Staffordshire

Week 6  - This week in Staffordshire 2

The children have worked really hard in maths this week, using their knowledge of number bonds to 10 to solve addition problems. Some of the children have begun crossing 10 to add bigger numbers and are working hard to do this successfully. 

We are continuing our learning of addition and subtraction in maths lessons. Any practise of number bonds to 10 that you can support with at home would be great to help the children use this knowledge to apply to all addition and subtraction problems.

In English we all enjoyed writing our own creative narrative about a trip to space! The children really enjoyed coming up with the related vocabulary and creating their own description. 

In Science we have been exploring Human Survival and this week looked specifically at exercise. We identified the different types of exercise humans need and enjoyed experimenting with our balancing skills in the playground.

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/

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.

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.

Maths

In Year 2 we are currently learning about addition and subtraction. Please find a maths game here to help  practise fluency with addition and subtraction.

Spelling

Spelling groups will be shared in week 4 with new spelling words to start practising at home. 

Next spelling test: Wednesday 16th October 2024 

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