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;
Fire! Fire!
Spring 2 TimetableSpring 2 Homework Tasks
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
Where is London? What caused the Great Fire of London?
We will use atlases to locate the countries of the United Kingdom and the capital cities. We will place the event of the Great Fire of London on a timeline and will also create timelines of our own lives to help develop an understanding of chronological order. Through our literacy work, we will find out how the fire started.
Week 2
Who was Samuel Pepys and why was he important to help us learn about the Great Fire?
We will watch a video to find out all about Samuel Pepys and what his role was during the Great Fire of London. We will reflect on which of our own precious possessions we would save from a fire.
Week 3
How do fire engines move? How can I fix broken wheels?
Why did the fire spread so far and stay alight for so long?
We will begin our design technology work by exploring wheels and axels and how they make vehicles, including fire engines, move. We will investigate different resources for wheels and axels and will problem solve why some vehicles do not move. We will also explain how the fire spread and stayed alight for so long, applying the knowledge gained from our literacy work.
Week 4
How did they try and put out the fire and what would they do today?
This week we will take part in an online workshop with the National Archives in London, learning about and using evidence to prove facts from the Great Fire of London. We will find out more about how they tried to fight the fire and how firefighting has changed since 1666.
Week 5
Can you design a vehicle that will be effective in fighting fires? Can you build a fire engine that moves? Can you evaluate your fire engine against your design brief?
This week will be very busy. We will be designing a fire engine that moves with wheels and axles and has a ladder and hose pipe attached to it. We will use saws to cut our axels and will be joining a range of materials using different tools and equipment. We will then evaluate our work against our design and comment on any changes that we would make in future work.
Art/DT
This half term we will learn all about chassis, wheels and axles. We will investigate the best materials for wheels and axles. We will design and build our own fire engine which moves with wheels and axles.
Science
Our Science work for this half term will continue to look at materials. We will found out about John McAdam who invented tarmac, learn about recycling and how plastic bottles are recycled and investigate the properties of different materials by seeing if we can squash, bend, twist or stretch them. Finally, we will carry out an investigation to see which material will keep the porridge warm for the Three Bears.
Sticky Knowledge Organiser Materials
PSHE
This half term we will be looking at money and discussing where we think money comes from, how we can keep our money safe, looking at different ways in which we can pay for items and debating what things we need or want when we choose to spend our money.
Sticky Knowledge Organiser money MattersICT
We will use Purple Mash to learn about the different ways in which we can present ideas when using ICT. We will present our findings about countries in the UK by doing a fact file, we will make a presentation for our topic on the Great Fire of London and we will present the Story of the Three Bears by doing a quiz, E book and a riddle.
RE
This half term we will be learning about Easter. We will read the Easter story from the Bible and discuss why it is an important time for Christians. We will also look at the symbols of Easter and will make hot cross buns and Easter Cards to celebrate.
PE
This term we will do gymnastics on a Tuesday and dance 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 'Vlad and the Great Fire of London' to help us learn about this famous event. We will be comparing London in the past with London today, using images and the Pudding Lane video to support our work. We will be writing from the characters' point of view, describing the scene when they woke to find the bakery on fire. We will be writing character descriptions and explanations about how the fire spread. Later in the term we will use the story 'The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig' to learn about twisted fairy tales. We will create wanted posters for the Big Bad Pig. We will use talk for writing to plan and write our own version of the twisted tale.
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).
* Use concrete objects and pictorial representations, including those involving numbers, quantities and measures
*Applying increasing knowledge of mental and written methods-addition and subtraction including two two digit numbers, adding three one digit numbers.
* Recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts up to 100.
* Solve problems with addition and subtraction.
* Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure volume/capacity (ml/l)
* Compare and order volume/capacity and record the results using < > and =
* Write simple fractions. For example 1/2 6 = 3 and recognise the equivalence of 2/4= 1/2
* Order and arrange combinations of mathematical objects in patterns and sequences.
* Compare and sequence intervals of time.
* Tell and write time to five minutes, including quarter past/tp 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.
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 23rd February - school re-opens for all pupils. Arbor support drop in for parents in the school hall from 3pm
Tuesday 3rd March - Angela Marie James (author) visit
Wednesday 4th March- Parent Evening to 7pm
Thursday 5th March- World Book Day
Friday 6th March - visit Heanor Library
Monday 9th March- Fire Service visit
Tuesday 10th March- Parent Evening to 6pm. Book fair open in the library.
Wednesday 11th March-Science Day. Book fair open after school
Thursday 12th March - Book fair open after school
Friday 13th March - Book fair open after school
Friday 20th March- World Poetry Day
Wednesday 25th March- Film Night for Year 1 and 2
Key Stage One Easter Assembly.
Thursday 26th March- World Maths Day
Friday 27th March- Last day of Term
Monday 30th March- Easter Holidays
Monday 13th April- First Day of Summer Term