First day of Year 2
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Year 2 - Cedar Class

Welcome to the Cedar Class Page

We hope you have had a restful half term and are looking forward to the exciting weeks ahead!

Developing strong foundational skills, such as accurate letter and number formation, is essential in Year 2 as these skills support children’s independence, fluency and confidence across all areas of learning. We encourage parents to support these skills at home little and often - even just a few minutes of practise can malke a real difference!

Just a reminder we are a NUT FREE school. Please ensure your child isn't bringing anything containing nuts in their lunchboxes!

Key Information

  • The Key Stage 1 doors open at 8:45am and the end of the day is 3:25pm.
  • Please ensure that your child has a water bottle in school daily. This should only have water in it, not juice.
  • Children should be collected by someone over the age of 14. If someone different is collecting your child, please let the class teacher know.
  • Please can all children bring a warm, waterproof coat in daily.
  • Reading books will be changed on Thursdays. Please ensure your child’s reading book is in their book bag every day.
  • PE will be on Tuesdays. Children should come to school in their PE kits.
  • Copies of spelling letters can be found on our class page on the website. Spelling tests will be every Friday.

Key Dates:

  •  Monday 2nd November - School re-opens
  •  Tuesday 1st December - Christmas Tree service in school (children only)
  • Thursday 3rd December - Pantomime trip
  • Thursday 10th December - Christmas dinner day (Christmas jumpers can be worn)
  • Friday 11th December - Non - uniform and Christmas Fair
  • Monday 14th December - KS1 Nativity 2pm (more details to follow)
  • Wednesday 16th December - KS1 Nativity 2pm (more details to follow)
  • Thursday 17th December - Christmas Party Day
  • Friday 18th December - School closes at 2pm

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A reminder about online safety:
If you are working online, don’t forget to be safe and savvy! 
Never give personal information to anyone! Think about the safety of what you are sharing or posting if you are online or on your phone.
Do not share your school log-ins or change your log-in details. We won’t ask you to do that.

Make sure you are accessing online material that is relevant for your age and tell an adult at home if you come across something that is not suitable for you, or if someone is trying to contact/talk to you that is not someone you know.

You can contact your teacher through Seesaw if you feel vulnerable or worried, or contact Childline 0800 1111.

Useful reminders about Online Safety are at Thinkuknow.co.uk 

Cedar Class Curriculum

English

We will begin the half term by reading Pattan's Pumpkin. We will hook the children into the text by making some delicious pumkpin soup before going on to write some instructions explaining how to make it. Nearer to Christmas, we will be looking at the text 'Winter Sleep' and writing some winter poetry.

Maths

Mulitplciation and division for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. 

R.E.

Why does Christmas matter to Christians?

History

The children will be learning all about Queen Victoria and making comparisons to Queen Elizabeth I who we studied last half term.

P.E.

Cedar class will have PE Tuesdays and they should come into school dressed in their PE clothes on this day. Tuesdays' lessons will be taken by a specialist sports coach. We are offering enrichment activities for all of our children on a Friday afternoon where they will get to learn new skills in a variety of areas such as the arts, sports and outdoor learning. Children do not need to come in PE kits on a Friday.

Science

Materials - we will look at a variety of different materials and their properties.

PSHE

Connecting with others.

Music

Nativity songs.

Computing

The internet and creating pictures.

Design and Technology

Mechanisms - levers.

Spellings

Children will be given their new half-termly spelling letters. They can also be found at the bottom of this page. Please ensure you continue to help your child learn their spellings and apply them in their writing; this is often the part children struggle with once they have learnt them for a test.

Homework

Your child can access Numbots and TT Rockstars weekly. These are fantastic apps to support children’s maths fluency. 

Reading

Your child will bring home a reading book on Thursdays, to be returned the following Thursday. Listening to your child read regularly will really support them with their fluency and decoding. Children will now also be able to visit the School Library each fortnight to choose a book to read in class.

Spelling Letters

Curriculum Overview

Letters

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