Wellhouse Junior and Infant School

Who is in Class 2?

Mrs Preston is our teacher, and supporting us is Mrs Wood, Mrs Garside and Mrs Haigh. 

Mrs Garside also teaches us on Wednesday afternoons.

What do I need to remember?

It is important that we all bring our reading record and book with us each day as we may need to read with a member of staff throughout the day. We also collect merits in our reading record. 

We have a weekly book change on a Tuesday in school. This is when children will change their reading book with an adult. 

Tuesday afternoons and Wednesday afternoons are our PE days. Children will change for PE at school, this will usually be outside. PE kit must be labelled and left at school in a named bag.

Although lessons can move around, here is a general timetable of what will be happening each week.

Current topics 

Our topic for Autumn term 1 is 'New Arrivals'

In Literacy we are reading a selection of different picture books about making friends and 'new arrivals'. The children are going to be writing some sentences focusing on our perfect structure- capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. In Maths our topic this half term is all about place value and addition. In Science we will be learning all about animals including humans. In Art we will be creating some animal based art work based on the story 'New arrivals on Willow Farm' by Helen Peters. In Computing the children will be learning all about how to stay safe online and how to use technology the right way. In PSHE we are following myhappymind and our topic this half term is 'Meet My Brain' where the children will be learning all about their emotions and why they feel the way they do. We will then be learning strategies to stay calm. In RE we are going to be learning all about Jewish people, their celebrations and stories that are important to them. In Geography we will be learning all about where we live. The children will learn about Europe, the UK and our local area. In French the children will begin to learn some greetings and practice being able to talk about themselves. With the PE coach, the children will be learning all about Netball. With Mrs Garside we will be doing the fundamentals, practicing some important skills.

What can you do at home?

One of the most important things you can do at home to help your child is reading with them. Your child has access to many books in school and are also able to bring them home. Please fill in the reading record book whenever you have shared a book together or listened to your child read.

They can also log onto TT Rockstars to practice their times tables at home. Another great website for maths practice is topmarks, which has educational games to develop their fluency. Our favourite is hit the button where the children can practice numberbonds and times tables. 

Each week your child will bring home a set of spellings. Please make sure they practice these regularly throughout the week ready for our tests on Friday afternoons.

Here’s what we have been up to in class 2