Welcome to Elm Class

Here's what to expect during our second half term in Elm Class, leading up to Christmas.

This half term our text in English is called 'The King Who Banned the Dark'. The children will be working on their retelling skills before building on their knowledge to write a pursuasive letter to the King explaining why banning the dark might be a bad idea.

Linking in with our text, our humanities topic is 'Queen E to Queen V'. The children will be learning all about the jobs of Kings and Queens before looking in more detail at Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria and exploring what it was like to live in the times they reigned. This links nicely with out Design and Technology as we look at different types of thrones and have a go at designing our own.

Our maths focus will be Addition and Subtraction.

In science we will be exploring animals, including humans and looking at what we need to stay healthy.

Please see the curriculum overview for the Autumn term (under the curriculum tab) for a learning overview for each subject. 

Forest School

Forest school is every other Wednesday, led by Mrs Darlington. Children should come into school in their forest school clothes and have appropriate footwear with them.

PE

Year 2 will have PE on a Thursday afternoon, led by ASM.  Please ensure that your child has their PE kit and that it is in school all week. 

Helping your child at home

Reading: Please read regularly at home with your child and our school expectation is to read a minimum of 4 times weekly. All children will have a school reading book, however there is nothing stopping you and your child from finding other interesting texts to read together e.g. articles in the local newspaper, non-fiction books about a hobby or even comic books.

Maths: It is key at this stage that all children are confident and fluent with their number bonds to 10 and 20, as this will help them moving forward as we start to work with bigger numbers. NumBots is brilliant for building fluency as well as using apps such as One-Minute maths. Children can also practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. 

If you have any questions please get in touch via class dojo or bmatthews@smallwood.cheshire.sch.uk