WELCOME TO ELM

Class teachers - Mrs S Ozturk

Mrs R Corcoran

Learning Support Assistant - Miss V Barlow

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This term, we are explorers … adventuring into the seaside!

Welcome back Year 2! We are very excited for the Summer term and are really looking forward to exploring our new topic.

This term we are explorers….adventuring into the seaside. We will be learning all about how seaside holidays came about during the Victorian era, using our geography skills to locate seside resorts around Great Britain and identifying human and physical features of the seaside itself. 

To begin with in English, we will be doing some writing around the traditional tale Jack and the Beanstalk before moving on to looking at the story Grandad's Island. 

In Maths we will be consolidating our learning of the four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. As well as learning about shape, time and fractions.

We also have our residential to Llandudno to get excited about! 

Importance of Reading:

Reading plays a fundamental part in all areas of the Elm curriculum. Over the year, we will immerse ourselves in high quality texts which will help to drive our learning. In class we have access to a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books which we are able to use not only within our Guided Reading sessions, but also when appropriate in our curriculum lessons to support our learning. Each term we have a spotlight author who has been chosen for their high-quality texts. This term our spotlight author is Jeremy Strong. Over the course of the term, we will have to opportunity to listen to, read and learn more about these fantastic authors. Having this literacy-rich environment will encourage a positive culture of reading within our class and promote the children's enjoyment of reading. 

⭐ Elm's Notices: ⭐

⚽️ P.E: Every Monday and Thursday. On these days, please send your child into school ready dressed in their sports kit. They will remain in this kit the whole day. Thank you.

📚 Reading:  Please continue to read with your child a minimum of 5 times a week and sign in the reading record. 

Children who have not read at home will do so at playtime. We balance the right to play with the right to learn to read and keep up with their peers.

Pure Sounds Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCI2mu7URBc

🏠 Homework: Homework will be uploaded for each student via School Spider on Fridays and uploaded back onto School Spider by the following Wednesday. Homework may also be set of Education City.

We have provided a document you can download below with instructions on how to use School Spider. Thank you. 
Any questions, concerns or good news/photos, please do not hesitate to contact us on the email addresses listed above. Thank you!
If your child is absent from school due to COVID-19 and requires remote learning, please download and read the PDF document listed below.