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Welcome to Year 2 Owls and Nightingales |
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Welcome to the Owls and Nightingales class page.
Please do get in touch with us via email if you have any questions!
NEWS
This half term we have a coach from Surrey Cricket coming to teach us every Tuesday morning. Please make sure you do not wear ear rings to school on this day.
We are busy rehearsing for our Christmas Performance. Everyone will be bringing their lines home to line. This will be our Home Learning for the next few weeks so please spend plenty of time practising your words and saying them clearly.
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| Naz Aslam | Debbie Bingle | Frances Messenger |
| Owls' Class Teacher | Nightingales' Class Teacher (Tues & Wed) | Nightingales' Class Teacher (Mon, Thurs & Fri) |
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debbie.bingle@burpham.surrey.sch.uk
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fmessenger@burpham.surrey.sch.uk
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Our Learning
In Year 2, we have been learning about plants in Science. We have looked at different seeds, grown cress in different conditions and planted bulbs. We have been revising our number-bonds to 10 and 100 in Maths and have learnt addition methods. We have been talking about the uses of Information Technology in Computing and have had lots fun learning about primary, secondary and tertiary colours in Art. In Geography, we have learning about the countries, bodies of water and capital cities of the United Kingdom.
RSE - Year 2 Scheme of Learning
Supporting your child at home
Children are able to exchange their reading books every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and should try and read at home every evening. Spellings and a home learning activity will be sent home on a Friday. The activities should be completed throughout the week and returned the following Friday.
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| Continuous Cursive Uppercase and Lowercase.pdf | Download |
| How to support your child with reading.pdf | Download |
| How to support your child with spelling in Year 2.pdf | Download |
| KS1_Reading_Vipers - Questions ideas for when you're listening to your child read.pdf | Download |
| Recommended Reads for Year 2.pdf | Download |
| word mat.pdf | Download |
Top Reads for Year 2
Stuck for a good read? Click on the link below to search out some great books! The website has organised 50 top reads here for Y2:
https://www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/recommended-reads/year-2/
Ordering numbers to 100 - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering
Counting forward and back in 1s and 10s - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/chopper-squad
Problem involving counting in 1s, 2s, and 5s - https://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L2317/index.html#
Coin game - https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/students/students-5-8/coin-cruncher/
Telling the time game - https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/117/telling_the_time_in_words#
Helpful Websites
Here are some useful websites to support children's learning at home.
English
Practise your Phase 5 Sounds
- https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase5Menu.htm
- https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-5
- https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/home-learning-resources.html
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home
- https://www.researchify.co.uk/audiobooks.html
Maths
We played a fact families game at school. Click the link to have a go at home.
- Fact Families Game - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families
There are some other games to play below.
- Telling the Time - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhk82hv/articles/zcmdwxs?scrlybrkr=fb8a39e2
- Hit the button - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- Times Tables Rockstars - https://ttrockstars.com/
And some other websites you may find useful.
- NRICH - https://nrich.maths.org/
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Oxford Owl - https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/kids-activities/fun-maths-games-and-activities
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ICT games - www.ictgames.com
- BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Geography
In Geography, we have been learning about the United Kingdom.
How quickly can you name the countries of the UK and its surrounding seas?
How quickly can you name the countries and capital cities?
Can you name the UK's mountains and hills?
Computing
- Purple Mash - https://purplemash.com/sch/burpham/
E-Safety
- Language Angels - https://www.languageangels.com/schools/
In the event of school closure...
On rare occasions, it may be necessary to close the school. This may be due to adverse weather conditions or perhaps when essential school services cannot be provided –e.g. heating, plumbing or water.
Please refer to the School’s Bad Weather Policy on our website for information regarding how we communicate a school closure.
Class teachers will then initiate home school learning activities, and these will be available to children by 10am of the same morning.
