Gentleness (Year 2) Class

Gentleness Class

Hello and welcome back, once again. This is Miss Attoh your child’s class teacher.

Summer is here and there are exciting new things to learn and explore.

This term, we will be reading The Journey Home by Frann Preston-Gannon. The text explores issues of conservation and starts to explore whether we can escape the issues that endangered animals face on a day-to-day basis.

We will continue to embed the required Year 2 punctuations and terminologies.

In Maths, we will continue to focus on Statistics, Position and Directions. We will continue learning and applying the 2, 5, and 10 times and division tables. Every Friday, we have a mental arithmetic

Spellings is undertaken each week and children will be expected to learn them and will be tested on them every Friday. Please encourage your child to use the words given in sentences after practicing them. This will help them use the words in context and practice the spellings.

Reading

Please read with your child at home every day. Kindly sign and date sign the reading record every time you hear your child read. Also, write the pages you heard that your child read in the reading records. This will help us know when that your child has completed reading that book. We will change the book once your child is able to express understanding of what you child has read. Please support your child’s reading every day for about 15 minutes and help them to record this in their reading record.

Homework is set on Fridays each week. It is usually a Literacy and Mathematics task. Sometimes it may also be topic based. Each task should not take longer than 30 minutes to complete. It is also an opportunity for your child to share their learning with you at home. Kindly return the homework by Tuesday.

PE is on Wednesdays. Therefore, please ensure that earrings are removed on PE days due to safeguarding. Children must wear the appropriate PE kit – white top with black or red bottom to school on Wednesdays. They need to wear the school jumper as well.

Mrs Gilpin and I, look forward to continue working with you, in our aspirations to help your child achieve excellence.

Thank you for all your support.