Welcome to Maple Class

Welcome to Maple Class!

 It is a pleasure to welcome you back to Maple Class. The children will be taught by Mrs Ambler and Miss Smith and will be supported by Mrs Wilkinson. Mrs Pugh will also be teaching our Music lesson once a week.
Miss Ellis will be teaching our parallel year 2 class, Sycamore Class, supported by Mrs Spicer following the retirement of Mrs Golder. We also have a number of Teaching Assistants supporting individual children this year so we would like to welcome  Miss Clark, Mrs Must, Miss Massie, Mrs Palmer, Mrs Nightingale and Miss Cornfoot to the year 2 team.  
 
If you have any questions or would like to talk to us, please speak to any of the team at the gate before or after school and we will be happy to help you. If you aren’t able to catch us then, please write a note in your child’s reading record book. Alternatively, you can make an appointment at the school office. 

​​We are looking forward to lots of exciting learning over the next term...

 

English – descriptive and story writing; The Diary of a Killer Cut by Anne Fine, water poetry and information writing on the theme of bugs.
Maths – number, place value, addition, subtraction, length, shape, money, fractions, capacity, statistics, multiplication and division
Science – plants, humans and animals
Geography Comparing London, England and Cape Town, South Africa
History The Great Fire of London and The Great Plague
Music – 'Friendship Song' and Reflect, Rewind and Replay
Art – 'Colour Chaos'
Design Technology - 'Dips and Dippers'
Computing – E-safety, using Powerpoint, presenting and interpreting data and simulations
PSHE – money, change and growth, being unique, secrets and surprises
PE – striking and fielding, yoga, Kwick Cricket
RE – How do we show we care for the Earth? What is the 'good news' Christians believe Jesus brings?

Additional information

 
​​PE – As in year one, the children come to school in their PE kit so that we can maximise the time that they are active. For Maple this is Monday  and Friday.

Homework - Homework will be sent home on Friday; please could this be completed and returned by the following Wednesday.
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Library - we will aim to take the children to the library each week so that they can choose a library book to take home. Maple Class will continue to change their library books every Friday. 

To help your child at home please read together as much as possible. It is useful to ask your child questions about what they are reading to check that they understand the story or information that they are reading. In year 2 the reading level your child reached in year 1 and our initial assessments are used to assign each child  a reading book 'colour' or a particular set of books to read. The children then read this 'colour' band until they are confident and show good comprehension of what they are reading, the class teacher will then move your child onto a new level. 

Please continue to practise counting at home. I​n the summer term we will be working on more formal multiplication questions involving the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

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The School Day

Maple Class doors will open at 8.45am. The school day ends at 3.30. 

If someone different is picking your child up, please could you  make a member of our team aware, through a written message that is sent with your child, or a message to the school office.
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We are really looking forward to seeing you all back in school ready for a term of exciting learning!!!
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 The Year 2 team

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