Year 2 Newsletter 15
Friday 8th January
Dear Parent/Carers,
Happy New Year and welcome back! We have been very pleased at how quickly the
children have settled back into Year Two routines after the Christmas break.
This week, we launched our new ‘Spelling Stars’. Tonight your child has brought home
their spelling book with their first Super Spellers list inside, as well as an information sheet
with some ideas for fun activities to practise at home. Pupils need to bring their spelling
books to school each day. Once your child has become confident in spelling these words
independently and consistently within their writing, new spellings will be given.
In our SPaG lessons (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar), we have been learning about
‘noun phrases’ (a group of words which act as a noun e.g. the angry giant), as well as
using the –s and –es suffixes to change nouns from singular to plural. On the reverse of
this letter, please find the ‘rules’ that we have been using to help us with this learning.
‘Non-fiction’ has been the main focus of our Literacy learning. Using a range of texts, we
have begun to use key features (e.g. titles, headings, contents, labels, glossary, index,
photos) to find relevant information.
Next week, we will explore verbs (e.g. jump, scream, dash) and verb chains (She was
sitting quietly), as well as recapping on alternative spelling patterns for ‘f’ (elephant), ‘w’
(which) and ‘j’ (giraffe, badge, large).
In Numeracy, we have recapped on written strategies for multiplication and division, as
well as exploring the relationship between the two (e.g. 3x4=12 so 12÷4=3). Next week,
we will move onto fractions. During the course of the week, we will find ½, ¼ and ¾ of
objects, shapes and quantities. Furthermore, we will begin to explore the equivalence of ½
and 2/4.
As part of the Art element of our ‘Dressing Up’ CCL topic work this week, we have been
studying the work of Andy Warhol, focusing in particular on his use of pattern and colour.
Next week, we will begin to plan our own textile print, using Warhol’s work as a stimulus.
Many thanks,
Mr Thirlwell, Mrs Walden and Mrs Caine
The word singular means just one of something, for example a house or a dog.
The word plural means more than one of something, for example houses or dogs.
The word singular is very similar to single. This can help us remember the meanings of
singular and plural.
Most singular nouns form the plural by adding –s.
singular form
plural form
boat
boats
car
cars
house
houses
tree
trees
Singular nouns ending in ‘hissing’ sounds (‘s’, ‘x’, ‘z’, ‘ch’ or ‘sh’) form the plural by
adding –es.
singular form
plural form
bus
buses
box
boxes
church
churches
wish
wishes
Singular nouns ending in a consonant and the letter ‘y’ form the plural by dropping
the ‘y’ and adding –ies.
singular form
plural form
penny
pennies
baby
babies
daisy
daisies
spy
spies
Singular nouns ending in a vowel and the letter ‘y’ form the plural by simply adding
–s.
singular form
plural form
boy
boys
toy
toys
valley
valleys
tray
trays