YEAR TWO

SPACE 

ENGLISH :This term we will also be looking at writing a recount about famous explorers like 'Amy Johnson' and narrative writing.  Spellings are issued every week and linked to our handwriting. BBC Bitesize has some fabulous lessons, also a website called Topmarks for punctuation:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zgkw2hv

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/punctuation

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/words-and-spelling

PSHE: 1Decision - Relationships. Bullying and understanding body language.

MATHS:  We will be following the White Rose Maths scheme of work. Flashback 4 is part of this and is a a useful resource to help and encourage children to revisit learning facts. 

RE: We will be finding out what is the ‘good news’ Christians believe Jesus brings? (Gospel) 

READING: We are using Accelerated Reader as well as RWI in class. There are lots of different level e-books to read with tasks to complete on the Oxford Owl home website. You will need to create a login but it is all free:

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/

RWI: You can continue with your child's RWI learning at home. If you need to know which level your child is at, please ask and we'll let you know. We regularly assess where children are :

www.oxfordowl.co.uk/read-write-inc-home

HANDWRITING: We use Letter-join to practise handwriting in class.   Click the following link for the information video:   https://www.letterjoin.co.uk/videos/homelogin.mp4

You will need User name: gt1117 and password: home

https://www.letterjoin.co.uk/log-in.html

SCIENCE: The theme this term is 'Space'. There are lots of fabulous videos, activities, games and quizzes on the following websites. Have fun!

Learn about space, kids information resource about space exploration, provided by www.spacekids.co.uk

Home | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

Observing Space | Astronomy for Kids | DK Find Out

Solar System for Kids | Solar System Planets | DK Find Out

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY: This term we will be making space buggies by using axles and wheels.

HISTORY: The theme this term is 'Flights, journeys and transport' we will be finding out about pioneers and explorers.

GEOGRAPHY: The theme this term is 'UK cities and Europe'

ACCELERATED READING

The children are enrolled on Accelerated Reader which provides comprehension quizzes.  The results of these can be viewed at home.

Children use a software program called Renaissance Place at school. This program has a special feature called Renaissance Home Connect, which you can access outside of school from any computer with an Internet connection. Renaissance Home Connect is fun and easy to use. It allows the teacher, and you to share information about children's progress in Accelerated Reader.  You can log in to Renaissance Home Connect from any computer with an Internet connection and compatible browser. Children have been given their user names and passwords.  To log in to Renaissance Home Connect Website:

https://Ukhosted102.renlearn.co.uk/2236540/HomeConnect

If you'd like to receive emails showing your student's quiz or test results, click the Email Setup link.

I have had a couple of questions about logging on from home.  First - this is definitely possible, they can do quizzes and children can also use myON e-book library and daily myON News service - freely available for the duration of the closures. It will allow pupils to access at home, on tablet and laptop, an e-library of over 7000 books. Children can browse through books on myON. Once they have read the book, they can then log into your schools Renaissance site and click the Accelerated Reader tile. They can then search for the book and take a quiz. Please note that not all books on myON are quizzed.
  
https://readon.myon.co.uk/library/browse.html 

The address to use to get to AR is: https://ukhosted102.renlearn.co.uk/2236540/default.aspx