• Homework

Welcome to our Year 1 and 2 class page. 

    Our Topic for the second half of the Autumn Term is:

Into the Woods ...

How is Delamere Forest different to the Sundarbans Forest?

In this topic, we will be learning all about what forests are like in the United Kingdom and comparing this to forests in India. We will look at our local forest, Delamere, and the Sundarbans forest in West Bengal, India. We will find out all about the animals that live in each place, the trees that grow and the climates of the two diffrent forests. We will consider how important it is to look after our environment and the rich diversity that can be found in our wonderful world. 

In English, we will be looking at Jill Tomlinson's 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark.' We will be using this lovely story as a starting point to gather information about owls, a bird native to U.K. forests. We will then be looking at how to present our information as a fact sheet, making choices about words and sentence types. 

We will continue to work hard in phonics and spelling lessons, too, and use our reading and spelling knowledge across all our learning. 

Take a look at our 'Into the Woods Topic Map' and 'Knowledge Organiser'  at the bottom of this page to see what we will be covering in our curriculum.

General Year 1/2 Class Information

School uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are labelled with your child's name. 

Snack: Your child can bring in their own healthy snack for our 10:25am break or we have a selection of fruit in school that they can choose from.

PE: Our class PE days for Autumn are Mondays and Tuesdays.

Please ensure that your child comes to school wearing their PE kit on these days. School uniform is not needed.

Homework:

Reading: Please use your login to access Oxford Owls online, where your child's allocated reading books and quizzes will be waiting for them. The children are encouraged to bring home books from our class library as often as they like to read and share with you at home. 

Maths: Your child will receive a My Maths login which will be their online access to weekly maths homework.

Spelling:  The childrens' spelling quiz words are linked to the phonic patterns that the children will be learning in their Phonics lessons. They will be given on a Thursday for a quiz the following Thursday. Also, we will be concentrating on the 'Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Words' in class (please see either the homework tab at the top of the page or the 'files to download' at the bottom.) These are words that don't follow the phonic patterns but are used frequently and useful to be able to read and write fluently. We will focus on these in class and each term will make a checklist of how the children are doing. 

Class Dojo homework:

This can be found in the files to download at the bottom of this page and the homework tab at the top. While this is not compulsary, it's a great way to learn more about our topic and earn Dojo Points to convert in our shop at the end of term.