Welcome to Kingfisher Class

Class teacher: Miss McCormack

Our upcoming History lessons will be focusing on comparing childhood now to those in the past. It would be wonderful if any grandparents or great-grandparents would be able to share with us what their childhood was like. This could be through sending in a letter or photographs which will be kept safe and returned. Thank you 

Changes to Kingfisher class this week:

• Monday will be motivational Monday
• Tuesday - all day - Mrs Harrison will be covering 

This term we will be learning:

• Maths - We will continue our block on fractions this week before moving on to time. 
• English - We will be focusing on Grandma and Grandpa's garden. We will be having a focus on vocabulary and sentence structure in preparation for our big write.
• Science - Our focus will be on recycling and using our previous knowledge about plants to plan and design a recycled plant pot.
• DT - We will be looking at shapes structures and deciding which shapes we will need to design a chair for baby bear.
• History - We will be comparing childhood for our children today to that in the past. We will look at schools, toys, shops and songs.
• Computing - We will be looking at different ways we can label, group and organise our data. 
• PSHE - We will be focusing on our emotions. We will look at how our emotions feel physically in our body, ways to identify how we feel and ways to help us regulate our emotions.
• RE - Our big question is 'Why do people have different views about the idea of God'. We will look at our own views of God and how we visualise him before comparing this to other religions.
• Music - We will be learning to play the glockenspiel this half term. We will start looking at the note 'D' and being to plan and compose our own music compositions. 
• PE - We have new blocks of lessons this term. On Tuesdays we will focus on striking and fielding and Thursdays will be continuing dance.

PE Days - Tuesdays and Thursdays

Please could you ensure children have the appropriate clothing for the weather and they have a top, trousers/shorts and appropriate footwear in their PE kits.

Homework

Daily reading - please log their reading in their reading records. Please be aware that children's books will be changed once per week. If your child has read lots at home that's fantastic, please use the questions in the books to discuss the story so we are also building on their comprehension as well as their reading and fluency. Please also allow them to read their own materials - this could be magazines, books, poems, songs, etc. to help encourage a love for reading rather than just reading for homework. 

Maths - Please can we practice the 3s, 4s and 9 times tables. We have been writing them systematically starting with 0 X 2 = 0, 1 X 2 = 2 and so on. If your child is confident with their 3s, 4s, and 9 times tables please could you add the 11s.

Phonics - Please see the attached phonics sheets below called 'Summer Term 1' Each weeks phonics sounds have been organised into a weekly practice sheet. Please practice these at home each week. Children will receive a blue folder with the sheets for the term, this can be kept in their book bags and bought into school. Once your child is secure with the sound and words at home please could you highlight/mark this so I can keep track. Thank you!

Handwriting - Please spend time focusing on letter formation ensuring the letters start and finish in the correct places. This is to help ensure a smooth transition when they move through the school and begin to join their handwriting. I have uploaded some more resources below to help support handwriting at home. There is a worksheet for both lower and upper case letters as used in the Monster phonics scheme. There is also a document which details the handwriting rhymes used in Monster phonics to help the children remember how to form each letter.

Spelling - It has been great to see so many children exploring the spelling shed website! This will become a valuable tool for them so please encourage them to explore the site and use its regularly if they have not already.

The children have a phonics book to read and an additional book from the library to share with someone at home. The library book is to be read for pleasure so they may need help to read this. Both books need to be returned to school each week. 

Year 2 pupils in Kingfisher class have been very excited to start quizzing on their accelerated reader book and have so far been amazing!!