Hedgehogs
Hello and welcome to the class page for Hedgehogs class, formerly known as Year 2.
Meet the Staff
Miss C Jephson - Year Two class teacher (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) and KS1 co-ordinator.
Mrs M Deverill - Year Two class teacher (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
Mrs J Parker - Teaching Assistant
Mrs S Clarke - Teaching Assistant
Miss Jephson and Mrs Deverill are the class teachers in Hedgehogs class. We also have a dedicated team of teaching assistants working with children in our class at different times during the day. Mrs Parker will be working in class on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Mrs Clarke will work in Hedgehogs class all day on a Wednesday.
In a morning the gates will be open between 8.35am and 8.40am. Please say goodbye to your children on the playground and they will walk around to enter the classroom via the cloakroom. Parents are not allowed to accompany them from the playground.
This term’s topic;
This is Me!
Autumn 2 Homework TasksKnowledge Organiser
PE this term is on a Monday and a Friday. Please wear your PE uniform on these days and ensure that earrings are removed.
Week 1
What makes me, me?
We will begin our topic by looking at ourselves and discussing what makes us unique and special. We will also complete self portraits for our topic display board in the classroom.
Week 2
What do we mean by diversity? What is equality? Who is Rosa Parks? Why is she an important figure in History?
Week 3
What makes people heroes? Who are our everyday heroes?
We will look at what a hero is and if they all have to have special powers and wear a cape. We will then look at everyday heroes such as doctors, nurses, police, fire fighters etc We will also have an everyday hero come to visit us and talk about the job that they do and how they help other people.
Week 4
Who was Florence Nightingale?Why was she a heroine?
This week we will learn about Florence Nightingale and the work that she did. We will look at how she impacted nursing and improved standards in hospitals.
Week 5
Who was Mary Seacole? Why is she famous?
Our work this week will focus on Mary Seacole and the work that she did to help others. We will discover what sort of person she was and how she overcame inequality and racism to achieve her dreams and ambitions.
Week 6
Who was Edith Cavell? Why is she a famous nurturing nurse?
We will learn about another nurturing nurse- Edith Cavell. We will find out why she is famous and how she helped others.
Week 7
What are the similarities and differences between Florence Nightingale, Mary Secole and Edith Cavell?
In our final week of this topic, we will look at all 3 nurses studied and analyse differences and similarities between them. Why are they important historical figures? What were their special qualities? Why are they heroes?
Art/DT
This half term we will concentrate on DT - sewing. We will be looking at Christmas tree baubles, designing and making our own. We will learn running stitch and overstitch and will apply this to our work when sewing our own baubles.
Science
Our Science work for this half term continues to focus on animals including humans. We will be learning about what is a healthy diet, building on the knowledge from our DT work last term. We will learn about the importance of good hygiene and how we can feel better when we are ill. We will create a poster to show how we can keep ourselves healthy, bringing all of our learning together.
PSHE
This half term we will be looking at drug education and focusing medicines. We will look at what medicines we take and other people take to get better or to stay healthy. We will also learn about the importance of using and taking medicines correctly.
Sticky Knowledge Organiser Drug Education Year 2ICT
We will use Purple Mash to create art work based on the art produced by famous artists such Monet, Mondrian and Seurat. We will then use our computing art skills to create Christmas cards.
RE
This half term we will be learning about Christmas. We will discuss why Christians believe God gave Jesus to the world. We will learn about the Christmas story and what advent is. We will also visit the local church to find out how Christians celebrate Christmas.
PE
This term we will do Karate on a Monday and handball on a Friday with Mrs Deverill.
Don't forget to come to school in your PE uniform on these days!
Literacy
To begin the term we will read the book Elmer for our whole class reading and our writing work will focus on 'How to be a lion'. Through this book we will develop our oracy skills through drama and also develop our empathy skills. Following on from this we will use the book 'Vlad and the Florence Nightingale Adventure' this will allow us to make links with our learning in our topic lessons. We will end the term by focussing on the classic poem 'The Night before Christmas'. We will learn to recite some of the poem by heart, learn about the structure of rhyming couplets and identify rhyming words within the poem. We will end the term by writing our own poems.
We will teach phonics to the whole class together. Some children will work in a separate small group to receive precision teaching and catch up teaching. We will deliver same day intervention catch up sessions for children who require this.
We will begin with a recap of level 5 phonics, focussing on gaps identified through assessments at the end of year 1. We will then move onto level 6 phonics.
Below we will attach parent information sheets which will explain the learning for each week in phonics so you can support your child at home.
In school we will listen to your child read their reading book at least once every week, please make sure that it is in school every day. Please support your child with reading by listening to them read regularly at home. Just a couple of pages every day makes a huge difference to their confidence. Remember to record on the Go read app or Boom reader website every time you hear your child read as these signatures will move your child around our 'Readopoly' board. Reading is the most important piece of homework you can do with your child at this age as reading is the key that unlocks all other areas of learning. To be successful writers, children first have to be confident and successful readers so your support is invaluable.
Click here to read our literacy 'Always skills' for Year 2. These are what we expect in every piece of writing from children working within year 2 expectations.
Help at Home
You can help your child at home by:
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Practising common exception words - reading and spelling.
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Talk about what they are learning in class that week.
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Encourage your child to read out any writing they complete at home to check it makes sense.
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Read with your child at least 3 times a week.
Mathematics
In Maths the objectives we will looking at this half term are:
* Recognise the place value of each digit in a two-digit number (tens, ones).
* Count in steps of 2, 3 and 5, from 0, and in tens from any number forwards and backwards.
* Compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100; use <, > and = signs.
* Read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and words.
* Use concrete objects and pictorial representations, including those involving numbers, quantities and measures
*Add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally including:
- a 2 digit number and ones
- a 2 digit number and tens
* Recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts up to 100.
* Show that addition of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and subtraction of one number from another cannot.
* Recognise and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction and use this to check calculations and solve missing number problems.
* Solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change.
* Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers.
* Calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication tables and write them using the multiplication, division and equals signs.
*Interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables.
* Ask and answer simple questions by counting the number of objects in each category and sorting categories by quantity.
* Ask and answer questions about totalling and comparing categorical data.
* Identify and describe the properties of 2D shapes, including the number of sides.
*Compare and sort common 2D shapes.
Help at Home
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Talking about the learning they have done in class.
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Practising counting in 2's, 5's and 10's and learn them as times tables
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Practise recalling addition and number facts to 20.
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Encouraging your child to count - add money, count out objects, calculate how many will be left, estimate how many there are etc...
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Practise telling the time.
Click here to read our maths non-negotiables for year 2
Homework
Learning Log Challenges will be given out at the beginning of term and the children can select which activities they would like to do to make a given total of points! These activities need to be returned to school by the end of the term!
Year 2 expectations
Coppice Values
Each week we have a new value – 12 in total. The children will have an assembly Monday morning about how to show and give respect to others both in school and at home! We will be expecting this to be demonstrated to all members of our Coppice community, it is important that even when we move onto a new value, the old one isn’t lost.
Diary Dates
Monday 3rd November - INSET day
Tuesday 4th November- school re-opens for all pupils
Wednesday 5th November- Parent's Evening until 6pm (Appointments requested have been given out before the half term holiday)
Thursday 6th November- Individual and sibling school photographs.
Tuesday 11th November- Parent's Evening until 7pm (Appointments requested have been given our before the half term holiday)
Wednesday 3rd December- Year 2 at the local church in the afternoon.
Wednesday 10th December- Key Stage One Carol concert.
Wednesday 17th December- Christmas Fair in the afternoon.
Thursday 18th December- Whole School Panto in the afternoon.
Friday 19th December- Last day of term
Monday 5th January- Start of Spring Term. School Open