Mrs Howarth                            Miss Ward                         Miss Haworth

Welcome to Star Class - a vibrant group of 24 young pupils who are all eager and enthusiastic to grow, learn and have lots of fun together.  It is a privilege to teach, support and nurture each of the children to achieve their fullest potential whilst in Year Two.

"Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it." 

Proverbs 22: 6

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A warm welcome back from myself, Miss Haworth and Miss Ward!

We have planned some exciting topics this term to enthuse and engage your children.

Year 2 will begin with Roald Dahl's 'George's Marvellous Medicine’ in English. They will then explore Classical Poetry, particularly ‘The Owl and The Pussy Cat’. Throughout this unit, the children will recite a range of poems using appropriate intonation, recognise the use of repetitive language within a text or poem and discuss key vocabulary within the context of a text. We are sure they will WOW you with their own poems at the end of the unit.

In Maths, we will explore money, 2D/ 3D shapes and fractions. Throughout these lessons, the children will enjoy an array of practical and stimulating lessons to engage them in their learning and develop their mathematical skills. Morning maths will be a range of arithmetic and reasoning problems. There will also be a strong focus on learning our 2, 5 and 10 times tables - look out for fun activities in your child's homework pack.

PSHE this term will continue with Health and Wellbeing. Within these lessons, children will engage in a number of various activities ranging from discussion, role play, debate and quizzes.

In RE, we will explore Easter. The children will develop their understanding of Lent and how the forty days of Lent is an opportunity for Christians to turn about from what is bad and to seek ways to do good by prayer and by doing something extra to prepare for the celebrate of Jesus’ Resurrection at Easter.

Within Computing, we will explore branching databases and the importance of online safety. Our Project Evolve sessions will be linked to the theme of Health and Wellbeing.

Art this term will be centred around the great architect Antoni Gaudi. Year 2 will engage in 3D sculpture, making links to Gaudi's famous works based around nature. 

This term, PE is on a Tuesday (FUNDA) and Thursday (Dance). Children must come to school in their PE kit (Black leggings or black jogging bottoms, PE top and hoody, jumper or cardigan and trainers of their choice).

Every Friday, children will be sent home with their phonics/spellings focus pack which contains an activity sheet, and a reading book based on the week's learning. These packs need to be returned by the following Wednesday in order for them to be changed to the current week's learning.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at chowarth@olsa.lancs.sch.uk  and I will respond at the earliest opportunity. 

Please work through these words with your child, crossing off any they can read fluently and spell correctly.

Useful Websites

Maths Games

SPAG Games