Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Staffordshire
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Curriculum overview
Week 2- WB 13/1/25 Staffordshire 2
The class have been working hard to compare money and to begin calculating amounts this week. We have been ordering the coins by value, the children may enjoy showing you this at home also.
In English we are enjoying our book 'The Last Wolf' and some of us have been writing using features of suspense such as ellipsis and adverbs to suggest feelings. We all enjoyed comparing the story to 'Little Red Riding Hood' and seeing the similarities and differences between the stories.
In Science we are enjoying learning about materials and their uses. This week we explored how materials can be squashed, bent or twisted and which this applies to.
We are all really enjoying our Geography topic and have looked at maps and using keys to find human and physical features, you may see some map drawing skills at home!
Please could you ensure that children are not bringing toys, jewellery or home stationery in to school. I think a few treasures are creeping into school bags and are proving a little distracting and can be a cause of tension between children. Thank you for your support in this.
Home Learning:
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/
Logins have been sent home. Please ask if you did not find your child's in their bag.
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 money. Please find a maths game here to help practise fluency with addition and subtraction.
Spelling
| Mrs Hughes | Mrs Harding | Miss Lewis | Miss Miah | Mr Vater | Miss Bryan |
Leo K Luke Thales | Harriet Rosie Sydney Neve Samuel C Hendrix Samuel D Amelie Edith Olivia Romi-Grace Albert | Rose Lucas Cora Elisabeth Zachary Edward Harry Theo D Jethro | Dolly Benjamin Theo L | Everett Leo P Aria | |
five bike smile shine mice pipe | hedge sledge badge ledge splodge bridge fudge jelly gentle ginger | hedge sledge badge ledge splodge bridge fudge jelly gentle ginger
Same as last weeks
| hedge sledge badge ledge splodge bridge fudge jelly gentle ginger
same as last week | rice city mice spotty runny sloppy funny boggy nutty spotty | rice city mice spotty runny sloppy funny boggy nutty spotty |
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/
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 |
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