Religious Education: Opportunities

We have now begun our learning about Holy Week.

We have started with Palm Sunday and the event of Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a Donkey.  We will look at the washing of His Disciples’ feet and how Jesus’ are one of serving.  From this we can learn how we can all be of service to one another and think about what we are called to do.

Home learning:

At home, notice the things that you all do for each other and how by serving you are displaying an act of love.

Phonics               

                 Sh

shine, shark, shell, shimmer, shopping, shovel, shiver, shut shrug, short,

High frequency words, some of which are not phonetic and just have to be learnt by sight:

had, my, her, little, not, we

Please write a sentence for each word with a capital letter and full stop.  Add a conjunction such as ‘and’ ‘because’ ‘or’ ‘so’ ‘but.’  We are focussing on writing sentences with detail by adding adjectives.

Focus on neat handwriting too.

Stars shine brightly in the dark night sky and shimmer like twinkling lights.

English: ‘The Secret Sky Garden’ by Linda Sarah and Fiona Lumbers

We have moved on with this story and are looking at how Funni begins a massive cleaning up Programme to tidy the Airport car park. 

This will lead us onto thinking about our own environments to include littering,  recycling  and the following aspects:  Who is responsible for this place being the way it is? What could be done to improve this place?  Whose responsibility is it to improve it?  Do you know anywhere where littering is a concern in our local area? Why is littering a problem? How could we encourage people not to litter?

This will tie in nicely to ‘Science Week’ next week.

Home Learning:

Please refer to Purple Mash: ‘to do’

The children have to complete a character study of Funni under the given headings of ‘appearance, feelings, senses.’ We have discussed Funni’s character in class.

Maths:

We will continue with Multiplication and Division and consolidate all that we have been learning.  From our Parent/Teacher meetings, it appears that many children need to learn the 2,5 and 10 Times Tables.  Learning mental operations speeds up the process of problem solving so it is crucial that the children learn these ‘off by heart’

Home learning;

Learn the 2,5 and 10 Times Tables

Reminders

• Rehearsal at Fairfield Halls on Tuesday 18^th March at 10.00 am
• The Concert begins at 7.00 pm.  We would like you to bring your children to the Foyer of Fairfield Halls for 6.30pm.  Please could you ensure that they have been to the Toilet, they are wearing the coloured T-Shirt that we will give them on Monday and you keep your child’s coat with you. 

The children need to wear their regular school uniform of trousers or skirt.

• Croydon Infant Music Festival at Fairfield Halls on 18th March 2025 at 7.00pm.
• Next week is National Science Week

Many Thanks – The Year Two Team