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;
Wheels and Wings!
Summer 2 homework
Sticky Knowledge Organiser Wheels and Wings!Summer 2 timetable
PE this term is on a Tuesday and a Friday. Please wear your PE uniform on these days and ensure that earrings are removed.
Week 1
How has Transport changed?
We will learn about how transport has changed over time from the Sedan Chair and wind powered sailing ships to jet airliners and electric cars today. We will sort transport into old and new and place the different types of transport onto a timeline.
Week 2
How long have we had aeroplanes? Why are aeroplanes a useful method of transport?
Week 3
How has the car changed through the years?
We will learn all about the first motor car that was invented and who invented it. We will discuss how it is different from todays cars and why it is.
Week 4
Who invented the train and how did it change the way people lived?
This week we will look at who invented the train and how the train impacted and improved peoples lives.
Week 5
How will transport change in the future?
We will think about how transport has changed so far over time and will discuss how it might change in the future. We will then have a go at designing our own futuristic method of transport.
Week 6
East Midlands Airport Visit
Finally we will visit East Midlands Airport and learn all about the different methods of transport used there, who works there, what it is like at an airport, where they travel to in the world, as well as meeting some of the people who work at the airport.
Art/DT
This half term we will be doing weaving. We will firstly learn what weaving is and then we will make a sunflower from weaving wool.
Science
Our Science work for this half term will focus on living things and their habitats. We will learn to recognise things which are alive, dead and have never been alive. We will learn about micro habitats and global habitats and will investigate the conditions that woodlice prefer. We will also learn about food chains and the language of provider, predator and prey.
PSHE
This half term we will be discussing changes and if all changes are bad. We will start the unit of work by reading the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar and identifying the changes it went through. We will then discuss changes we might have had eg losing teeth, friendships, new teachers. We will then look at other changes in life and if they look forward to changes. We will also discuss the feeling of loss through reading the story Dogger by Shirley Hughes and how the character felt when he lost his favourite toy. We will also read the story Mum and Dad Glue and discuss how some parents may not live together any more and the changes this brings to the children's lives.
Sticky Knowledge Organiser ChangesICT
We will use Purple Mash and our unit of work will be based around the internet and how to safely search using browsers. We will finish by exploring how to make music using purple mash - changing instruments, tempo and dynamics.
RE
This half term we will be learning about how we should care for others and the world, and why this matters. We will learn how we can do this through Bible stories and the Jewish idea of Tzedakah. We will also learn about the work of Mother Teresa and Dr Barnardo and how they helped others around the world. Finally we will learn about the Christian and Jewish creation stories.
PE
This term we will do outdoor adventurous activities on a Tuesday and Bucket Rounders on a Friday with Mrs Deverill.
Don't forget to come to school in your PE uniform on these days!
Literacy
We will be reading Little People, Big Dreams - Amelia Earhart and using this to write factual pieces of writing that teach others key facts about this famous historical person. We will also use expanded noun phrases, similes and metaphors to describe the view from the plane and we will write diamante poems. We will also be exploring the classic poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat' this term, we will learn to recite the poem by half, investigate the rhyming structure of the poem and then innovate the poem to write our versions. We will finish the term by writing to persuade another teacher why they should take their class to visit East Midlands Airport.
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).
*Applying increasing knowledge of mental and written methods-addition and subtraction including two two digit numbers, adding three one digit numbers.
* Solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change.
* solve problems with addition and subtraction.
*Solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in context.
*Recall multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers.
* Write simple fractions -for example half of 6 equals 3 and recognise the equivalence of 2/4 = 1/2
* Compare and sequence intervals of time.
* Tell and write time to five minutes including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times.
* Know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day.
*Use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement including movement in a straight line and distinguishing between rotation as a turn and in terms of right angles for quarter, half and three quarter turns (Clockwise and anti-clockwise)
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 1st June- First day of Summer Term 2. School open.
Monday 15th June- INSET Day- School closed.
Tuesday 16th- Thursday 18th June- Parent Phonics sessions in Hedgehog class
Tuesday 16th June- Fun Run for the whole school in the afternoon.
Thursday 2nd July- Whole School Transition Day.
Wednesday 15th July- Visit to East Midlands Airport
Thursday 16th July- Summer Fair
Friday 17th July- Sports Day
Monday 20th July- Well Being Week
Thursday 23rd July- INSET Day. School closed.
Friday 24th July- Start of the summer holidays.
Friday 4th September- INSET Day School closed.
Monday 7th September- INSET Day. School closed.
Tuesday 8th September- Start of the Autumn Term. School Open