Edinburgh

Welcome to Edinburgh Class

In Key Stage 1 we are also supported in our learning by Mrs Guy, Mrs Hayden, Miss Smith, Mrs Lloyd and Mrs Radford. This helps us to work in smaller groups for Phonics and supports us with all aspects of learning. The support staff lead with sensory circuits, 1:1 phonics and reading, emotional and wellbeing activities and with our Maths and writing.

We are a Year 2 class who take pride in everything we do! In our class we are caring, respectful and resilient which means we always try hard and we never give up. We are very competitive when it comes to PE and smileys, but we celebrate each other’s achievements and always support our friends.

At the minute we are enjoying showing off our new dribbling skills in basketball and we can’t wait to find out more about living things and their habitats in Science. When learning, we love to make up new actions to help us remember new vocabulary which makes our lessons really fun!

Information for Edinburgh Class

PE days are Monday and Wednesday. Please wear PE shorts under the school tracksuit as the children are asked to remove their tracksuits for indoor lessons. Please write your child’s name on the labels of their PE kit and school uniform to help us to return any lost items.

Reading books:

Reading books should be brought in every day, even if they are not finished. We check who has read each night and children should read phonics reading books on 3 different days before we will change it. This allows them to become familiar with new words and read like a storyteller. They will get a smiley every time they bring their book in and 3 when they finish!

If your child is off the RWI phonics programme, they only need to read the longer books once.

Rewards:

In class children are rewarded with smiley tokens for many things such as:  good behaviour, good work, good manners, reading or extra homework.  150 smileys earns a Bronze award, 300 will get a Silver award, 450 is the Gold award and 600 will achieve the Platinum award.

We aim to achieve the Bronze award by Christmas, Silver award by Easter and Gold by the end of Summer term. Children take their certificate to share with Miss Wrigley and get special stickers and a prize.

This term we will be learning about…

RE –  Galilee to Jerusalem
English – The King Who Banned the Dark (persuasive letter and banning narrative) and Splash! (achievement narrative)
Maths –  Addition and Subtraction, shape, money and multiplication.
Science – Living Things and their Habitats
Geography – Comp[aring our  local area and Tulum, Mexico. Hot and cold places around the world.
History – Kings, Queens, Castles and Palaces and The Great Fire of London.
PE – Athletics (running, throw for distance, throw for height, jump for distance, jump for height) and Sending and receiving (throwing, catching, rolling, kicking, tracking and stopping)
Art – Orla Kiely (textiles)
DT – Design and make a puppet (sewing)
Music – Animals
Computing – Code a Story (computer science)

How you can help at home:

Please listen to your child read every night for 10 minutes. You should also read a story to them every night as they will learn to become readers from you.

At the end of Key Stage 1, we would like children to know all number bonds within 20 and the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

Children should learn to tell the time using a clock face as well as a digital clock. In Year 1 they should learn O’ Clock, and half past. In Year 2, they should be able to tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes.

Teach your child to zip their own coat up and tie their own laces.

Important dates this term:

1. TBC