Year 2 Friday Blog - 28th June 2024

Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 6:15pm

Dear parents,

Welcome to the Year 2 Friday blog!

Each week you will find out what we have been doing in class, weekly spellings / times tables and lots more.

Thank you for your support with our new weekly blogs. It has been fantastic to hear the children talking about them in school this week. Every Friday the blog will be shared with the class to recap our learning and make them aware of their homework. Moving to online homework has allowed us to become a more eco friendly school. Throughout the week we will be learning about the spelling rule in preparation for the quiz on Thursday. Spelling frame or your homework book can be used for practise along with the spelling strategies shared on the blog below. Please ask if your child requires a reminder of their log in details for Spelling Frame or TT Rock Stars.

Homework

*** Please look at the files to download section for this weeks Wellbeing Homework. ***

Well done to everyone who has spent time on both spelling frame and TT Rock Stars this week!

Reading - Reading is one of the most important skills for children to master as it unlocks their imagination and allows them to access the rest of the curriculum. Please read with your child every night. Question prompts are provided within reading books, coloured book marks and reading records. Asking questions improves key reading skills, such as retrieval and inference.

Spellings - Please find this weeks spellings below and a link to spelling frame. Red homework books do not need to be returned to school.

Times table / Division facts - This week the children need to focus on 2,5 and 10 times tables and division facts on TT Rock Stars.

I will be keeping track of all children logging into both Spelling Frame and TT Rockstars. I recommend 10 minutes on both, as many nights as possible.

An overview for spellings and timestables can be found at the bottom of the blog.

Our learning this week in Year 2

Maths

In Maths we have been perfecting our written methods for addition and subtraction.

English

This week has been all about dragons and castles. We have started our reports on dragons and planned a piece of writing based on our trip.

Check out the gallery for lots of pictures from Clitheroe Castle!

A HUGE thankyou to Elliott's Grandad (the beekeeper) who came into school on Monday to tell us all about 'bee'ing a beekeeper!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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Sports Day

Sports Day is next Tuesday 3rd July:

1:15pm Reception, Year 1 and Year 2

2:15pm Years 3-6

Children can come to school ready for sports day in their team sporty clothes (a team coloured t-shirt: Air- Yellow, Earth – Green, Fire – Red, Water – Blue, black shorts and trainers). Please also ensure children have a water bottle and that sun cream is applied before they come to school. Our PTFA are running a tuck shop and refreshments from 2pm.

Children are able to leave with parents after they have finished their races: if you would like to pick your child up, please do so by going round to the playground and collecting them from their classroom door.

Please could we ask that you don’t encourage younger siblings to play on St Mary’s outside play equipment during our Sports Day – thank you!

If we have to cancel due to bad weather, we will text all parents on the day as early as possible. Our reserve Sports Day in this case would be Wednesday 10th July. We look forward to having you with us!

Transition Morning

We are looking forward to 'moving up' morning on Wednesday 3rd July. Your child will spend a morning in their new classroom with their new teachers and the support staff who will be working with the children from September. We all have lots of exciting activities planned.

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Kath from Euxton library came to school this week to tell the children about the Summer reading challenge. The challenge is for children to read five books during the summer, and complete a number of challenges. By completing these challenges they'll unlock prizes along the way as well as the chance to be entered into a prize draw for a free Lego kit. All participating children will be able to visit one of Lancashire's museums for free with an adult, as well as regular activities taking place in all libraries in Lancashire. The challenge will launch on Saturday 6th July and runs until the end of September. Please go to see Kath at Euxton library if you would like to register and take part.

Have a lovely weekend!

The Year 2 team

Files to Download

My Week of Wellbeing.pdf