Year 2 Summer 1 Newsletter

Year 2 Summer Term 1 2016 Dear Parents,

We hope you all had a lovely Easter Holidays! Our topic this half term is ‘Toys Past and Present’. We will be looking at both toys and lifestyles from the past and considering the similarities and differences of today.

Events this half term: We will be going on a trip to an Elizabethan House in Great Yarmouth for an old toys’ experience on Tuesday 19 th April where the children will get to experience using and playing with old toys as well as making one of their own! Keep an eye out in the book bags for more details about the trip. If you think you will be available to help on the trip (11.00-12.30) please let either myself or Mrs English know.

Curriculum outline During this topic we will be learning to understand what life was like for children in the past and comparing this to our own lives. We will also be looking at the materials toys are made from, identify the materials’ properties and comparing the way they are used. Using our materials knowledge we will be designing and making our very own working toy from the past!

The other curriculum areas covered are below: Maths – Time, statistics, number and place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions and shape.

English- Fiction- adventure stories- we will compare stories written by Jane Hissey and write our own favourite toy adventure story. Non-fiction- Non Chronological reports- we will be writing reports about toys from the past.

General class reminders

Homework - Homework will continue to be given out weekly on a Wednesday. The children then need to hand it in on a Monday to be marked and a sticker added to their chart. If they complete and hand their homework in on time every week they will receive 10 minutes extra playtime.

Changing reading books- Some children are forgetting to put their book bags into the change box meaning their book does not get changed. Please remind your child in the morning if they need to change their book.

Individual presentations - The quality of presentations continues to be at a very high standard- well done to all those children that have completed theirs! Presentations will continue to be on a Thursday afternoon. Each child will have the opportunity to carry out a 5PE 10 minute presentation to the class. This may be topic related, a favourite hobby or a holiday We will continue to have PE on a Monday afternoon withthey Mrs have been on. It is completely up to the Scriven. Please make sure children have their PE kits on a Monday child. They may use ICT, photographs or objects. morning, any piercings are covered or taken out and long hair is put The world is your oyster! (See overleaf for up. dates).

Show and Tell- Show and tell is on a Tuesday afternoon. Please ensure that your child only brings Please could your child bring in their favourite toy tomorrow for the start of in their items on a Tuesday and puts our ‘Toys Past and Present’ topic. Please make sure their toy is namedthem or in straight into the red show and tell box to avoid a named carrier bag. The toys will all be collected at the beginning of the their possessions getting lost.

Toys

day; it is your child’s responsibility to ensure their toy goes into the collection box and retrieved at the end of the day.

Grandparents On the 26th April I would like the children to invite their grandparents to come into class with a toy from their past. The idea is to allow the children to see what sort of toys their grandparents played with. Please let either myself or Mrs English know if your child’s grandparent will be joining us on the afternoon of 26th April (more details to follow).

Name

River Lewis-Wentworth Ruby Fairs Tamsin Torrance Zainab Jallow Molly Fleming Brandon Savory Darcie Cannell Jayden Blowers Olivia Buxton

Date

Thank you for your co-operation. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to speak to myself or Mrs English after school.

14.04.16 21.04.16 28.04.16 05.05.16 12.05.16 19.05.16 26.05.16 09.06.16 16.06.16

Individual presentation dates