Spirituality Home Learning Project

Please see this document for details of an exciting whole school project that we would like the children and families to take part in for home learning over the half term break. 
We would like children to bring their findings in to school by Wednesday 29th October please.

Please also remember to go through this with your class before they go home on Friday afternoon. 

Many thanks for all your support for our focus on Spirituality, happy leaf hunting!
 

This week (beginning 13th October 2025)

It’s been another wonderful week in Durham 2! In English, we have been using our senses to inspire some descriptive writing, imagining what it would be like to watch a meteor shower. The children worked hard to use adjectives and the present tense to bring their writing to life, creating vivid images and using exciting vocabulary.

In Maths, we have been practising subtracting from two-digit numbers, learning how to exchange and use number lines to subtract across a ten. The children are becoming much more confident with these strategies and are beginning to apply them independently.

In Art, we focused on evaluating our still life pieces, discussing composition, texture, and colour choices. The children reflected thoughtfully on what went well and what they might improve next time. In Science, we carried out an experiment to find out the best way to wash our hands. The results were clear – warm water and soap proved to be the most effective combination! The children really enjoyed making predictions and observing the results.

We also enjoyed our final Forest School session of the term. The children loved exploring, building, and working together outdoors, which was a wonderful way to end this part of our learning.

As we come to the end of term, we would like to say a huge thank you for all your support. The children have been engaged, curious, and enthusiastic throughout, and it has been wonderful to see the progress they have already made.

The Durham 2 Team 💫

Spelling (Term 1)

Here are the spellings your children can practise at home to support their learning. The following link will take you to the spelling scheme we are working from in school Oxford Owl Primary Spelling. The following document contains spelling strategies that are used in class, and can be used at home to aid learning new words: Southborough's Spelling Strategies

A typical week in Durham 2...

Maths, Numbots and Timestable RockStars

To use Numbots or TTRS, for games to support number knowledge, timestables and fluency go to https://play.numbots.com/#/intro or https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth. If you need your child's log-in please ask your class teacher.

Reading

Parents please log your child's reading on the BOOM reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week. You can record their school reading book or a book they are enjoying from home. 

Your child will bring home a Read Write Inc. book every Friday with speed sounds to practise. Children are asked to bring these back in on Wednesdays please.

Read Write Inc. Phonics

Please click on the link to view how to pronounce the Read Write Inc sounds.

Click here for Read Write Inc sound pronunciation