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Here, we will upload the home learning phonics sheets as the children are learning them. We will send a copy home each week, too.

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This is the Autumn 1 overview/snapshot which provides a little more detail about the curriculum covered during the children's first half-term in Year 2.

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Here is the planned overview for the topics we will be learning about over the year.

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Trips and activities TBC in the new school year.

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The children's outdoor learning will continue to be on Tuesday afternoon.

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PE days for Whizzpoppers class will be Monday and Friday.

PE days for Phizzwizards will be Wednesday and Friday.

Please ensure the children are appropriately dressed for the cold on these days as we may still be outside for PE.

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We are really looking forward to continuing the reading journey with your child this year. Reading books are expected to be returned on a Thursday so we can issue new books on a Friday.

They will bring home a decodable book, so they can read and practise their phonics skills, and a shared reading for pleasure book for you to read with your child to develop their love of reading. They will also bring home with them a phonics or spelling home learning worksheet that covers their learning that week, and their completed maths quiz so they can share this with you, and practise, at home.

Please can we ask you to read these books with your child as many times as you can. We would love for you to write a comment in the reading record book to tell us how they're getting on or even share their favourite parts! Most importantly, have fun and enjoy reading together.

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Motivational maths practice for schools and families.

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Reading books are sent home on a Friday. Please can they be returned on a Thursday for changing.

Reading for pleasure books are also sent home to enjoy with your child. These should also be returned each week.

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This half term, please continue to bring the following for outdoor learning on a Tuesday:

wellies or suitable outdoor shoes in a named plastic bag

jogging bottoms (to protect their legs)

waterproof trousers (if you have them)

waterproof coat – an old one is best

long sleeved light jacket (summer)

hats, gloves, scarf (winter)

sun cream applied if weather is hot

PLEASE NAME ALL ITEMS OF CLOTHING

If you have any questions regarding the sessions, please speak to your child's class teacher.

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By the end of the Autumn term, there is an expectation that ALL the children will have mastered the phase 5 phonics. Please scroll through these resources to find ideas to support your child progress phonics into spelling.

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Please note: we'll be delivering to schools and libraries until Friday 22 nd December 2023. You can continue to place your orders online throughout the festive period, with delivery recommencing from Wednesday 3 rd January. If you have any queries, please email hello@peters.co.uk. We wish all of our customers a restful Christmas break and a very happy 2024.

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Please note: we'll be delivering to schools and libraries until Friday 22 nd December 2023. You can continue to place your orders online throughout the festive period, with delivery recommencing from Wednesday 3 rd January. If you have any queries, please email hello@peters.co.uk.

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Phonics Bloom create interactive online phonics games to help teach children the relationship between letters and sounds and develop the skills needed to read and write. All our resources are designed by an experienced team of teachers and parents.

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Phonics Games for the Classroom and Home - Phonics Bloom

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Play a range of online phonics games, helping teach children the relationship between letters and sounds and develop the skills needed to read and write.

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This is our Little Wandle grapheme mat.  The children are currently learning Phase 5 sounds and are using this mat to support their learning.  If you are unsure of a sound, please look at the grapheme mat for help.

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Phase 5a Interactive Resources - Weeks 1-4, Phase 5b Interactive Resources - Weeks 5-7 and Phase 5c Interactive Resources - Weeks 8-30

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This is the terminology we use and encourage the children to use in class during our daily phonics sessions.

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https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

You can have fun reading and spelling Common Exception Words.  Click Year 2 and Year 3 and click on a book to choose a set of words.

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Spooky Spellings

Practise spelling common exception words.

(Ages 5 and up)

Children in school learn to spell some word through the use of phonics. Some common words are 'tricky' and children need to learn them by heart.

This game uses the words listed in the UK National Curriculum as being 'Common Exception Words' i.e. tricky words.
Choose a year group, then choose bird box to select your word list. Arrange the letters in the correct order to spell each word. The bats will take the letters away when you get it right.

iOS iPad App:
If you'd like a similar game but want to add your own words, why not have a look at this App... Please note, LCWC is paid, not free.

Build on the learning with
these games:

This game is © copyright 2018, J.Barrett, ictgames.com All Rights Reserved.

Made using the and libraries.

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(Ages 5 and up) Children in school learn to spell some word through the use of phonics. Some common words are 'tricky' and children need to learn them by heart. This game uses the words listed in the UK National Curriculum as being 'Common Exception Words' i.e. tricky words.

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PSHE (Personal, Social, Health, Economic education) and RE are taught continually each week across the year.

Our PSHE Jigsaw friend in Year One is Jigsaw Jo and we also have Jerry Cat, who the children will recognise from Reception.  Our first PSHE topic for the Autumn term is 'Dreams and Goals'

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Jigsaw, the mindful approach to PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) is a teaching programme written by teachers for teachers that has children's wellbeing and learning at its heart.

The lesson plans are age-appropriate and cover all the requirements of the relevant guidance in this area in England, Scotland and Wales, and for primary schools in Northern Ireland, and much of the content for post-primary schools. This carefully includes work to help safeguard children, for example ensuring they know how to keep themselves safe and how to ask for help if needed.

Schools, of course, are encouraged to adapt and tailor the lessons to meet their pupils' needs.

Jigsaw also supports schools to engage with parents and carers. Jigsaw offers to work with schools to run parent information sessions which enable open discussion on the whole programme and statutory requirements and provides free parent briefing leaflets making its approach transparent, and emphasising its belief that the parent-school partnership is in children's best interest.

Jigsaw is happy for you as parents and carers to see all the materials the school will use in its lessons but stipulates that this needs to be done in the school so a teacher can explain the rationale and the progression in learning and most importantly how the particular school intends to use and differentiate the generic Jigsaw Programme to suit the needs of the pupils in your school. They will have decided this after parent consultation.

By sharing all the materials within the school environment you can have all your questions answered and be clear about the teaching of Jigsaw in your child's school and how it fits into any other guidance for PSHE, for example if the school is a special school or a church school.

It saddens us when occasionally people misrepresent our work by inaccurately suggesting that subjects are taught or are taught in certain year groups. Please do visit your child's school if you have further questions or concerns and ask to go through the Jigsaw Programme with a teacher so that you can understand what is actually contained in the programme.

Jigsaw remains committed to supporting teachers to empower children to be happy, healthy and successful learners.
Jan Lever MBE, CEO Jigsaw Education Group

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Jigsaw, the mindful approach to PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) is a teaching programme written by teachers for teachers that has children's wellbeing and learning at its heart. The lesson plans are age-appropriate and cover all the requirements of the relevant guidance in this area in England, Scotland and Wales, and for primary schools in Northern Ireland, and much of the content for post-primary schools.

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There are plenty of simple and effective ways you can help your child with punctuation and grammar. Here are a few of our top ideas.

While children do learn about language from speaking and listening, the type of language we use in writing is often different from that in speech. Reading regularly to your child, especially books that they cannot yet read independently, is a great way of developing their vocabulary and their understanding of how language works.

2. Encourage your child to read

Making time to hear your child read isn't just good for their reading. Through frequently seeing words in print, they will have the opportunity to see how the punctuation and grammar are used to share meaning.

When you read, occasionally look at the punctuation and talk about what it is telling the reader to do. For example, you could show your child how a question mark tells you to raise your voice at the end of the sentence to indicate a question being asked.

Explore how you can show the 'feeling' behind an exclamation mark. Are the characters shouting? Has something unexpected happened? Has something gone wrong?

Playing games can help children to learn about grammar and punctuation in an enjoyable way. Watch grammar expert Charlotte Raby's video 'How can I help my child with grammar, punctuation and spelling?' to see some quick and easy games in action:

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Grammar & punctuation at primary school | Oxford Owl

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There are plenty of simple and effective ways you can help your child with punctuation and grammar. Here are a few of our top ideas. While children do learn about language from speaking and listening, the type of language we use in writing is often different from that in speech.

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Hit the Button- Number Bonds to 10 and 20

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Hit the Button- Number Bonds to 10 and 20

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Please play this game to practise number bonds to 10 and 20

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QR CODE

Scan this on mobiles and tablets to quickly open this web page.

Hit the Button is an interactive maths game with quick fire questions on number bonds, times tables, doubling and halving, multiples, division facts and square numbers. The games, which are against the clock, challenge and develop mental maths skills. An untimed, practise mode is available in our Hit the Button app along with lots more extra features.

The activities can be matched to appropriate mathematical ability. Regular use of Hit the Button can help students to sharpen their recall of vital number facts in a fun way and learning multiplication tables need not be boring.

AGE

6-11 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Times Tables Division Number Bonds Doubles Halves Square Numbers

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Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds

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Quick fire questions on number bonds, doubles, halves, times tables, division facts and square numbers against the clock. Superb!

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Learning to count is fun with this range of free educational games for Key Stage 1 children. Start with the simple counting games and progress to numbers up to 100. There are also matching and sequencing numbers activities.

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Free, interactive, learning to count games for 5 to 7 year olds involve numbers from 1 to 100.

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Maths at Home

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This section provides some ideas for how you can raise awareness and share mathematics using everyday experiences and resources found around your home. It includes ideas for supporting your children's learning in all areas of mathematics: geometry, measurement, statistics, algebra and number.

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This section provides some ideas for how you can raise awareness and share mathematics using everyday experiences and resources found around your home. It includes ideas for supporting your children's learning in all areas of mathematics: geometry, measurement, statistics, algebra and number.

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2. Are you sitting comfortably?

When your child is writing, make sure they are sitting comfortably with their feet touching the floor (or a footrest). Writing is easier when you have a stable body.

3. Match the school

Be sure to find out what handwriting style your child is learning at school. Consistency is key, so it is important not to correct something that you think is an error but that is actually part of the style your child is learning.

4. Write in the sand

Give your child opportunities to do some non-permanent writing. This takes the pressure off early writers - if their handwriting isn't perfect, they can just wash or brush it away and start again.

Write in the sand at the beach. Write in the mud at the park. Fill a clear sandwich bag that closes with some washing-up liquid and glitter; get your child to write (gently) on this. Ask your child to write letters or words on your back with their finger - can you guess what it is?

5. Get crafty

Continue to encourage your child to draw, colour, paint, and do crafting activities at home using a range of different materials. These activities all provide opportunities to develop control, fine motor skills, and hand-eye coordination.

Add some writing to the crafts - can they write with chalk, paint brushes or crayons? Can they make an attractive sign for their door or books?

6. Practice makes perfect

Good handwriting needs lots of practise. Practise handwriting with your child a few times every week - perhaps using the week's spelling words. This will help them to develop good habits and strong muscles in their hands (and good spelling). Use special handwriting paper to check the position of each letter.

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Everything you need to know about how handwriting is taught at school and what you can do to support your child at home, from the early years to Year 6.

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If you are looking for ideas of what books to read, then please have a look at the attached ist. there are some fantastic books, which we are sure you will enjoy.

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If you have any questions please email your teacher through the office email account: office@astonclinton.bucks.sch.uk

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Free eBook library | Oxford Owl from Oxford University Press

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Browse our library of free children’s eBooks to read with your child including Oxford Reading Tree adventures with Biff, Chip and Kipper.

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PE Kit

Please remember that children are expected to wear: ACS fleece or plain navy tracksuit top or hoodie; a plain white t-shirt; navy shorts or skort; plain navy tracksuit bottoms or plain black leggings.  They are need trainers for outdoor PE.

PE days:

Whizzpoppers: Monday and Friday

Phizzwizards: Wednesday and Friday

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Our overall aim in Y2 is for pupils to develop a handwriting style which is legible and fluent.

We will follow the Little Wandle handwriting scheme to focus on non-joined letter formation that the children were taught in Reception and Year 1 in our daily handwriting lessons. We will be focussing on lower-case letters, upper-case letters and numbers, before preparing the children to join their writing for Year 3.

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Reinforce Times Tables

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QR CODE

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Coconut Multiples is a tablet-friendly maths game which can reinforce your knowledge of times tables by helping you to recognise the multiples from each table. They can select either multiples up to either the 12 or 10 times table. Multiples can then be worked on either as individual times tables or mixed.

AGE

6-11 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Number Multiplication Division

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Coconut Multiples - Reinforce Times Tables

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Coconut Multiples is a fun maths game to help 6-11 year olds recognise multiples from either the 10 or 12 times tables.

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A Book Bag

Water bottle
This should be brought filled with water and will be sent home each day

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Write your own Storybook

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Create your own storybook online. Make writing and publishing a book more fun with our picture book making tool!

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We expect the children to demonstrate our school values.  We model our values and teach the children to follow the 4 R's: Aspire - be ready to learn; Care - be respectful; Succeed - regulate and repair.  In Year 2, we build on the learning undertaken in Year 1 and continue to explore and develop these values in order to help the children achieve their potential and be safe and happy in their learning.

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1 Minute Maths - a good app to use at home

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1 Minute Maths - a good app to use at home

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Explore thousands of high-quality resources for lesson planning and curriculum design. All optional, adaptable and free.

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Whizzpoppers
Miss Wilmot

Mrs Clark (Mon-Thurs)

Miss Herson

Phizzwizard

Miss Parr

Mrs Lock

Mrs Saunders

Mrs Potter

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Our aim is to positively praise children who are following our school values.

We recognise this in a variety of ways:

Positive shout outs

A dojo point

Stickers

Recognition certificates

Postcards home with a message

Best seat in the house

Hot chocolate!

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Please monitor your child's activity on YouTube

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From the team behind the YouTube series SciShow comes SciShow Kids! Join host Jessi, her robot rat friend Squeaks, and all their friends at the Fort as they explain fun, complex science concepts for young, curious minds. Whether conducting experiments, researching new questions, or talking with experts, there’s always something new to discover with SciShow Kids, no matter what your age! SciShow Kids is streaming on Peacock and Roku! Just search for SciShow Kids to watch a special selection of our favorite compilations. New episodes of SciShow Kids will continue to be posted on YouTube. SciShow Kids is ideal for early-elementary learners, Grades 1-3, and most episodes are structured around the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) curriculum.

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Children need to bring in their reading books on a Thursday for us to look at and change. These will then be sent home on a Friday. The books the children bring home are matched to their reading level so please ensure you read these with them to practise their reading at home. When you do read with your child at home please make a note in their reading record so that we can praise them for this.

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Spelling in Year 2 (age 6–7) | Oxford Owl

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In Year 2, your child’s knowledge of spelling is assessed by their teacher and in the SPaG SATs test. Find out how you can help with spelling at home.