear is private. Children will also learn about people who help them and how to get help when needed, as well as their growing responsibility for their own safety.

General Class Information 

Online Homework:Each week we are asking that the children complete one lesson on Reading Eggs and Maths Seeds each week. This should be completely independent so that it can support them with areas that they found tricky. The children also have access to Fast Phonics, where they can revisit their known phonics and improve on it.

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. 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. Your child has been asked to do a piece of work in their reading journals once a week to show what they have read. This will show how they have interpreted parts of the text and how it has sparked imagination.

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.

PE:

PE is twice a week on a Wednesday and Thursday.

Your child will participate in sports lesson and dance/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 Wednesdays and Thursday please.

Snack:

Snack is to be a piece of fruit or a cereal bar. No chocolate, crisps or sweets are allowed