2 Beech
Welcome to 2 Beech Class!
Hi everyone! Welcome to the class page for 2 Beech.
Here you will find all the important information you need about our school day and you can also take a look at some of the amazing things we are learning about.
In our class we are always respectful, aspirational and resilient!
Staff
In 2 Beech we are taught by Miss Reaney, Miss Padgett, Miss Baillie and Mr Smith.
Important Information
Have a look at our weekly timetable.
P.E. will be on Tuesday and Wednesday.
On P.E. days we need to come to school in our P.E. kits.
Please make sure all items are clearly labelled with the children's names.
Reading Books
We need to bring our reading books into school every day and take it home with us every night. We will read to an adult at least twice a week in school and should try to read to ourselves; to our grown ups or to our siblings at least three times a week at home. You should log your reading on Boom Reader so your teacher can see your reading and reward you for it.
Key Dates
This half term we will be learning ....
English
In English, we will be reading 'Emma Jane's Aeroplane' by Katie Haworth.
'Emma Jones zooms off in her aeroplane around the cities of the world. Along the way she makes a crew of animal friends who save the day when the little plane gets into trouble.'
Guided Reading
As part of our English curriculum, we will practise Guided Reading or Phonics every day. This half term we will be reading the book 'Benji's Emerald King' by Ewa Jozefkowicz.
'The gang discover the Emerald King, the most ancient tree in the forest, and solve its mystery.'
Phonics
We use a teaching programme called Read Write Inc. (RWI) to teach our children to read and spell. Our friend Fred will be helping us to learn lots of new sounds. He is a frog who can only speak in sounds, and we call this Fred Talk. Fred helps the children blend sounds to read each word. Children also learn to read red words on sight. Red words are words that cannot be segmented or blended.
Maths
In Maths we will be focusing on place value, addition and subtraction.
We will practise finding 10 more and 10 less and work on becoming fluent using number bonds to 100. We will begin to add and subtract two 2-digit numbers and use our knowledge to solve missing number problems.
We will also continue to practise counting in steps of 2, 5, and 10.
Science
Our Science topic this half term is 'Animals including Humans'.
In this unit we will look at animal young and compare them to their adults. We will look at how animals change as they grow up and study the life cycles of different animals including humans. We will learn the three basic needs for survival (water, food and air) and think about healthy lifestyles, including the importance of exercise, healthy eating and hygiene.
History and Geography
Our topic this half-term is 'Explorers'.
In history, we will learn about two famous explorers - Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong. We will describe events of the first moon landings and design and build our own rockets.
In Geography, we will identify the 7 continents, 5 oceans, the Equator and Northern and Southern Hemispheres. We will construct maps and look at food from around the world.
PE
Our PE lessons will be on a Tuesday and Wednesday.
Our unit this half-term will be Athletics and Agility.
RE
This half-term we will be exploring the theme of prayer. We will look at stories such as Daniel in the Lion's Den, to explore the key question of, 'How and why do people pray?'
PSHE
During this half-term we will be looking at a new scheme of learning called, 'My Happy Mind'.
We will explore themes such as safety, relationships and respect.
Music
This half term our theme will be - Myths and Legends
We will be learning how to apply music to traditional myths and legends.
Author Focus
Every half term, we will have an author focus. We will learn about lots of different authors and their writing style.
Our author focus for this half-term is Enid Blyton
Enid Mary Blyton was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have been translated into ninety languages. As of June 2019, Blyton held 4th place for the most translated author.
Links to try at home
Topmarks is full of Maths games to support further learning at home.
Topmarks
Read, Write, Inc is our phonics scheme and here is guidance for parents.
read, write, inc guide for parents
Phonics Play will support identifying sounds and segmenting/blending them to support the children with their reading.
PhonicsPlay
Oxford owl has lots of free reading books so that your children can read you a story.
Oxford Owl Books
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