Park Mead Primary

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Mrs Gilbertson Mrs Booth

Mrs Jimminson

2JG

Monday-Wednesday

 

Mrs Gilbertson 

2JG 

Thursday-Friday

2GB

Monday

Mrs  Browne

2GB

Tuesday-Friday

 

 Mrs Puttock

2JG 

Everyday 

Mrs Booth

2GB

Everyday 

                     

Summer term 1

Welcome back! We hope that everyone had a fantastic Easter break. We were so lucky with the lovely weather! We have an action-packed final term and the children have all been so fantastic this year and we are excited to work alongside them during this final term, looking at new and engaging topics. These include learning all about Kenya, growing plants and The Stone Age.

22nd April - Return to school
16th May - Non- Uniform day 

17th May - PTFA Outdoor cinema event

23rd May - Artists Day

26th -30th May - Half Term

2nd June - INSET day

 

 

    English 

 As a school, we use Talk4Writing as a framework- all units are based on this.  

 

First, we will continue to work on our non-fiction writing and learn to write an interesting and engaging fact file.          

                                                          

We will start by continuing our factfile unit, based on a superhero. Then, the children will move on to creating their own superheroes and producing a fact file based on their own made up superhero.

Finally, children will write a fact file about a real-life hero of theirs! We will use similies and metaphors, expanded noun phrases, exciting punctuation, subheadings, paragraphs, and generalizers.

 

In the second unit this half term, we will create a 'warning tale'. We will base our learning around the text of 'The Lion King'  - We use the classic and much-loved children's classic story as a model text. The text focuses on Narla and Simba being warned by their mothers not to venture too far away, and certainly never to The Elephant's Graveyard, but do they listen??? 

Children will continue to work on developing their setting descriptions by using adjectives, similes, and adverbs. Children will bring characters to life using descriptive phrases for appearances, but also think about how characters feel to extend their creative writing. We will be focusing on using language to create atmosphere, settings, and suspense.

  • Non-negotiables: Every time the children write, we ask them to make sure that they have put a full stop at the end of every sentence, that they have used capital letters to begin sentences and for names, that they have finger spaces between their words, and that they have used a question mark at the end of a question.  

Cursive Handwriting 

This year we will be teaching joined writing and will be following a new program bought into the school. Children will learn to join letters in a planned sequence and will each use a handwriting booklet to record their work. 

 

      Reading, Phonics and Spelling :

Phonics/spelling lessons happen every day. We will do this as a class and provide extra support for children who need it.

 

Guided Reading sessions 

Whole-class Guided Reading sessions

Fluent Readers - Once the children become ‘fluent readers’ we will be reading whole class texts with the children. They will read more challenging texts, such as chapter books, using a range of skills to discuss and answer questions about the books. These sessions are not recorded in their Reading Records, but they have a Guided Reading book, where they record work relating to the text that is being studied.

Phonic-based readers -In these small group lessons, the focus is largely on decoding, fluency, and comprehension. The children will read independently and to an adult, within their group. It will be marked in their reading records that they have had a practice reading session with adult support on that day. They will read with adult support  several times a week depending on the week

Once the children have read a book with their reading group at school, they will bring it home for further practice, along with an additional decodable book which will be changed weekly. Please help us to make sure that we can send home decodable books for all the children by returning both your child's reading books every Friday.

Once the children are fluent readers, they will be reading longer books in school and will be able to independently change their home readers whenever they need to. Please continue to send their reading record book to school every day.

 We will endeavor to hear individual readers as often as possible. Children are assessed with their phonics and reading regularly throughout the year.

English Homework:

Reading

We would like the children to read at home at least 4- 5 times a week with an adult. More able readers will then start to read more independently but it is still important for children to read out loud and have the opportunity to ask and answer questions about the vocabulary and text. Alongside reading school books we actively encourage children to read a wide range of books at home.

 

Spelling

spellingshed   (link)   (logins in reading records)

Spelling challenges are set every Friday on Spelling Shed .. 

The words will comprise spellings linked to the spelling taught that week alongside some year 2 Common Exception Words. 

We would like children to practice their spelling at least 3 x a week.

 

Extra English support:

Please take a look at these helpful questions to discuss with your child. They can be used when your child reads to you, when you read to your child or to prompt discussion about books your child is reading independently. 

Reading question stems Picture

 

www.oxfordowl.co.uk - Free eBook library when you create a username and password.

Maths 

We will be following the  White Rose maths curriculum.           

 Fractions - 

Children will be taught to;

  • recognise, find, name and write fractions ⅓, ¼, 24 and ¾ of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity

Write simple fractions e.g. ½ of 6 = 3 and recognise the equivalence of two quarters and one half.

Pupils use fractions as ‘fractions of’ discrete and continuous quantities by solving problems using shapes, objects and quantities. They connect unit fractions to equal sharing and grouping, to numbers when they can be calculated, and to measures, finding fractions of lengths, quantities, sets of objects or shapes. They meet ¾ as the first example of a non-unit fraction.

Pupils should count in fractions up to 10, starting from any number and using the ½ and 24equivalence on the number line (for example, 1 ¼ , 1 24 (or 1½ ), 1¾ , 2). This reinforces the concept of fractions as numbers and that they can add up to more than one.

 

Time -

Children will be taught to:

  • compare and sequence intervals of time
  • tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times
  • know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day.

 

Children use standard units of measurement with increasing accuracy, using their knowledge of the number system. They become fluent in telling the time on analogue clocks and recording it.

 

Maths homework:

Homework activity  - play  Numbots for at least 10 minutes, 3 times per week to help build fluency with number facts
Log-ins for Numbots will be in the front of your child's reading record.

Home Learning | Ashford Church of England Primary School          (link) 

Numbots is an ongoing maths challenge program, that supports children's mathematical knowledge and understanding. We would like children to extend their learning by using Numbots at least 3 times a week.

 

https://www.mymaths.co.uk/

We will also set the children optional homework on My Maths . Children have been introduced to this and have the logins in the front of their reading records. Activities will be set in blocks to continue previous learning in maths that we have been doing at school. This is optional.

What are we doing in other subjects this half term?

Science:  Plants  

In this unit we look at the features of plants and trees and how we might classify them. We look at the parts of trees and plants and learn about how we might use different parts of plants.
We will use the local environment throughout the year to observe how different plants grow. Children will be introduced to the requirements of plants for germination, growth and survival, as well as to the processes of reproduction and growth in plants. 
Seeds and bulbs need water to grow but most do not need light; seeds and bulbs have a store of food inside them.
Children will work scientifically by: observing and recording, with some accuracy, the growth of a variety of plants as they change over time from a seed or bulb, or observing similar plants at different stages of growth; setting up a comparative test to show that plants need light and water to stay healthy.

Geography: Going on safari - Kenya  

 We teach children the geography of Kenya through focusing on the main human and physical features of the country. Children will learn about the key geographical features of the country including Kenyan wildlife, landscapes and culture. Children will learn about the similarities and differences between Kenya and the UK along with continuing to develop their geographical skills through a variety of fun and interactive activities.

 Art:  Printing - Islamic Art (SH RAZA)  

RE: How do Muslims worship him?

ICT: Create a presentation

PHSCE: Personal safety

MUSIC: tone and singing and Year 2 production!

(The children have a weekly music lesson with our music specialist teacher, Mrs Bell, in the music room) Music

 

 

Useful Information

PE Days

Our PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please ensure children come to school in their PE kit on these days.  

Library Days

We will be visiting the library to change books every Monday

Books are issued for two weeks at a time but can be returned earlier. If your child wishes to keep a book for longer than two weeks, please send it in to school on a Wednesday so that it can be renewed.

You can check which books your child currently has on loan along with the return dates on Reading Cloud. Log-in details are in the front of your child's reading record. If a book has got lost, we ask for a £5 contribution towards replacing the book. Please speak to your child's class teacher.

Link to Reading Cloud:   

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Park Mead Primary School, Park Drive, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 7HB

01483 274315

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