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Blwyddyn 2 / Year 2
Welcome to Year 2/Dosbarth Celyn
Tel: 01554 773822
Mobile: 07929 783164
email:oldroadschool@gmail.com
email:admin@oldroad.ysgolccc.cymru
Your child’s teacher is: Mrs Frances Coley
Mrs Laura Ford (TA)
Miss Jane Phillips (PPA)
Welcome back to the 2021 -2022 school year!
As your child moves up to Year 2 / Dosbarth Celyn, here is some information for you.
School Times
School starts at 8.50am and members of staff will at the top of the yellow brick road to greet your child through the gate. Please be punctual as the gate will be locked at 9.00am prompt. The school day ends at 3.00pm so again please be punctual to collect your child.
School Dinners
School dinner money should continue to be paid via Parent Pay.
Healthy Snacks and Water
Please ensure your child brings a healthy snack of fruit or vegetable daily. FP pupils are encouraged to eat a snack during the morning to help them maintain concentration. Your child will need to bring a labelled water bottle to school every day with fresh water. This will also help concentration and keep them hydrated, which is very important.
Homework
Homework will be issued via J2E on a Friday. Children will be given Maths, language or topic work as well as additional tasks set on the Homework tab on J2E. Tasks will be shared with pupils for them to save to their files. J2Stars will be awarded for all homework completed. Sumdog will now be used in Year 2 – if you require the login details then please ask.
PE
PE day for Year 2/Dosbarth Celyn will be a Thursday. Until further notice, your child will need to come to school suitably dressed in their PE kit on this day… t/shirt, sweatshirt, joggers/shorts and trainers. Uniform does not need to be worn on Thursday.
Curriculum
There will be a focus on the children accessing the outdoors as much as possible, however on a Wednesday morning we will be using ‘Nature’s Den’ so please ensure your child wears appropriate clothing including a coat and footwear for this activity. Wellies can be brought to school for your child to change into.
Oxford Owl is a fantastic resource and this will be used as our reading scheme. You and your child can access this using the following details:
www.oxfordowl.co.uk Username: dosbarthcelyn Password: readingisfun
A letter will be sent via schoop/website giving details of literacy, maths and science topics covered this term.
Information
It is really important that you make us aware of any issues or worries that your child may have so that we can deal with them early on. Also, it is very important that you inform staff of any medical issues as soon as possible.
Letters
We will be sending letters and information home via SCHOOP. If you haven’t already downloaded SCHOOP, please download from Google play or apple app store. The school code is 7749.
Year 2 / Dosbarth Celyn will be using a class Twitter account to share information. Please follow us on:
@CelynORS
And finally…
If you do have any concerns at all, please do not hesitate to contact a member of staff – we are more than happy to put your mind at ease.
Many thanks
Mrs Coley
Autumn Term 2021/Tymor yr Hydref 2021
Year 2/Dosbarth Celyn
Mrs Coley
Maths
This term we will be learning about…
Number formation
Place value – counting on and back, order and identify numbers
Read and write numbers to 100 at least and use mental recall of number facts
Place value – more or less and partitioning numbers.
Addition and subtraction.
Multiplication and division (grouping and sharing).
Money – recognising coins and paying for items.
Number sequences.
Compare and order 2 digit numbers.
Shape 2D.
Capacity – measuring using litres.
Measure – measuring children’s height weekly.
Literacy
This term we will be learning…
Phonics and develop spelling strategies.
Handwriting, punctuation and grammar
Reading skills
How to write a recount using sentence openers, connectives, adjectives, similes and prepositions.
Autumn writing
How to write a list of questions for a visitor.
list of similarities and differences.
How to write instructions, using ordering words, ‘Bossy verbs’ and labeling diagrams.
How to write letter with and address, date, greeting the reader a main body and an ending.
Retell of stories
Topic
This half term we will be learning ‘All about me’ and the history of Beti Bwt.
We will be focusing on old and new toys, schools, clothes.
We will also learn about:
Our feelings – how do we react to situations and control our feelings.
Learning about different types of emotions and how they affect us.
My family – who is important to me?
Being unique – our differences and similarities.
Healthy eating and exercise .
Hygiene and hand washing.
Medicine safety.
First aid.