Year 2 Autumn Term Two How can you support your child’s learning? Maths Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and division Measurement (money) Literacy Non-chronological report -Fire of London report Recount - Diary account of the Great Fire of London Instructions Character description Grammar Punctuation Sentence forms Poetry – Winter poem Science What is our school made of? Compare the use of everyday materials in and around school Computing Information research Espresso Coding Topic What was it like when Samuel Pepys was alive? What was the impact of Guy Fawkes and Samuel Pepys The Arts ART/DT Wax relief Printing with materials Collage of the Great Fire  RE Judaism Passover Hanukkah Christingle Nativity story Music Music for special occasions Feel the pulse P.E. MFC (Mrs Dixon’s class only) & GYMNASTICS Year 2 Autumn Term Two How can you support your child’s learning?   Ask questions about their topic (The Great Fire of London / Materials) and discuss their learning. Visit your local library to find books and other learning materials. Help them research using the internet. Go over spellings from last term while learning new ones. Encourage them to use neat letter formation and letter spacing when handwriting. Help them to learn their times tables. Begin with 2x, 5x, 10x tables. Then move onto 3x and 4x tables. Make it fun! Visit DB Primary to Complete some Online learning. Important Dates Flu vaccination – 8th November MFC – Mrs Dixon’s class 12.10.17 – 17.11.17 Gymnastic coaching – Mrs Davies’s class – 17.10.17- 28.11.17 Mrs Dixon’s class – 5.12.17 – 23.1.18 Great Fire of London day – 20th November Any queries? Mrs Davies – crgdavies@chandlersridge.org.uk Mrs Dixon – cradixon@chandlersridge.org.uk Follow us on twitter to share our successes - @Y2CRA