Home Page

“Our inclusive St Faith’s family strives to enable all to achieve their full potential and inspire a community of hope and friendship. We seek excellence by ensuring a safe, respectful and flourishing learning community, where differences are celebrated and our genuine love and high expectations make a difference to all.” “Aspire not to have more, but to be more.” (Oscar Romero)

Year 2: Glow Worms

Welcome to the Glorious Glow-Worms!

Welcome to the Year Two class page of the Glorious Glow-worms. We are so lucky to work with amazing grown-ups, Mrs Wallis who teaches Monday to Thursday, Mrs McMorran who teaches on a Friday and Mrs Hooton, our wonderful teaching assistant.

Check out all the amazing things we will be up to this half term. At the bottom of the page you will find the half termly newsletters, key dates and weekly spelling lists.

Keep coming back to keep up to date with what is going on.

*Our Christian Value for the term*

Our Christian value for this term is Trust.

Trust is the very essence of faith; trust in the God who is trustworthy.

Trust is essential to human life and lies at the heart of all relationships. Trust can mean putting yourself in others’ hands. We have to trust experts - pilots, dentists, surgeons – and our wonderful teachers, teaching assistants and all of our St Faith’s family, and be trustworthy ourselves.

John 14:1 (Jesus’ words to his disciples)

‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.’

*Our Learning for this term*

We are so excited for our Topic this term...

All Creatures Great and Small

English

In English this half term we will be focusing on the text ‘George and the Dragon’. The children will be learning how to write hook questions to get the reader interested and create a wanted poster for the character in the book. Children will describe what a character is like and explain the reasons they need to be captured. Children will create a leaflet, write non-chronological report and work on time conjunctions. They will also be writing instructions to great a magic potion.

Home learning suggestions

1.Look at different stories with dragons in.
2. Find different instruction writings. For example how to make a cake, how to build something.
3. Practice your spelling at least 3 times a week. We will continue to send spellings home on a Friday for the children to learn over the week. These always include common exception words and words linked to the SPaG. The common exception words for this half term are every, pretty, hour, sure, who, water, again, half, parents, break, steak

Reading practice books and reading for pleasure books will be changed once a week. Please ensure reading practise books and reading diaries are brought back to school every day. Please read with your child at least 3 times a week.
Spelling focus words for this half term are: every, pretty, hour, sure, who, water, again, half, parents, break, steak

Share your work on Twitter or bring it on during the last week of term.

@GlowwormsStF @SpidersStF @DragonfliesStF @StFaithsTweets

Maths

In Maths this term, we are looking at time. Children will begin with o’clock and half past followed by quarter past and quarter to. Children will then look at how many minutes there are in an hour and how the clock numbers are place five minutes apart. They will then work on answering time related questions to see if the can answer the correct time.

Home learning suggestions

1. Spend some time working on reading an analog cook.
2. Discuss what you do at different times of the day. For example swimming at 6.00, tea at 5.00. Why do we need time?

Topic

In Science this term we will be looking at place knowledge. Children will observe different weather patterns and discuss seasonal weather changes. They will also be comparing physical features of counties by looking at the similarities and differences of different counties.

During RE, the children will still be exploring the topic salvation but will be focusing on beginning and belonging. Children will discuss what it means to belong and why belonging is an important part of Christianity and Islam.

In Art, the children will be looking at work of Lowry. They will be using Lowry colours and creating a picture of Lincoln in Lowry style.

In Computing, children will always learn about keeping safety on the internet and keeping their information private. They will be looking again at Natterhub and how to create, retrieve and store information.

In Music, this term we will be looking at ‘Friendship song’ with Charanga. Children will perform the piece using various instruments.

Year Two will have 6 lessons with a Synergy coach this term and also participate in Real PE with the class teacher. Our focus is sending and receiving, coordination and agility.

Useful information:

PE days All Classes - Thursday and Friday

The PE uniform is white t-shirt and navy or black leggings/joggers and a navy or black jumper, trainers or plimsolls.

PE kits must be in school every day as timetables can alter at the last minute and all items of clothing must be named and in a named bag.

Also if you would like your child to wear laces up school shoe or trainers please could you spend a little bit of time teaching them how to do laces.

Important dates:

Tuesday 16^th April – Back to school

TBC – Trip to the Church

TBC- Walk on West Common

Tuesday 30^th April – Library

Monday 6^th May – Bank Holiday

Wednesday 8^th May – Class photos