Miss Clarke and Miss Rinaldi
Hello everyone! Welcome to Nightingales Class, taught by Miss Clarke and supported by Miss Rinaldi. We are both very eager to start our learning journey together in Year 2 and get to know you over this term.
In English, we will be kicking off the term with the book ‘Once Upon a Fairytale’ by Natalia and Lauren O’Hara, which will give you a chance to show off your creative writing skills and imagination! For the remainder of the term, our writing will focus on the books ‘Mrs Armitage on Wheels’ by Quentin Blake and ‘The Invisible’ by Tom Percival. We will write narratives, diaries, recounts, letters, instructions and much more!
Throughout this term, we will be learning new spelling rules and key grammar terms such as word classes, sentences with different forms, tenses and conjunctions. As a year group, we will continue to practise our handwriting and begin to learn how to join.
In Mathematics, we will begin by learning about place value. We will learn to identify the tens and ones in a two-digit number and how to partition these in different ways. This will help to improve our fluency with counting in steps of 2, 5 and 10. Throughout the rest of the term, we will focus on developing different strategies for addition, subtraction and multiplication, and learn to describe the properties of 2D shapes.
In Science, our topic will start with ‘Animals, Including Humans,' which is one of our favourites! We will learn all about amazing animals and their offspring, basic needs for survival and key factors of healthy living.
In the first half of this term, we will be taking Geography, with the topic of ‘Wonderful Weather’. We will learn about seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and locating hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles. After half term we will move to History, where we will learn about significant people in history and events in our own local area.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays we will have different teachers for P.E, Art and Portuguese when Miss Clarke is not in class. In art, you will be making planes and in DT, you will be designing and making your own moving vehicles. In the afternoons with Miss Clarke, you will also enjoy a range of exciting lessons, including music, computing, R.E, DT and PSHE.
Year 2 will begin the Autumn term with PE on a Tuesday afternoon and Swimming on a Friday afternoon. After half term, there P.E days will be Tuesday and Thursday.
Please support your child at home by listening to them read 5 times a week and recording this in their reading record. Homework will be set on a Friday and will need to be handed in by the following Thursday.
We are both very much looking forward to seeing you all again for a positive and exciting start to learning in Nightingales Class! See you all soon,
Miss Clarke and Miss Rinaldi