Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Staffordshire
Easter Holiday Art Challenge – 4th April to 25th April 2025
Week 5- 19/5/25 Staffordshire
Term 5 week 5
We had such a terrific day at the Wildlife Reserve last week. The children were polite and well-behaved and really enjoyed sharing their knowledge and learning more about habitats. We were lucky that it stayed dry, even if it was a little cooler than expected! I hope you enjoy seeing the pictures and thank you again to those parents who came to help on the day.
In maths we have been continuing to learn about telling the time to an hour, moving on this week to quarter past and quarter to the hour. If you can support at home by encouraging your child to tell the time using analogue clocks and talk about times through the day that will really help them to apply their learning to 'real life'.
In English we have completed the beautiful book 'Starbird' and the children have written some lovely descriptive poems, using adjectives and adverbs to ehance their descriptions.
We are all enjoying our History topic about Monarchs through History and I know the children are excited to move on to Henry VIII this week! We are also learning a song about him in music lessons, alongside our learning this term about rhythms and structure of music.
We hope you all have a lovely half term break and look forward to seeing you for term 6!
We have noticed that a number of children are bringing small resin animals to school and swapping these. Please ensure that children are not bringing these figures into school as they are causing disruption and upset in class that we could avoid. Thank you for your support in this.
Mother's Day Breakfast - Power of Five presentation
Home Learning:
- MyON Reading: Please ask your child to log onto Renaissance: MyON to make use of this fantastic wealth of stories and non-fiction texts. MyON is accessed using the same login as Renaissance (AR quizzes) asnd is a fabulous resource filled with ebooks that your child can choose to read and then simply quiz straight away, by clicking 'quiz now'. 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.
Reading
Children should be reading everyday and once a week this can be logged on
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 Wednesday.
- 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 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.
Please make sure your child's reading book is in their school bag every day so that we can read with them at school also. Thank you for supporting your child's learning in this way.
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.
Maths
In Year 2 we are currently learning about multiplication and division. Please find a maths game here to help practise fluency uisng times tables and the related division facts.
Spelling
Next test will be Thursday 22nd May 2025
There was some confusion over spelling lists last week. As a result, some groups may be repeating words to ensure all children have covered these rules. Many thanks for your patience and understanding.
| Mrs Hughes | Miss Packer | Miss Lewis | Miss Miah | Mr Vater | Miss Rennie |
Leo K Luke Thales | Harriet Rosie Sydney Neve Hendrix Samuel D Amelie Edith Olivia Romi-Grace Albert | Rose Lucas Cora Elisabeth Zachary Edward Harry Theo D Jethro | Dolly Benjamin Theo L Samuel C | Everett |
Leo P Aria |
car start park arm garden artist star are
| jolliness silliness sloppiness spiciness giddiness dizziness bossiness chattiness sleepiness cheekiness | fearfully peaceful spiteful thoughtful beautiful happiness loneliness pavement although bitterness | silly silliness jolly jolliness bossy bossiness dizzy dizziness
| join jacket gentle giant magic energy large charge badge bridge
| stop stopping shop shopping chat chatting begin beginning run running |
If you wish to practise further spellings, please see the link to common exception words below.
Please also 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.
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/
Meet the Teacher
Curriculum overview
A typical week in Staffordshire 2
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | Morning | Morning | Morning | Morning |
Early learning & register Maths morning play Spelling English
| Early learning & register Read Write inc. Maths morning play reading - DC Art | Early learning & register Read Write inc. Reading collective worship morning play Spelling - test maths | Early learning & register Read Write inc. maths collective worship morning play Spelling maths | Early learning & register Read Write inc. maths celebration worship morning play maths reading |
| Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
TA story Science Afternoon play Singing Worship PE Home time | TA story Geography Afternoon play Geography cont. Home time | TA story PSHE Afternoon play Computing Home time | TA story Handwriting English Afternoon play PE Home time | TA story RE Afternoon play Music Home time |
Year 2 Class Teachers
Year 2 Teaching Team
Specialist Teachers
