Yellow Class 2025 - 2026
Mrs Somers
Welcome back Yellow Class!
This is one of the most exciting half terms, full of a brilliant history topic as well as lots of calender highlights like our museum trip, Forests school, Sports day, River family events, completing our final curriculum pledges, meeting our teachers for next year and most importantly relfecting back on our Year 2 journey to celebrate just how far you have come!
Summer learning: 'Myths, magic and the Great Fires'
Our learning journey turns us into historians - local and national ones! We un cover the events of The Great Fire of London, whilst also finding out about a similar even which happened right on our very own door step - The Fire of Nantwich. We will use lots of our historical enquiry skills to delve into these tragic events carefully and look at the impact upon these locations, and how life changed in these places, forever.
For more information on the wider curriculum learning please see the planning documents downloadable below.
Key information:
Staffing: I will be teaching in class the majority of the time, with Mrs Ryles being in class on Tuesday afternoons. We are lucky to have Mrs Howard and Mrs Beeston who will also be supporting the children through the whole week.
PE days are Thursdays As usual, please come to school in PE kits on these days but do name all items so we can ensure belongings are well looked after and get returned if they go a -roaming!
Forest School starts in week 3 and this will be on Wednesdays.
Reading books will be changed each Friday. If your child is a rainbow reader this will be done more independently as and when your child needs a new reading adventure.
Reading diaries, snack/snack money and water bottles are needed in school each day.
Home Learning:
As ever, it goes without saying, that your support is vital to help your child make the most of their learning opportunities in school. Daily reading with children is vital, and we greatly encourage this where possible in and amongst busy evenings. There will also be some suggested homework opportunities, which will be communicatied in the weekly email - usually a maths game or some small project work.
Communication:
To avoid the 'not much' reply, when you may ask your child what they did in school that week, I will send a weekend email to update you on our learning that week, celebrate stand out moments and communicate any changes to usual routines or key information. Additionally, we encourage communication of any changes to pick up/collection of children, or any other messages, through a note in their reading diary, which will be checked daily. We pride ourselves on a triangulation approach to ensure your child gets the best offering in Year 2, incorporating children, staff and parents voices. Please do not hesitate to speak to us either at drop off, or if further time is needed, a meeting can be arranged as necessary.