St Thomas' Church Of England Primary School

Year 2

Teacher: Miss Warburton
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Kelly & Mrs Riley

Our Gospel Value is: Thankfulness

Pupil Leaders: 

Our School Councillors: Emily & Thomas

Our Eco Warriors: Dexter & Isla

Our SHINE Councillors: Benjamin & Kenna-Jae

Our link Governor is: Sarah Sumner

Helpful Information:

• Reading books will be changed on a Friday
• Reading records are needed in school every day
• Library book changing day is Friday
• PE days are Thursday and Friday - come in PE kits ready for these lessons
• Spelling test weekly on Friday
• Homework is given out every Friday to be completed and returned by the following Thursday
• Log-ons for Purple Mash, Times Tables Rock Stars and Nessy are on the inside cover of your child's reading record
• Healthy snacks - if your child does not have morning toast, they may bring in a healthy snack 
• Water bottles - children will need a water bottle in school each day. This must contain water - no juice or flavoured water. Please make sure water bottles are clearly named and are returned daily after washing.

Looking ahead:

• We will be in Forest School for the Autumn Term - bring your wellies and waterproof coats in please! 
• Year 2 will be going on a grand trip out to Fairhaven Lake in November. We will be taking part in some exciting activities, such as mud dipping and bird watching!
• We will be visiting Fairhaven Methodist Church on 5th December to take part in the Nativity Festival. This will be a lovely opportunity for the children to explore the Nativity story through arts & crafts.
• The KS1 Christmas Nativity performance will be on Tuesday 12th November at 6pm at St Thomas' Church. All are welcome to come along and watch our Christmas retelling of the Nativity story - 'It's a Party'.

Books we have read so far this year:

• 'The Way Home for Wolf' by Rachel Bright
• 'Jim and the Beanstalk' by Raymond Briggs
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears' by Janet Hillman
• 'The Water Protectors' by Carole Lindstrom
• 'Dear Earth' by Isabel Otter
• 'Incredible You' by Rhys Brisenden
• Other Rachel Bright stories, including: 'The Lion Inside', 'The Squirrels Who Squabbled', 'The Koala Who Could' and 'The Gecko and the Echo'
• 'The Baddies' by Julia Donaldson

Autumn Term message from Miss Warburton: 

Welcome back to Year 2!  I am really looking forward to this half term with my new class - I know we are going to have so much fun. We will be doing lots of exciting learning.  Our main learning theme will be 'Movers and Shakers' and we will be doing some history work.  Can you find out about a historically significant person? Throughout our maths learning journey in Year 2, it will be important that we become confident with the times tables. Can you count in 2s, 5s and 10s? If you can - your next challenge is to start to remember the 3s times tables. 

Please have a look at the fridge words linked below. These words are based on the vocabulary we are exploring within our topic and science lessons. How many of these can you learn?

We also have an exciting half term as we will be going outdoors every Friday afternoon with our learning. Some children will go into forest school, and the rest of us will do our Outdoor Curriculum so please remember your wellies and waterproof coats! 

Please take a look at the documents below so you know exactly what we will be learning this half term.

If you have any questions, please do not hesistate to ask - I am happy to help! 

Miss Warburton 😊

Useful Documents for Year 2

Year 2 Curriculum Overview Summary

Year 2 End of Year expectations

Year 2 English Overview

Year 2 Maths Overview

Year 2 Reading Spine

Year 2 'Meet the Teacher' information

Autumn Term Documents

Year 2 Learning Letter for Autumn

Year 2 Vocabulary 'Fridge Words' for Autumn Term 1

Year 2 Spellings for Autumn Term 1