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Ballykeel Primary School & Nursery Unit

Year 2

Welcome to P2!

Hello and welcome to P2! Our teachers are Mrs Thompson, Mrs McWhirter and Mrs Ritchie. Our classroom assistants are Mrs Halliday, Mrs Blaney, Miss McPeake and Miss Watt.

Have a look at our latest P2 Newsletter.

Date for the diary: Monday 18th March – Bank Holiday

Homework:

Monday to Thursday nights the children will have reading. It is important to hear this reading every night. The children will continue with spellings. Some children will get spelling words every night from Monday to Wednesday and some will get one set on a Monday for the week. Both then have Thursday night to revise for a test on Friday. Spellings should be written out neatly every night and signed by an adult please. We have included mental maths facts every week to develop quick recall with addition and subtraction. Please ask your child these sums.

Practical homework will also be given out every Monday in their homework book. Some practical equipment will be sent home, please look after it and return it with the book. Over the next few weeks we will be sending home some phonics games to help reinforce blending sounds as this is something we are focusing on in class.

Theme – Long, long ago ……. Orphan Mary.

We are going to be learning about the Olden Days this term - when great, great, great, great Gran was a little girl! We will be finding out about things have changed at home, at school and the kind of toys little girls and boys played with. We will be meeting a teacher from the olden days, let's hope she's not too cross and doesn't have to use the cane! It should be good fun!

Maths

We will be learning about 3D shapes in number work. We should be able to find lots of examples of cylinders, spheres, cubes, cones and cuboids around the house. Perhaps you could try making a 3D model using some junk shapes?

Literacy

Keep up the good work with the reading books and spellings – 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, especially if they reverse any letters. We will also be looking at capital letters and practising them in our handwriting books.

Our reading is really improving since starting P2! Keep working hard at home on this.

 

Thank you to everyone who took the time to speak to us at the parent interviews in February. It is great to have your support with your child's learning.

Mrs Thompson, Mrs McWhirter and Mrs Ritchie  

 

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