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
Recent Terms Archive
WELCOME TO PURPLE CLASS
Overview
This half term, our topic is a literacy one and we will be finding out about the author Oliver Jeffers. Oliver Jeffers has written lots of funny and exciting books for children and we will be reading a range of these in class. Through our work with these books, we will be studying characters and settings and writing descriptions. We will be able to write our own endings to stories as well as writing other exciting genres. We will also read about the life of Oliver Jeffers and we will enjoy the illustrations that he has created. Our art work will also be based on his illustrations.
DT
Our DT topic this half term is an exciting one. We will be continuing to make our own puppets!
RE
This half term we will be looking 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.
Our Jigsaw unit will be “Relationships.”
Week 1 - to identify members of my family and know how important it is to co-operate..
Week 2 - to know about different forms of physical contact, talk about the ones I like and don’t like.
Week 3 - to identify some of the things that cause conflict with friends.
Week 4 - to know that sometimes it is good to keep a secret and sometimes it’s not.
Week 5 - to recognise and appreciate people who can help me.
Week 6 - to express my appreciation for people in my special relationships.
Science
Our science topic this half term is Ready, Steady, Grow!. We will be looking at seeds and plants and discussing the things plants need to grow. We will also be planting some of our own seeds and we will find out about seed dispersal.
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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.