Welcome to Year 2 - Purple Class
Staff
Mrs S Hopson
Purple
BA (Hons), PGCE NPQML
My name is Mrs Hopson and I am an Assistant Head here at Bewsey Lodge School. I am the Phase leader for years 1-3 and I love working with the children in these classes. I am very lucky to teach in Year 2 and I am always very proud of the children in
Miss D Williams
Purple
PE Day & PE Kit
PE will take place on Wednesday.
Please ensure you child comes to school in their PE Kit on that day.
What's New
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Snack Money
Tuck Shop is available after school
on Wednesday and Friday.
Daily healthy snack is available to purchase every day at break time. Snack can be purchased at morning break. The maximum amount snack will cost is £2 a week. Children welcome to bring their own snack from home which is less than 110 calories.
Reading Books
Reading Books will usually be changed Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Please read with your child every night and sign their reading record.
Knowledge Organiser
You have been given a Knowledge Organiser and Homework Grid with some tasks relating to our topic.
Each week we will have a focus that has been covered on the Knowledge Organiser
Homework
Children will get up to 10 spellings per week to learn at home.
Recent Terms Archive
WELCOME TO PURPLE CLASS
Overview
This half term, our topic will have a geography and science theme. We will be focussing our studies on bees and hedgehogs and finding out about what wonderful animals they are. During this topic, we will be reading lots of fiction as well as non-fictions books to help us to learn about the wildlife around us. We will also take part in some geography based activities such as orienteering and problem solving. Some of us will be lucky enough to take part in our trip to Tattenhall - what an exciting half term we have ahead of us!
Forest Schools
This half term, our class will have the opportunity to take part in some Forest School sessions in our forest area.
RE
This half term we will be continuing to look at the religion of Islam. We will talk about how prayer is important to Muslims and where they go to pray. We will look at a mosque and talk about it’s special features. We will also find out about Hajj and why this is important to Muslims.
Our Jigsaw unit will be “Changing Me.”
Week 1 - life cycles in nature.
Week 2 - growing from young to old.
Week 3 - how my body has changed since I was a baby.
Week 4 - differences between boys and girls and naming body parts.
Week 5 - understanding different types of touch and explaining what we like and don’t like.
Week 6 - talk about what we are looking forward to as we move to anew class.
Science
In science we will be learning about habitats both big and small. We will find out what a habitat needs so that plants and animals can survive. We will also learn about simple food chains.
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Phonics
Your children will be in groups for Read Write Inc according to the sounds they know.
Here are some useful links for phonics games that can be completed on a laptop or tablet.