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 Tullett - Teaching Assistant
Mrs A Redzic - Teaching Assistant
Miss H Richards - 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 Tullett and Mrs Redzic will also be supporting children in Hedgehogs class during the morning.
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
Wheels and Wings Knowledge Organiser
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 begin our topic by finding out when the different types of transport were invented. We will use a timeline to do this activity and explore which was the first method of transport that was invented and which transport is the newest invention.
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?
Our lesson this week will focus on cars. We will look at who invented the first car and what this looked like- comparing it to todays car. We will then look at how and why cars have changed over time and how they have impacted our lives today.
Week 4
Who invented the train and how did it change the way people lived?
This week we will be finding out about the first railways and who invented the first train. We will look at how it changed the lives of people in the Victorian times and link it back to work done in history in year 1. We will also look at modern day trains and how they have changed over time and impacted our lives today.
Week 5
How will transport change in the future?
Our work this week will explore how we think transport will change in the future and what this might look like. We will also discuss what we think transport might be able to do as well. We will then have a go at inventing our own futuristic transport!
Week 6
Visit to East Midland Airport
In our final lesson we will visit East Midlands Airport to learn more about aeroplanes and find out where the aeroplanes fly to from our local airport. We will also learn about the different types of transport that are used at the airport too.
Art/DT
This half term we will begin by finishing off our African art work from last term. We will use our paint mixing skills to paint African animals and look at patterns on African animals too. We will then start art work based on out topic of plants. We will use wool to weave a sunflower for our display in the classroom.
Science
Our Science work for this half term focuses on living things and their habitats. We will learn about the seven life processes using MRS GREN. We will learn about global and microhabitats and the animals that inhabit these areas. We will investigate microhabitats in the school grounds and create a shoebox diorama of a global habitat. Finally we will learn about food chains.
PSHE
This half term we will be looking at the unit of work called- 'Are Changes bad?' We will begin by reading the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and discussing the changes in the story. We will then explore changes that happen in our lives eg going to school, loosing a tooth, moving house. We will discuss if all of these changes are good or not. We will then move on to looking at the changes that will happen soon -when the children move class. We will then focus on transition work for this change.
Sticky Knowledge Organiser - Changes
ICT
We will use Purple Mash to make music and to search for information.
RE
This half term we will be exploring how we should care for others and the world, and why does this matter. We will do this by looking at the religions of Christianity, Islam and Judaism and what they believe.
PE
This term we will do outdoor adventurous activities on a Tuesday with Mr Singh and bucket rounders 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 continue the story Lila and the Secret of Rain - we will be planning and writing our own version of this story. We will then move on to some non-fiction work on Amelia Earhart where we will write questions and statements and magazine articles. We will also use her journey as a stimulus for poetry and descriptive writing. We will learn to recite the classic poem The Owl and the Pussycat by heart. We will end year 2 by writing a recount of our visit to 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 are now working on 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).
* Use place value and number facts to solve problems.
*Apply their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods- addition and subtraction including two two digit numbers, adding three one digit numbers.
* Solve problems with addition and subtraction.
* Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables.
* Calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication tables and write them using the correct calculation signs.
*Solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in context.
*Write simple fractions for example, 1/2 of 6=3 and recognise 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 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.
* Recognise the symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p). Combine amounts to make a particular value.
* Solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change.
* 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.
Children can achieve their bronze, silver and gold awards for the core values awards throughout the year for each core value. We will of course keep you informed about how your child is getting on with this throughout the year.
Each week Mrs Seaton will send out a Newsletter that will reflect the value we are working on so that it can also be supported at home. We look forward to seeing our children bright and early ready to embrace the new weekly challenges!
Diary Dates
Monday 26th May- Half term Week.
Monday 2nd June- First day of term. School open.
Wednesday 11th June- Fun Run Afternoon.
Thursday 12th June- Fire Safety Talk from Derbyshire Fire Brigade
Monday 16th June- INSET Day. School Closed.
Wednesday 18th June- Class Photograph Day
Thursday 3rd July- Transition Day to other classes
Wednesday 16th July- Year 2 to visit to East Midlands Airport.
Thursday 17th July- Summer Fair
Friday 18th July- Sports Day
Wednesday 23rd July- Last Day of term
Thursday 24th July- First day of the summer holidays.