To link in with our topic of Zambia we have been making mud huts.

Just the very mention of Christmas causes great excitement in Year Two. This week we have put up our Christmas tree and the children have created some decorations to go on it. We also have our whole class advent calendar, which provides us with a whole class treat each day to share together.

Mrs Dennis. 

In maths, we have been learning about money. We created our own class shop and have been been busy solving money problems. Any opportunities that the children get to use money in real life situations (I appreciate that this is very difficult in the current situation) would be great.  

Mrs Dennis. 

In Year Two the children have thoroughly enjoyed finding out about the village of Mugurameno in Zambia. They created some beautiful pictures in art, linked to our topic creating silhouettes of the animals. I'm sure you will agree that they look fantastic up on the display!

Mrs Dennis. 

Reading.
R, W, I set 2 and 3 sound cards.
Real and alien word cards.
Please continue to read with your child, but also practice the real and alien word cards with your child. Encouraging them to :
*Look for special friends
*Fred talk
*Read the word.

Maths
Money
Find the difference.  White Rose maths sheet.

Phonics.   
Phonics
Can the children read the list of real and alien words (below), spotting the special friends in each word?

Music  
Behind the stable door.
Children to practice their scripts and song lyrics for the Christmas performance. We will be filming the production on Tuesday 15th December. It will make it’s way to you on Friday 18th December.

As previously discussed, I will be completing the phonics screening check with the children at the beginning of next week. Please encourage the children to practice their sounds as much as possible, and encourage the children to look for their ‘special friends’, Fred talk and then read the word when decoding words. The test is nothing for the children to worry about it, and they are very used to carrying out similar assessments.
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Homework will be set on a Wednesday and will be due in on a Monday.

Mrs Dennis.
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The homework for this week is as follows:

Reading.
R, W, I set 2 and 3 sound cards.
Real and alien word cards.
Please continue to read with your child, but also practice the real and alien word cards with your child. Encouraging them to :
*Look for special friends
*Fred talk
*Read the word.

Maths
Money
Find the total.  White Rose maths sheet.

Maths challenge (optional)
See below.
Money
The puzzling sweet shop.   

Money discussion
Money
Any opportunities that arise for you to chat with the children about coin values and making amounts would be great! Could they make their own shop?

Music  
Behind the stable door.
Children to practice their scripts and song lyrics for the Christmas performance.

Mrs Dennis. 

Please find below the homework for the week. 

Reading.
R, W, I set 2 and 3 sound cards.
Real and alien word cards.
Please continue to read with your child, but also practice the real and alien word cards with your child. Encouraging them to :
*Look for special friends
*Fred talk
*Read the word.

Maths
Money
Recognising notes- White Rose maths sheet. 

Maths challenge (optional)
Money
https://nrich.maths.org/142
Posted below.

Music  
Behind the stable door.
Children to practice their scripts and song lyrics for the Christmas performance.

Homework will be set on a Wednesday and will be due in on a Monday.

Mrs Dennis.

The children were very excited to share their bird feeders and were looking forward to taking them home and putting them to use.
Mrs Dennis. 

By now, I'm sure you will all have heard about our plans for a  slightly different Christmas performance this year. It is safe to say, that the children are very, very excited about taking to the stage!! More details to follow shortly.

Below is the homework for this week:

Reading.
R, W, I set 2 and 3 sound cards.
Real and alien word cards.
Please continue to read with your child, but also practice the real and alien word cards with your child. Encouraging them to :
*Look for special friends
*Fred talk
*Read the word.

Maths
Addition and subtraction.
Problem solving and reasoning questions.

Maths challenge (optional)
Addition and subtraction.
Challenge questions below.

Music  
Behind the stable door.
Children to practice the song lyrics for the Christmas performance.

Mrs Dennis. 

I hope you all had a wonderful (if not a little wet) half term. Today the children should have brought home with them their Christmas card design to share with you. 

This weeks homework is as follows:

Reading.
R, W, I set 2 and 3 sound cards.
Please continue to read with your child and share book talk together.

Maths.
Adding 3 1-digit numbers.
Please complete the White Rose maths sheet.
 
Maths challenge (optional)
https://nrich.maths.org/14312
Digit addition.

Geography.  
Zambia.
Find out three interesting facts about Zambia to share with our class.

Mrs Dennis.