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Events this term: for the children / Local Seaside Trip – Friday 4th September / No Cost — Please wear school uniform, bring coat/suncream / Wirral Seaside Trip – Thursday 24th September / £8—Please see the letter for all details. / Events this term: for the parent/carers / MacMillan Parents Coffee afternoon—Meet the teachers and tour our classrooms—Wednesday 23rd September / Please bring donations to help your child decorate cakes/biscuits. / We have lots of fabulous activities planned this year including visits and visitors. The total cost for the year’s events will not be more than £30.
P.E. Day is Friday for all Year 2 classes. As we sometimes provide PE sessions on other days your child’s PE bag should be in school every day. We will send them home at the end of each half term for washing and checking items still fit. / In their PE bag they will need: a plain, white T-shirt, plain, black shorts, black/navy joggers or leggings and a pair of black pumps (either pull on or Velcro fastenings, NO LACES PLEASE OR TRAINERS.)
Homework is generally provided weekly. This takes the form of reading, writing, maths and spellings. Spellings are sent home on a Monday and tested on a Friday. Please spend some time helping your child to learn these each week. You may find some words are repeated from Year 1 at the beginning of the year to reinforce and remind them. English and Maths homework is sent home on a Friday and we ask that it be / returned the following Friday or by the date shown.
Reading: As in Year 1, reading book bags will be sent home daily and should be brought into school daily. The children will independently change their reading books as often as is required. We would appreciate your support in hearing your child read at home every day. As they move into year 2 it is important that the children are reading for meaning and discussing what they have read as well as using all their phonic skills to work out new words.
Blogs: This year we have launched a slightly different format for our school blogs. Please find all the year group’s blogs at http://lpsyear2.weebly.com The children get very excited when they leave/receive comments on their class blogs and we would appreciate your support with this. Please ensure that children only use their FIRST name—no surnames. This is extremely important for our e-safety policy. If you would like to leave a comment, please could you use your surname or write: Laura (Sophie’s Mum) so we can share with our children. Thank you! / Twitter: We also have a very active twitter account, follow us at @LPSYear2

Year 2
Curriculum Planner
Autumn Term: 2015
Our Topics:
Why do we like to be beside the seaside?
Famous People:
The Beatles

Writing Opportunities
We will write diary entries linked to the story of “The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch” and as part of or WW1 remembrance, we will write our own “Soldier’s Tale.”
We will write instructions for how to put on a lifejacket.
We will describe a setting from a spooky setting and a seaside story and write our own sea creature story.
We will use ICT to share ideas, make posters and write on our class blogs.
We will design our own information leaflet about West Kirby.
We will write a Non Chronological Report about the Beatles.

Reading Opportunities
We will read stories about the seaside.
We will read instructions to help us explain how to put on a life jacket.
We will use Bug Club to read fiction and non-fiction books.
We will read books which we choose
ourselves from the book corner and books from the home/school reading section.
We will do Guided Reading to help us with developing our reading skills and strategies.
We will read stories written by the same author and compare their structure.

Cross – Curricular Opportunities
As Artists, we will create 3D sea creature sculptures, use fine art skills to draw beach objects and design and make a photograph frame for a picture of a famous person.
As Geographers we will study the Wirral shoreline and answer the question “Why do we like to be beside the sea?”
In History, we will be learning about famous people, answering the question “Would the Beatles have won the X Factor?”
In RE, we will study Hinduism and the Diwali festival and Christianity leading up to Christmas.
As Scientists we will look at classification of seashore objects, microhabitats and study “How we can keep ourselves healthy?”
In ICT, we will use our class blogs to share our facts and make digital postcards about West Kirby.

Maths Opportunities
We will look at shape and colour patterns and create our own patterns.
We will find out about fractions of shape and quantity.
We will solve real life problems.
We will learn mental recall facts and strategies, in particular learning number bonds.
We will develop our understanding of place value using tens and units.
We will be using tally charts and graphs.

Social, Moral, Spiritual, Cultural
We will find out about Hinduism and Christianity, comparing similarities and differences.
We will be using our House Points system where children of all ages will work together.
We will discuss new beginnings, establish our class and year group rules, and write our code of conduct and charters for class and playground.