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Greenwood Primary & Nursery School

Bringing out the best in everyone

Year 2 - Starfish and Seahorses

Our Team 

 

Seahorses

Teacher: Mrs Morris

 

Starfish 

Teacher: Mrs Preston 

 

If you would like to contact your child's class teacher, please email the at: 

 

Mrs Morris

kmorris@greenwoodprimary.org.uk

 

Mrs Preston

kpreston@greenwoodprimary.org.uk

 

We also have class dojo where you will receive regular updates and reminders about things happening in school. 

 

 

What does school look like now for our children? 

 

Key Information about Year 2

Our enquiries this year are:

 

Autumn - How does the past shape the future?

 

Spring - What does home look like? 

 

Summer - Are all ideas, good ideas? 

 

Autumn Term

 

How does the past shape the future?

 

In Autumn Term we will be focusing on The Great Fire of London and how the event shaped the future. 

 

This will allows us to explore past and present London and differentiate between the two allowing the children to see how times have changed and how this has impacted life today. 

 

Spring Term

What does home look like?

 

In Spring Term, we will be focusing on the UK and a contrasting location. We are using Paddington and Jungle Book to enhance our learning. 

 

We will be able to name the physical and human features of the UK and compare these with a non-EU country. 

 

Are all ideas, good ideas? 

Summer Term 

 

In the Summer Term, we will look at a range of different artists, including Piet Mondrian, Paul Klee and Jackson Pollock. We will discuss their different techniques and processes. 

We will focus on key texts during our English lessons such as: The day the Crayons quit Sharing a shell and Storm Whale. 

How to support your child at home

 

Reading

1. Read for 5-10 minutes a day

2. Encourage children to use phoneme knowledge to sound out words they find difficult 

3. Ask children understanding questions about their text-who is the main character? What is the setting? Why did that character choose to do that and what were the consequences?

Click here for comprehension questions to use when reading with your child!

 

Writing

1. Make writing purposeful-why have they been asked to write? What should the outcome be of that piece of writing? 

2. Encourage the use of joining lines. Children should be attempting to start letters using joining lines in Year 2.

3. Encourage the use of basic punctuation-capital letters, full stops, finger spaces etc

 

Maths 

1. Play maths games such as timetable questions, mental math addition and subtraction, doubles and halves up to 10

2. Use maths in every day life-shopping, finding change, counting out things for tea time, shape spotting around the house etc MATHS IS EVERYWHERE!

3. Keep up basic number fact work-numbers bonds to 5, 10 and 20. 2, 3, 5 and 10x tables.

 

SPAG 

Spelling, punctuation and grammar

1. Encourage children to write spellings down, look at them, cover them, say them, write them.2. Find interesting ways to remember exception words eg. because-big elephants can always understand small elephants

3. Re-cap use of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs...what are they? Can you think of examples of when to use them?

 

Phonics 

1. Encourage children to spot familiar sounds in words to help them read at pace 

2. Re-cap unfamiliar sounds regularly and quickly 

3. Find alternative spellings for the same sound...ai/ay/a-e   or   oi/oy 

Stars Assembly
Every Friday we award one child from each class with a "Value certificate".

These values are part of the Flying High Trust. They are:

Pride

Confidence

Kindness

Perseverance 

Aspiration

Resilience

Creativity

Teamwork

Responsibility

 

Children will be awarded their certificate in class and will be celebrated with the whole school in an assembly.

 

Behaviour

At Greenwood we have a simple set of school agreements that ensures clarity for all. Everyone in the school community is expected to respect and follow these agreements. The children are reminded of the agreements frequently and they are displayed in every classroom and in shared areas around school.

 

School Agreements

Greenwood Stars:

  • Stay safe
  • Take care of each other
  • Always do our best
  • Respectful of ourselves and our environment

 

Our School Agreements are underpinned by our School Values and it is recognised that in following our school agreements, our school values will be promoted.

School Values

  1. Enjoyment
  2. Confidence
  3. Respect
  4. Responsibility
  5. Creativity
  6. Aspiration
  7. Perseverance
  8. Pride

‘Bringing out the best……in everyone!’

 

 

In year 1 the children are rewarded for good behaviour with spotty stickers and work towards special certificate for good behaviour.

 

As a class they work together to achieve a class treat once a term, by achieving their class target throughout the term.

 

For more information about how we celebrate positive achievements, how the behaviour charts in the classroom are used, further support or exclusion information please look on the ‘Parents’ tab of the website and view the full policy.

Awards

 

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