Class 2 2024 - 2025
Mrs Edwards
Welcome to Class 2
This half-term our topic is Transport through Time.
This half-term, Class 2 will be finding out how transport has changed within living memory.
Children will learn how horses were used to provide power for transport and how the materials used to build ships has changed. Children will learn about the invention of trains by George Stephenson and about his engine, 'The Rocket' that ran between Manchester and Liverpool. We will learn how Henry Ford changed transport across the world and how air travel has made visiting other countries possible for ordinary people.
What can I do to support my child at home?
Make your own canal at home!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYmEoxnJgw8
Visit 'The Shire Horse Centre' at Cotebrook.
https://cotebrookshirehorses.co.uk/
Visit the 'Anderton Boat Lift and Visitor Centre'.
Talk about how cars have changed since you were little.
Arrange for your child to talk to a grandparent/ older relative about the changes that they have seen in transport in their lifetime.
English
All children are grouped for Phonics and for Guided Reading. Class 2 children were assessed in February by Mrs Parker (our Phonics Leader), with some children moving reading colour bands as a result of this.
Our new book to support writing this half-term will be revealed shortly ...
What can I do to support my child at home?
Encourage your child to read to you regularly. Your child's books should be returned every Thursday so that they can be changed and ready to come home again on Friday.
Remind your child to return their signed reading record every day to get a star for reading at home.
Maths
This half-term:
Children in Y1 will be learning about multiplication and division, money and geometry (position and direction).
Children in Y2 will be learning about multiplication and division, money and geometry (position and direction).
What can I do to support my child at home?
Encourage your child to access Sumdog each week.
Learn the 2x table with Bridget the Lioness:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/articles/zrrx92p
Learn position and direction vocabulary with the Hip Hop Granny:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/articles/zhh9scw
Give your child a selection of coins and support them to recognise each of the coins and their values - could you make a little 'shop'?
Learn more about money using BBC Bitesize resources:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zp8dmp3
Science
We will continue learning about 'Materials' this half-term. We will be finding out:
What is the best material for building a boat?
What is the best material to make a ball from?
What is the best material to make a raincoat from?
We will learn about 'waterproofing' materials and try to do this ourselves!
What can I do to support my child at home?
There are lots of different activities on this BBC Bitesize page:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmdrjfr
Find out more by reading this article explaining what children will learn about materials on 'The School Run' website:
https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-are-materials
Please check this page regularly for updates and more information.
Feel free to ask me for help and support - we work best when we work as a team.
Mrs Edwards
