Welcome to Year 2 – Star Class

"Laugh often, dream big, reach for the stars!" Don Williams, Jr.

Welcome to Star Class, a group of 30 pupils all eager and enthusiastic to grow, learn and have fun together. My name is Mrs Helliwell and I will be teaching Year 2 alongside Mrs Horridge and Miss Rothwell. We look forward to getting to know each of the children and supporting them to achieve their potential.

Star class have an exciting year ahead! We will start by exploring the Artic, under the gaze of the Northern lights, to help wolf find his way home. We will then become historians digging into Whitworth's past and looking at the Taylor family, a family of extremely successful and famous surgeons and medics. Our ‘World Kitchen’ topic will allow us to journey around the 7 continents, tasting a variety of traditional dishes through our cookery demonstrations which will be showcased in a class cookery book. Finally we will conduct our own fieldwork as we explore living things and their habitats which will hopefully lead to a class trip to a nearby farm or zoo.

We look forward to showing you how we develop and progress as we work hard in our learning.

If you have any worries or concerns about your child, please do not hesitate to contact me via my staff email on ehelliwell@olsa.lancs.sch.uk

Microsoft Teams Access

Staff Emails

Mrs Helliwell: ehelliwell@olsa.lancs.sch.uk

Mrs Horridge: chorridge@olsa.lancs.sch.uk

Miss Rothwell: erothwell@olsa.lancs.uk

REMOTE LEARNING AT OLSA

Below you will find 2 remote learning plans. Plan A relates to work that is being carried out in class. This is the work we would like you to complete if your bubble is isolating or you are isolating because someone you have been near has tested positive for coronavirus.

Option B should only be completed in emergencies when you do not have access to the internet.

In the event of a whole bubble closure or a further lockdown your child's Teams sessions will be at 9:00am Maths

11:00am Literacy

2:00pm Feedback and story time 

Please try and email evidence of your child's work at least twice a week so I can provide feedback.

Home Learning PE Challenges

Rossendale School Sports Partnership have set some PE challenges for the children to get involved in at home or at school. Please see the links below if you would like to take part in these challenges. 

Below are the resources for week 5 which will also be used throughout half term too:

• You can find all of our resources here (with age-appropriate suggested activities) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Udso2gZ6H2d5DP0BnV2yZNFYYRH0hctt?usp=sharing
• Week 5's Challenge is 'Urban Orienteering'. Pendle Forest orienteers have kindly put together over 20 routes throughout Rossendale for families to have a go at this week and over half term. Please follow the link for an explanation sheet https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vW94fe-Fdf6HAU_z8Km6gMOC2t5XGFjM/view?usp=sharing   . You can also access all of the maps and answer sheets (this link is in the explanation sheet) here  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lREm8cJy5f6BU8e-aNfyrJG-8Z8MGv4i?usp=sharing 

Don't forget to fill in your tracking sheet and either share it on facebook on the Rossendale School Sports Partnership page or send it as an attachment to LAshworth@olsa.lancs.sch.uk

Reading Books

If your child is remote learning and they would like to swap their reading book, please email ehelliwell@olsa.lancs.sch.uk.  You will be able to collect books between 1pm and 2pm each Wednesday afternoon.

Homework Reminders