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Year 2

Here is to a new year of fresh starts and happy faces

Dear Parents and Children,

Miss Cooke, Miss Bailey and myself, Miss O’ Donovan, hope that you all had a peaceful, pleasant Christmas, and feel ready and energized for the year ahead. 

 

Maths:

We will continue with our work on addition and subtraction, before moving onto multiplication and division. 

Thematic work:

Our history theme for the spring term is The Tudors (1485-1603), with a focus on Nantwich. This will incorporate work on writing, reading and art/DT, while also giving the children the opportunity to develop their IT/research skills. 

Science:

Our current unit is 'Animals, including humans'. Please find a knowledge map within the downloads. This gives information on areas covered within these units. 

Forest School:

The children in year 2 will begin Forest School on the 27th February, so please ensure that the children come to school dressed warmly and prepared for all weathers, with outdoor shoes in a separate, labelled bag.  

PE:

For the foreseeable, will have PE on a Thursday, so as previously done, children are to come to school in their PE kit on this day. We will be outside for all of our PE lessons, unless the weather is too harsh.

Lunch:

A copy of our most recent school dinner menu is displayed next to our door, complete with a picture of each option, so that all the children know what they are ordering. 

Homework:

We understand that most people are very busy with all sorts of commitments, but we would be very grateful if you could listen to your child read at least three times a week. The children can also practice their times tables on Times Table Rockstars. All children should have their login in details stuck into their reading records. This same password enables them to log onto Numbots. The children will continue to receive spellings, to be learnt at home. In addition, children can also spend time practicing spellings from the year 1- and 2-word list. These words are used on a daily basis in writing across the curriculum. See the file in Downloads for a list of the words.

Extra notes

Please ensure that all children have a water bottle with them, each day. Unfortunately, there are no spare cups in our classroom. 

Please ensure that you request any 'paid for' snacks via the office office@millfields.cheshire.sch.uk to avoid your child being disappointed. We usually have free fruit available for the children during our morning break, unless the delivery has not arrived on a particular day. 

If you have any questions, please ask us on the door or contact the office and we will answer any questions you may have as best we can. 

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you all on the 9th of January @ 8:45 Thank you 

Miss O’ Donovan, Miss Cooke and Miss Bailey