Religious Education

Topic: Spread the Word.

We have learnt about the promise that Jesus made to his Disciples about the friend that God his Father would send who is The Holy Spirit.

We are in the month of May and May is devoted to Mary the mother of Jesus.  Please take some time  to pray together the Hail Mary.

Phonics

The grapheme we are focussing on the suffix ‘ness’

Home Learning: Practise these spellings and sentences for a test.

Literacy and Art:

This week we have introduced the children to Non-Fiction books.  We have looked at the features of Non-Fiction books which are:

They are factual

Photographs instead of illustrations

Contents page

Glossary Page

Index Page

Sub-headings

Diagrams

Captions

Home Learning Literacy and Topic:

5. ‘Shooting for the stars’ comprehension which is about the Our Planet Earth, The Solar System and the Moon.

5. Please listen to your child practise their reading with the colour coded book they bring home. As we near the end of the year we aim for the children to become proficient readers with good comprehension skills to enter into the Juniors.

For your Diary:

• Year 2 will be attending the Parish Mass at 10.00am.  You are welcome to join us at the Church

St Francis: 29^th April

St Martin: 13^th May

• Class Assembly

St Francis  1^st May at 9.15am in the school hall

St Martin  15^th May at 9.15am in the school hall

Have a lovely restful weekend,

The Year 2 Team.

Maths

Division:

We are learning about Measuring in Centimetres, Metres and looking at length and height of various objects.

Home Learning:

Please use the rulers provided to reinforce work done this week. Using the ruler that the children have been given, they can measure objects in the home.  Remember to start at zero and not at the end of the ruler.