Class 2

Welcome to Class 2 with Mrs Brana

Autumn Term

Our topic this half term is Now and Then and also, Castles, Knights and Dragons.

This term our Creative Habit of Mind character is Disciplined Dan

Our value this half term is ‘Justice’.

Jesus said 'And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly.' Luke 18:7-8

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

Spelling tests are on Fridays, all of our spelling lists are on our Google Classroom page: Class 2 2022-2023. Pupils can practise spelling each list of words on Spell Shed via Ed Shed. Every year 2 pupil has 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.

We Are Going on a Bear Hunt

Painting Castles

Our Local Area Walk

Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day 2023 will take place on the 7th of February 2023, with celebrations and learning based around the theme ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online’. Class 1 and 2 have been talking about online 'Stranger Danger' and 'things to share' and 'things to keep private.'

Online Learning

to read books on Bug Club and to play maths games on Abacus Maths.

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 - Yn Y Ty - In the House

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. There is a list of ideas each week of fun ways in which to learn the lists.

Useful Links

Welsh Government guide for parents

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

Reading

Maths

BBC Bitesize is free and has many activities to practice all aspects of the Literacy and Numeracy framework.

Use the areas for all countries in the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education

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

Nessy reading and spelling has free access: http://www.nessy.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/