Class 2

Welcome to Class 2 with Mrs Brana,

Miss Joseph and Mrs Johnson

Summer Term

Our value this half term is ‘Thankfulness’.

1 Chronicles 29:13

Our God, we thank You and praise your glorious name

This term our Creative Habit of Mind character is Persistence Pete

Our topic this half term is Diversity. We will be learning about how change can be good, such as our new school. Our new school is near a river. What is it called? Why are rivers important? Cardiff has three rivers - can you name them? What plants and animals live there? Where do they live? (animal habitats)What are our homes like? What are homes like around the world? We will be celebrating harvest festival and Divali, making clay lamps and creating a Ludi dance with sticks, as well as weaving with natural materials. What a busy term! Make sure to check out our Google Classroom page to find out more.

Remember

P.E. is on Mondays and you can wear your kit to school.

Spelling tests are on Fridays for year two pupils, all of our spelling lists are on our Google Classroom page: Class 2 2023-2024. Click HERE for our Google Classroom page. Pupils can practise spelling each list of words on Spell Shed via Ed Shed. Every year 2 pupil will have their log-in details for Spell Shed as a QR code and it is in their reading record book.

Reading takes place every day with group reading sessions at the start of the day and children read as individuals to an adult. Your child's progress in reading should continue to be developed at home though shared reading experiences with their book in their book bag and also online with BUG CLUB. Please can parents/ grandparents/ even older siblings write in the reading record books when they have listened to their child read.

Our first day in our new class in our new school.

Our First Day

Online Learning

Every child has been given their personal login details on a BUG CLUB bookmarker with their HWB log-in details on the reverse. They are also in your child's reading record book.

On Hwb you can...

access your Google Classroom
use online Microsoft software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc)
use J2e
and much, much more.

Year 2 pupils also have access to EdShed for spelling games uploaded each week with the latest spelling pattern and TTRS - Times Tables RockStars to practise their times tables.

Cornel Cymraeg - Welsh Corner

Our Topic - Dillad (Clothes) a Y Tywydd (The Weather)

Reading

Dinosaur Eggs Y1 Play this game to learn to read high frequency words

Dinosaur Eggs Y2 Play this game to improve your reading

Spelling

Every Friday your year 2 child will bring home a list of words to learn and there is a test on these words the following Friday. The lists are also on our Google Classroom page. Year 1 have a High Frequency Word lists to learn each week and these are also on our Google Classroom page. Year 1 will start to have spelling word lists in the spring term. There is a list of ideas each week of fun ways in which to learn the lists. Don't forget to practice each week on EdShed. QR codes in your child's reading record book.

Useful Links

Welsh Government guide for parents

Here is a link to the Welsh Government website where you can download sample tests:

Reading

Maths

Our Class 2 page on Google Classroom has many links to games for all areas of the curriculum.

IXl maths has free units you can trial for a month: http://uk.ixl.com/

Websites with fun games and activities

I have not played every game on these websites so please let me know if a site is particularly useful or not so useful.

Also if you find other useful websites please let me know and I will add them to the list on the school webpage.

https://www.tutorhunt.com/tutor-bot/

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

http://www.maths-games.org/

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/literacy/index.htm

http://www.primarygames.com/reading.php

http://pbskids.org/games/reading/

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html

http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/subject/reading-games/

http://www.smartygames.com/