2 Willow
Seasonal Homework Activity
Talking project: Happy new year! We welcome in the New Year for 2025 this holiday. Later this month the children will also be celebrating the Lunar New Year on January 29th. Both events are marked by thinking about new goals and the good things to come. At home, we would like you to discuss the topic ‘out with the old and in with the new’.
Think about answering the following questions:
What have we been grateful for this year?
What have we been proud of this year?
What would we like to achieve over the next year?
Is there anything we would like to change?
Be creative with how you wish to present this. It could be a poster, or a piece of writing, or an interview of different people’s responses in your home or wider family.
Some ideas are pictured below:
Please return your creations to school as soon as possible so that we can display them, they may also be included in our personal development assemblies this half term.
Have a great day, see you soon and we look forward to hearing about your fun in the snow!😊
Welcome to 2 Willow Class!
Hi everyone! Welcome to the class page for 2 Willow.
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 Willow we are taught by Miss George and Mrs Rothery.
Important Information
Have a look at our weekly timetable. 
P.E. will be on a 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 on.
In 2 Willow we love to find treasure in a good book!
Reading books will be sent home on a Thursday and need to be returned the following Tuesday. Homework is a key part of our learning so this will be sent out on a Friday and will need to be returned on a Wednesday.
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 'The Gunpowder Plot' by Rob Lloyd Jones .
On November 4th 1606, a traitor was caught beneath the Houses of Parliament with a plot to kill the king.
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, 'Toby and The Great Fire Of London' by Margaret Nash.
Toby has forgotten a delivery for Mr Pepys, but as he sets out across London he sees the sky is full of flames!
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 shapes.
We will practise counting sides and vertices of 2D shapes and move on to learning how to count the faces of the 3D shapes. We will also begin to look at vertical and horizontal lines of symmetry to complete shapes.
We will also continue to practise how to draw shapes correctly using a ruler.
Science
Our Science topic this half term is 'Animals and their Habitats'.
In this unit we will look at the different habitats animals choose to live in. We will look at how animals adapt to their preferred habitat depending on the weather. We will learn how to classify animals depending on what they need to survive and where they live and further develop our knowledge on their diets and prey.
History and Geography
Our topic this half term is 'Fire Fire'
In History we will learn about the significant event of the Great Fire of London and how this links to our curriculum driver of Legacy. We will describe the events leading up the fire and investigating the cause which will aid to our understanding in building our own replicas of the houses that caught fire.
In Geography, we will develop our understanding of human and physical features within our local area and another area within the UK. We will compare flags, culture and create a vlog to showcase our understanding of our local area (Chickenly) and another area within the UK (London).
PE
This half term our PE lessons will be on a Tuesday (Indoor) and Wednesday (Outdoor). Our unit this half-term will be Ball skills and Gymnastics.
RE
This half-term we will be exploring the theme of 'The Big Picture'. We will look at key stories from the Bible, Quran and the Guru Granth Sahib to explore the big questions about the universe and nature of humanity.
We will investigate stories from these holy books to consider why these are special and how they are treated and respected.
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 - On this Island
We will be learning how to apply music to British songs and sounds.
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.
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