Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
As we come to the end of term the children are consolidating their learning well and linking their learning across subjects well.
In our English lessons, we focused on persuasive writing. The children were tasked with portraying the Princess as she attempted to convince her father, the Moon King, to release the magical Starbird. They used various sentence types, such as exclamations and rhetorical questions, to enhance their persuasive techniques. I am pleased to commend the children's efforts, as they displayed exceptional skill in crafting persuasive arguments. The book "Starbird" by Sharon King-Chai has been a firm favourite among the year group.
In Maths, the focus was on volume and capacity. The children explored the distinction between millilitres and litres and gained proficiency in solving word problems related to these units. They demonstrated competence in reading scales and made connections to their previous learning on number lines. Additionally, we introduced the concept of temperature and the unit used to measure it. This topic will allow further exploration and understanding of the wider world around us.
In Science, we looked at the needs for plant survival. The children learned about the five key elements that plants need and explored the ways in which plants meet these needs.
Our Computing lessons continued to focus on animation, with a particular emphasis on scripts this week. The children learned why having a script is integral to the progression of a storyline and how it contributes to keeping audiences engaged. This exploration of scripts has further enhanced their understanding of the importance of planning and structure in creative writing.
Thank you for your ongoing support with Cumbria’s learning.
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Read Write Inc Handwriting Maths Fluency Break Maths Singing Worship Spelling Lunch Science Reading Computing | English Handwriting Maths Fluency Class Collective Worship Break Maths English Lunch PE History
| Read Write Inc Spelling Clergy Worship Break Maths Reading Lunch Story PE PSHE | Read Write Inc Spelling Phase Worship Break Maths Handwriting Maths Fluency Lunch Geography Reading Discovery Centre | Read Write Inc Handwriting Maths Fluency Celebration Worship Maths Break Reading Art Lunch RE Geography |
Children should be reading everyday and once a week this can be logged on Boom reader.
These books can be returned and swapped as soon as they are finished. There is also a quiz associated with these books https://www.southborough.kent.sch.uk/year-2-1/
Note: some children will bring home both a RWI Reading book and an AR levelled reading book - please read both with your child.
Both books should be left in their bags so they can read them at school, as well as at home, to enhance their fluency.
The new spelling groups have been working well this week. Please see below the spellings per group. Spelling test will be Wednesday 27th March.
Miss Bryant's Group
walk
walker
build
builder
lead
leader
sing
singer
hunt
hunter
Miss Owen/ Miss Lewis' Group
key money
donkey journey
chimney turkey
honey trolley
monkey alley
Miss Bryan's Group
tricky
trickier
trickiest
funny
funnier
funniest
silly
sillier
silliest
Mrs Hughes' Group
me
she
we
be
he
see
tree
green
meet
week
Please find linked below the list of spellings Year 2 will be practising throughout the year. Strategies to practise spellings can be found on the Oxford Owl website, here.
In Year 2 we are currently practising our 2, 5 and 10 multiplication. Please find a maths game here to help practise multiplication as part of our current multiplication and division unit.
Times Tables Rockstars/Numbots!
To keep practising the multiplication taught in class, and challenging yourself to keep the ones you already know fresh, don’t forget to log into your Times Tables Rockstars account
Challenge yourself to beat your score, build your knowledge and watch your confidence sore, as you become a Rockstar!
To use Numbots, for games to support number knowledge, confidence and fluency go to https://play.numbots.com/
Please ask your class teacher if you need replacement log in details.