Welcome to P2!

Hello and welcome to P2! Our teachers are Mrs Thompson and Mrs McWhirter. Our classroom assistants are Mrs Halliday and Miss Anderson.

Have a look at our latest P2 Newsletter – SeptOct24

Please ensure your child has the following in school every day:

- school bag

- a healthy break time snack

- lunch box or dinner money (paid on ParentPay)

- coat

- reading folder, book and reading record

- P.E. gutties (to be kept in school)

Homework:

Monday to Thursday nights the children will have reading. It is important to hear this reading every night. Later in term 1, flashcards with high frequency words will be sent home to reinforce at home. On a Monday the children get a simple homework to complete and return on Wednesday.

Practical maths homework’s will also start later in the term and time should be taken to play them with the children as this is a great way to reinforce our work in class.

Theme - If you go down to the woods today..

Up until Halloween our class theme will be “If you go down to the woods today…” During this time we will be looking at all sorts of things to do with Autumn, trees, weather, The Gruffalo, woodland animals and looking after our environment. We are hoping that the children will bring in all sorts of things from those Autumn walks!

Maths

For this first half term we will be making sure everyone knows their numbers to 10. So if you have a minute make sure your child can write their numbers to 10, put them in order, fill in missing numbers and even add on 1 (to a number up to 10). We will be revising our 2D shapes and the children love playing “Spot the Shape” in school – try doing this at home or in the car.

We will be talking about more and less, before, after and numbers between.

Literacy

Keep up the good work with the reading books and Jolly Phonics sounds – it all makes a difference.

We are really trying to reinforce good handwriting and correct letter formation - help your child practise their letters as much as possible.

Our author study will be Julia Donaldson and her books really get the children enthused about reading. Ask your child which book they enjoyed the most.

We look forward to meeting you all at the ‘Meet the Teacher’ information session.

Thank you for your support,

Mrs Thompson and Mrs McWhirter