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    • Week 6 Term 1, Year 2

      Published 09/10/26, by Emma Ross

      Diary dates

      Friday 16th Oct - Phonics learn along - Year 1 and Year 2. CANCELLED due to internet issues.
      Friday 23rd Oct - Last day of term 1
      Monday 2nd Nov - First day of Term 2
      Monday 30th Nov - INSET
      Friday 18th Dec - Last day of Term 2

      English

      ​Phonics


      Writing

      We are starting a block on writing character descriptions.
      We will be learning about and writing expanded noun phrases to describe our character.

      We will be identifying adverbs within a text.

      Reading
      Class text:

       

      Maths

      We have started our new topic looking at addition and subtraction. 

      Fact families

      Addition bridging 10 by adding to the next multiple of ten. Starting within 20 and then extending to 100.

      Wider Curriculum

      History: Great Fire of London: How did the fire start? Why did the fire spread so quickly?
      Science: What plants and animals live in our local environment?
      Shine PE and Class PE: To develop co-ordination and combine jumps.
      PSHE: What can I do to keep my teeth clean and healthy?
      Music: Reading graphic scores
      DT: Design a fairground wheel: Make the frame and the wheel

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    • Week 4, Term 1

      Published 25/09/26, by Emma Ross

      Diary dates

      Friday 9th Oct - INSET
      Friday 16th Oct - Phonics learn along - Year 1 and Year 2. Parents welcome into school at 9am to see what a phonics lesson looks like in KS1.
      Friday 23rd Oct - Last day of term 1
      Monday 2nd Nov - First day of Term 2
      Monday 30th Nov - INSET
      Friday 18th Dec - Last day of Term 2

      English

      ​Phonics


      Writing

      To use the conjunction ‘and’ in a sentence.
      To use the conjunction ‘but’ in a sentence.
      To use select the best conjunction ‘and’ or ‘but’ for a sentence.

      Reading
      We are starting a new class text ‘The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg’ from this Aesop’s Fables collection.

      Maths

      Order objects and numbers from smallest to largest and largest to smallest.

       

      Count in 2s, 5s and 10s - there are lots of fun songs and videos on YouTube to help practice. 

      2s - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvTcpfSnOMQ&list=RDGvTcpfSnOMQ&start_radio=1

      5s - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EemjeA2Djjw&list=RDEemjeA2Djjw&start_radio=1

      10s - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftati8iGQcs&list=RDFtati8iGQcs&start_radio=1 

      Wider Curriculum

      Geography: What are physical features?
      Science: What do all living things have in common?
      Shine PE and Class PE: To develop balance, stability and landing safely.
      PSHE: What foods can help me stay healthy?
      Music: Choosing appropriate percussive timbres to represent an animal
      DT: Design a fairground wheel: Plan the build

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    • Week 3 Term 1

      Published 18/09/26, by Emma Ross

      Diary dates

      Friday 9th Oct - INSET
      Friday 16th Oct - Phonics learn along - Year 1 and Year 2. Parents welcome into school at 9am to see what a phonics lesson looks like in KS1.
      Friday 23rd Oct - Last day of term 1
      Monday 2nd Nov - First day of Term 2
      Monday 30th Nov - INSET
      Friday 18th Dec - Last day of Term 2

      English

      ​Phonics


      Writing

      To know that the subject is the main focus of a sentence (it is a noun).

      To compose sentences containing a subject and verb.

      To know what a noun is.

      To know that a proper noun needs a capital letter.

      Continuing to remember to use capital letters and full stops.

      Reading
      Our class text is Grandad’s Island.

      Maths

      • Count in 10s on the number line to 100 and find the missing numbers.

      • 10s and 1s on the number line to 100

      • Estimate numbers on a number line

      • Compare objects 

       

      • Compare numbers

      Wider Curriculum

      Music: Describing the timbre of different musical instruments.
      Science: What is alive and what is not? Learning about the 7 processes that all living things do.


      Religion and Worldviews: What are big questions?
      Shine PE and Class PE: To explore how the body moves at different speeds.
      PSHE: Why is sleep important?
      Computing: Making digital music
       

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    • Term 1, Week 2

      Published 15/09/26, by Becci Wise
      Diary dates Friday 9th Oct - INSET Friday 23rd Oct - Last day of term 1 Monday 2nd Nov - First day of Term 2 Monday 30th Nov - INSET Friday 18th Dec - Last day of Term 2 English ​Phonics These are the sounds that we recapped l
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    • Welcome to Year 2

      Published 15/09/26, by Becci Wise

      Thank you to those that could make it to the meet the teacher sessions.
      Please do come and say hi so we can get to put adult faces to children and get to know everyone.
      Attached are notes from the meeting plus a few extra bits of information.

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