For term 4, PE is on Thursday and Friday.

Please send your child's PE kit in on Monday, it will be sent home each Friday. Please make sure your child's clothing and shoes are named. Please provide socks for PE if your child wears tights. 

This week in Leicestershire 2

Date: March 19th, 2025

TERM 4 WEEK 4

Well done Leicestershire on winning the numbots trophy! Next time let’s try to win the timetable rockstars trophy!🏆 

In English, we have been developing our creative writing skills by taking on the role of a polar bear and exploring a typical day in its life.

In maths, we have been focusing on the concepts of volume and capacity: learning to use key vocabulary such as "full," "empty," "half full," "nearly full," and "nearly empty" to describe and compare different containers.

Our science lessons this week have centered around the fascinating world of plants. The children have been investigating seeds and identifying the essential requirements for plant growth. They have also conducted outdoor explorations, observing grass in various environments – shaded, wet, and sunny – to understand how different conditions affect its growth.

Finally, in geography, the children have been using their imagination and knowledge to design and create their own coastal towns, incorporating both physical features (such as cliffs and beaches) and human features (such as buildings and roads).

For home learning this week:

• MyON Reading: Once a week, please ask your child to log onto Renaissance: MyON and read a book. This will help them practice their reading skills. If you need a login please don't hesitate to ask me at the end of the day, or mail the office for an electronic copy. 
• Numbots: We currently have a competition who can reach the highest weekly score on numbots and TT Rockstars. Please log on at least twice this week for 10 minutes. https://play.ttrockstars.com/

We appreciate your support in helping your children learn and grow.

Home learning:

Reading:

Children should be reading everyday and once a week this can be logged on Boom Reader: 

https://www.boomreader.co.uk/parents

• All children who are on RWI will bring home a RWI Reading book each Friday, please return them the following Thursday. 
• Children in Year 2 also begin to bring home a book from the Discovery Centre which is levelled according to the Accelerated Reader (AR) scheme  https://www.southborough.kent.sch.uk/accelerated-reader-1/

      These books can be returned and swapped as soon as they are finished. There is also a quiz                    associated with these books which children must complete after they have finished each AR book:  https://www.southborough.kent.sch.uk/year-2-1/

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.

Maths:

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

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

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. 

Spellings: 

More information about how we teach spelling at Southborough and strategies to support your child at home can be found here: https://www.southborough.kent.sch.uk/spelling-3/

Please see below the spellings per group.

Spellings: 

Spelling test: 26th March 2025 

knew

kneel

knit

knife

knead

knuckle

knee

knock

knew

kneel

knit

knife

knead

knuckle

knee

knock

A typical week in Leicestershire 2 ...