Bathampton Primary School
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Year 2/3
Year 2 and 3 Class
Welcome to Year 2 and 3
In Year 2 and 3, Mr Morgan and Mrs Wood are the class teachers and we will be supported by Mrs Yang, Ms Lewis and Mrs Liana- Stellmach. Mrs Lowe will being covering our PPA every Wednesday afternoon.
Our PE days this term are Monday and Friday. Please come to school wearing your P.E kit on these days.
English: In English we will be initially focusing on a poem about the senses called My World. We will be learning how to write detailed description and writing in the structure of a poem. This will be followed by a suspense text called Manor House. We will be learning how to use 'show not tell' sentences to create suspense and also using descriptions of feelings.
Maths: We will be learning about:
Week 1 Year 2 Describing Movement and Turns
Week 1 Year 3 Describing movement and turns including right angles, clockwise and anticlockwise
Week 2 Year 2 O'clock, quarter past and Half Past
Week 2 Year 3 Telling the time in 5 minute intervals
Week 3 Year 2 Days, months and weeks
Week 3 Year 3 Days, months, weeks, years and using the calendar
Science: Our topic will be Light. We will investigate different types of light sources and learn how light can be reflected. We will learn the meaning of opaque, translucent and transparent and test which materials have these properties. We will also be investigating how shadows are formed and how we can change their shape.
Our topic: is a Geography topic comparing England to Kenya.
RE: How important is it to Christians that Jesus came back to life after the crucifixtion?
PSHE: Healthy Me. We will be find out what keeps us healthy and how to keep safe.
Music: We will continue to develop our recorder playing skills and learn the notes B, A and G and use 4/4 and 3/4 rhythms to accompany backing tracks. Children will learn how to play softly and will read crochets, quavers and minims.
Art and DT: Still Life. Investigating different artists and then attempting to create their own painting based on a piece of artwork.
PE:
Monday Basket Ball
Thursday (for the 1st 3 weeks) then Friday Ball skills including throwing, catching, marking, blocking and aiming
Key Dates
Library day is Thursday
Come in to read Wednesday
Forest School afternoon: Thursday 12th March
Growing Wild afternoon: Friday 13th March
Class Assembly: Tuesday 24th March
Year 2 and 3 Timetable
Talk 4 Writing Texts
Year 2 and 3 Spelling Words
Spelling Punctuation and Grammar
In spelling children will revisit some of the spelling patterns from year 1 and 2 start to learn year 2 and 3 spelling patterns in addition to tricky words.
The list of spellings for this term can be found below.
Children will be given logins for Spelling Shed where they will be able to practise their spellings using the activities on the Spelling Shed site.
Karate Cats- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdp4pg8
Spelling shed - https://www.edshed.com/login
Practise SATS Papers
Reading Resources
Maths Resources
Karate Cats- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjkphbk/articles/zf4sscw
White Rose Maths Workbooks
Year 2- Addition and Subtraction workbook
Year 2- Multiplication workbook
Year 2- Division workbook
Year 2- Statistics workbook
Kindle versions (Free)
Year 3 Maths Books
Homework
Online maths and spelling is set weekly. It is completed online (login details found in reading record books).
Reading
In Year 2 and 3 children should read daily using the book set in school. Children will take home a book on Thursday to read over the weekend. Please ensure this book is brought into school on Monday for the guided reading sessions that will take place throughout the week. In addition to having a guided reading book, children will also have their own book to read during our 'Drop Everything and Read' sessions every morning. This is a book they will choose themselves. The children will be helped to do this initially until they become more confident. Please encourage them to change their book and you can also help them to choose during the Drop and Read sessions every Wednesday.
Spelling
Spelling Shed - children will have access to Spelling Shed’s online platform where weekly spelling lists, set by the class teacher, can be found as well as games and activities to learn the spellings learnt in class.
Maths
DoodleMaths – pupils are set 2 assignments each week to complete, based on in-class learning that week and the learning they will complete the following week. They should also do additional practice to stay in the green zone. The recommendation is 10 minutes 3/4 days a week.
Doodle Tables- By the end of Year 2, pupils are expected to know their 2s, 5s and 10 times tables. They should also be able to count in 3s. This will help them to know all times tables by Year 4.
By the end of Year 3, pupils are expected to know there 3s, 4s and 8's and in addition 2's, 5's and 10's from year 2.
If you would like some additional Maths resources, please see white rose workbooks below which can be printed.