Friday13th December, 2024.

Year 2 email address:
jupiter@castleview.slough.sch.uk
neptune@castleview.slough.sch.uk   

Homework will be set every Friday and must be handed in by the following Wednesday (unless otherwise stated). 

WELL DONE TO YEAR 1 AND YEAR TWO FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF 'THE PEACE CHLD' - THEY DID YOU PROUD!!

Year 2 are in need of old newspapers and magazines for their art lesson next week. Send them our way if you have any sitting around.

TOPIC

Your child has been given a ‘Where Does Our Food Come From’ worksheet to complete. Please make sure they complete this as they will need it for their geography lesson next week.

SPELLING

Our spellings this week are words adding ‘-es’  to nouns and verbs ending in ‘y.’  Children need to know that when a word ends in ‘y’ an ‘es’ needs to be added, there is a rule that always applies.

flies, tries, replies, cries, copies, babies, carries, spies, supplies, lorries

Children will be tested on their spellings every Friday. In order to develop the children’s writing skills, we would like them to complete spelling homework each week.  It would be good practice for them to include each word in a different sentence, to demonstrate that they understand how to use the word in context. Remember to underline the word that they have included in the sentence. The children will bring their spelling books home on Friday, so that you can see their spellings scores, however, make sure the children bring their spelling books to hand in to their teacher on Mondays.

 MATHS

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10, please remind your child to log on to Times Tables Rockstars and Sumdog every day. 

READING

Please make sure your child is reading their reading book as they will need to take a quiz to assess their understanding of the book. This is why they must read the book and comprehend what they have read. In Year 2, your child will be building up a range of reading skills. They should have strong phonics knowledge and growing comprehension skills, which will help them read more broadly, confidently, and fluently. Please encourage your child to read for at least 10 minutes each day. Ask them to read aloud to a member of your family.  Remember to talk about the book.

What might happen next?

How do you think the character is feeling? Why do you think that?

What happened in the story?

Can you find a word that means the same as ............?

What is the definition of .........?  If you don't know, can you find it in the dictionary?

Did you enjoy the story? Why?

Have you read a different story that has similar themes in to this story?

Remember to refer back to the text when answering the questions.

WORKSHOP

Year 2 Parent Workshop PDF

Notes to Know 

Remember to look at our Curriculum map each half term to find out about what we are learning in each area of the curriculum and to support your child's home learning. If you'd like to learn more, visit the BBC Bitesize website for KS1 - here you'll find relevant and fun activities which will support your learning in each subject.

Artificial flowers/plants: Jupiter class would like more flowers for our flower garden book corner and would appreciate it if you have any artificial plants/flowers that you can donate to us, please ask friends and families too.

Have a lovely weekend.

from the Year 2 Team.