Puma Class - Year 2

Mr Crosby

PE Days

Our class PE days are Tuesday and Thursday. Children will need a suitable PE kit on that day. Thank you.

Please remember it is dark blue/black trousers/shorts, dark blue/black tracksuit top and a plain white T-shirt.

Clubs

Extra curricular activities will resume as normal. Please remember clubs will not run the first and last weeks of a half term. 

Snack Time

If your child has milk through the ‘Cool Milk’ scheme then they will have this at playtime. In KS1 we have fruit and vegetables for the children daily. The children can bring a water bottle to have in class every day. It can be refilled at school when it runs out. Children may also bring a fruit snack with them from home should they wish to. 

Homework

Maths tasks will be sent home weekly. The maths links to the area of learning we have been focusing on that week but if the children are unsure how to complete their homework please speak to us at  home time. We do encourage the children to be independent and hand their homework into the homework tray as they come into the classroom. Please help us by reminding them to do this as they come into school. All children will also have a logon for Timetables Rockstars (Year 2) which they can access at home for extra maths activities. There is also the White Rose Maths App which they can use for free too.

Puma Class
The fantastic Puma class is a straight Year two class located at the bottom of the two story block. Working in Puma’s this year alongside myself we have our fantastic teaching assistant Mrs Lambie. If you have any questions or queries, you can speak to any of the adults in the class.

Topic
We have lots of exciting activities planned for the last half of the summer term! Our final topic continues our work on history as we will be finding out about castles! We will investigate the different types of castle, look at the timeline of castles in England, learn about life in the castle and why they were important. Our trip to Bolsover Castle will enhance our learning in this area.  Our art and DT work will link to the historical theme as the children will use pencil skills taught in Autumn 1 to draw detailed dragon eye drawings and create small, sewn tapestry work of castles using binca and felt. In science lessons the children will learn about how we can change materials through lots of practical activities. In our English lessons we will be creating shape poetry on the theme of castles, creating information texts about castles and writing recounts.  

As well as our topics we will be working on maths lessons daily along with phonics, spelling, RE, ICT, PE and music.  Where possible we will try and link our topic to all our sessions. All the children will have access to continuous provision to enhance their learning experience and build on from their learning journey in Year 1.

The children will all continue to bring home a reading book and we ask that you sign their planners to let us know if they have finished the book or what page they have read up to. We are keen to develop fluency so we like to encourage children to re-read their books before changing them. We ask that children read at home at least three times a week.  Year 2 children have the option to choose a chapter book also. 

Mr Crosby

Puma Class Teacher and Deputy Head.