Year 2 Autumn 1 Curriculum Letter

St John’s RC Primary School Chepstow Road Chorlton Manchester M21 9SN Tel: (0161) 881 1040/7754 Fax: (0161) 861 7463 head@stjohnsrc.net www.stjohnsrc.net Head teacher: Mrs B. O’Donoghue

Year 2 Autumn 1 Information

Dear Parents / Carers, Welcome back after the summer holiday. We hope you and your families enjoyed a lovely, long break and are raring to go for the new academic year!

This half termly information sheet informs you of our curriculum and important dates for your diary. We hope you find the following information useful. Year Two is an incredibly special year, full of hard work, fun times and special memories. Please do not hesistate to contact us if you have any queries or questions.

Meet the staff: Our team consists of two teachers; Miss Murphy and Miss Murray. We are supported by Mrs McPhillips (Mon – Weds) and Mrs Deasy (Weds – Fri) and Mr Plant who works as a one to one support.

Curriculum: New Beginnings: We begin Year Two with a short PSHE unit “New Beginnings”. This special unit encourages the children to introduce themselves with the All About Me boxes made over the summer holidays. We discuss how to make our class a safe and happy place to be. We create class promises to reinforce postive behaviour and think about what happens if we don’t follow the class promises. It is a lovely start to the year where the children have opportunities to become involved in shaping the classroom environment, helping everyone to get on and learn and making it a welcoming community.

Religion: We will be learning about: Beginnings – How God is at Every Beginning Sign and Symbols – Signs and symbols in Baptism A reminder that the 12 o’clock mass at St. John’s is our family mass and Father McMahon loves to see the children celebrate being part of our very special St. John’s family. All warmly welcome!

Each day at St John’s, we know we are a part of God’s family.

In a place where we believe in ourselves and

St John’s RC Primary School Chepstow Road Chorlton Manchester M21 9SN Tel: (0161) 881 1040/7754 Fax: (0161) 861 7463 head@stjohnsrc.net www.stjohnsrc.net Head teacher: Mrs B. O’Donoghue

English: Our work this half term will be based around the book The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge. We will be sharing this book in class, using it to support our drama work and our writing. We will be writing a variety of genres including diary extracts, poems, newspaper reports and stories. If you have this book at home, feel free to bring it for your child to read along with in class.

Phonics & Spelling Punctuation and Grammar (SPAG): Spelling strategies, punctuation and grammar will be taught daily. Please check your child’s reading card for notes on phonemes or words to be looking for in reading books. In addition, please keep revisiting past spellings to ensure children really are secure in their spelling.

Children often do really well in a spell check but then spell them incorrectly when writing.

Maths: We will be learning about Place Value, Addition and Subtraction and shape.

You may have noticed at the back of the reading card addition bonds, we would like the children to start to learn these in order to become Maths Whizzes! These will be checked throughout the year.

Science:   

This half term’s topic is Healthy Me. We will be learning: I know what I can do to be safe and happy.

I know that exercise is good for me.

I know what kinds of foods help me to stay healthy.

International primary Curriculum (IPC): From A to B – Travel and Transport This year we will be following a new, theme based curriculum. All of our foundation subjects will be based upon one topic and through this we will look at art, D&T, history, geography and some computing.

Each day at St John’s, we know we are a part of God’s family.

In a place where we believe in ourselves and

St John’s RC Primary School Chepstow Road Chorlton Manchester M21 9SN Tel: (0161) 881 1040/7754 Fax: (0161) 861 7463 head@stjohnsrc.net www.stjohnsrc.net Head teacher: Mrs B. O’Donoghue

This new topic looks very exciting! Some of the things we have to look forward to are: making rockets, exploring transport artwork by a variety of artists including Claude Monet and creating our own, exploring maps of our local area and comparing our journey to school with those from around the world.

Homework: In Year Two, children are expected to read for around 15 minutes and practise their weekly spellings each day ready for their weekly spell check.

You will receive an additional letter regards changes to homework very soon.

Parents often ask for ideas for how to help at home. In addition to our school blog we will do our best to include an interesting website you might like to try with your children: http://www.crickweb.co.uk. This is a free web site aimed at primary school children. It provides fun games and activities across the curriculum. Try it and see what you think!

Please note that any website suggestions, although provided by educational providers, should be checked by an adult first.

Other Events: At St. John’s every term is a busy half term. In addition to our usual hard work there are lots of other events coming up. We try to give you information as early as possible.

Dates and details will be sent shortly by Mrs. O’Donoghue.

Wednesday 19th September 2018 – KS1 Talk like a Pirate Day Please can the children wear dark trousers or leggings and a plain t-shirt.

Each day at St John’s, we know we are a part of God’s family.

In a place where we believe in ourselves and

St John’s RC Primary School Chepstow Road Chorlton Manchester M21 9SN Tel: (0161) 881 1040/7754 Fax: (0161) 861 7463 head@stjohnsrc.net www.stjohnsrc.net Head teacher: Mrs B. O’Donoghue

Wednesday 17th October 2018 - Parents Evening Christmas Dates for your diary 

Year 2 Christmas Performance – Thursday 13th December 2018 9:30am

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Christmas Activity Morning for parents –Monday 17th December 2018 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Here’s to a good half term!

Best Wishes, Year 2 Team

Each day at St John’s, we know we are a part of God’s family.

In a place where we believe in ourselves and