Welcome to Amethyst class
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Amethyst Class is made up of 30 fabulous Year 2 children. Our class teacher is Mrs Ganguly and our teaching assistants are Mrs Salt, Mrs Barley(previously Ms Haywood) and Ms Musson. Every other Thursday, we will be taught by Mrs Robinson whilst Mrs Ganguly has her planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time.
On our webpage you will find regular updates on our learning as well as useful information and important dates. Alongside this webpage, you will also have access to our class dojo where we will share regular updates with you so that you know exactly what we have been up to.
Message from Mrs. Ganguly
Happy New Year, everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful and restful Christmas break. It’s lovely to welcome the children back as we begin the Spring term together.
We’re excited to start Forest School on Thursdays. Children can come dressed in their normal, comfortable clothing, but please make sure it’s suitable for outdoor activities. A spare set of clothes is highly recommended, as we’re likely to get quite muddy. There’s no need for school uniform on Forest School days.
Looking forward to a fantastic term ahead!
Warm wishes,
Mrs Ganguly.
Spring 1- Key dates for your diary
- Monday 5th January - Back to school
- Wednesday 4th February - Expert Group Afternoon
- Friday 13th February - Break up
- Monday 23rd February - Back to school
Timetables
Spellings
Our weekly spelling test of Year 2 words takes place every Friday and our first spelling test this term will be on Friday, 12th September 2025.
Your child will also receive spelling practice and tests on words at their phonics level, which takes place throughout the week as part of their phonics and literacy lessons.
PE / Forest School
Our PE days for Spring 1 are as follows:
Indoor PE - Every Monday afternoon
Outdoor PE - Every Thursday afternoon (Forest school)
The indoor and outdoor PE kit should include:
A plain red t-shirt (with or without the school logo)
A plain black sports jacket/zip-up jacket - please ensure these are named
Plain black or navy joggers or shorts (weather dependent)
If your child has long hair please make sure they have a bobble to tie it back in.
Our Spring 1 Curriculum
In the Autumn Term 2 we will be covering the following:
Maths: Time, Money, Multiplication, division
English: Different genres for writing, exploring story writing using descriptive language and vocabulary. Identify and use adverbs, dialogues, speech marks, commas in a list and recapping expanded noun phrases.
Geography: Comparison of UK with European and non-European country (location and place knowledge)
Science: Materials- important inventors and learning about recycling. Living things and their habitats.
Art: Painting & Printing block where we will explore the painting and artistic styles of William Morris, Claude Monet and Wassily Kandinsky.
Music: Exploring Feelings through Music – How does music make the world a better place?
Computing: Robot Algorithms- using Bee-Bots
PE: Indoor – Tai Chi, Outdoor -Throwing and catching
RE: ‘Expressing’ strand: What makes some places sacred?
PSCHE: Health & Well-being’ strand- Changes: Explore loss and change and the associated feelings.
Please click on the document attachments below to see what we will be learning in each subject.
- English - SPAG.pdf
- Maths - Number and Place Value.pdf
- Maths-Addition-and-Subtraction-Knowledge-Organiser.pdf
- Maths-Multiplication-and-Division-Knowledge-Organiser.pdf
- Geography Knowledge Organiser - All.docx
- Science Knowledge organisers for Materials.docx
- PSCHE - KS1 Being Me Knowledge Organiser.docx
- RE Knowledge Organiser.docx
Our class book this term is...
Our class book this term is The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry.
"The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry is a beautifully illustrated children's book that tells the story of a man who, while attempting to chop down a majestic kapok tree in the Amazon rainforest, is visited by various animals that depend on the tree for their survival.
From the story we can learn that:
Nature is interconnected: harming one part of the ecosystem affects everything else.
Every creature has value, even the smallest ones.
Humans have a responsibility to protect the environment rather than destroy it.
Listening to nature matters- if we pay attention, we can make wiser, more compassionate choices.
Reading
Your child will receive a reading diary and a wallet containing 2 books. The first book is a black and white ‘storybook’ – this will be a copy of the book your child has learned to read in their Read, Write Inc phonics group. They will know this book and should be able to read it fluently – this is their book where they can show off their great reading skills to you! The second book is a ‘Book Bag Book’ – this book will be matched to your child’s phonics knowledge. Although they will not have read this book in school, they should be able to read it quite easily. This book enables your child to apply their phonic skills independently and for this reason, this is the book we encourage you to focus on at home.
Each child will also choose a book to share together at home. We promote a love of books and reading at school and would like to encourage this at home. We do not expect children to be able to read the sharing book themselves, but we do expect them to enjoy listening to it, learning from it and talking to you about it!
In order for our phonics teaching to work effectively, it is essential that all books are returned to school. After hearing your child read at home, or sharing a book together, please make sure all books go straight back into their reading wallet / bag so they are always readily available at school. Depending on their phonics group, children will be given new reading books every 4 to 6 days.
Please note: Some black and white storybooks have a space for the child's name. Please leave this blank as these are not personal copies, and will be re-used.
Finally, a reminder that we ask for you to hear your child read at least 3 times each week. Please sign your child’s reading diary after each read and include any comments you would like to make. If your child has read at least 3 times each week their name will get entered into our Reading Raffle!
Homework
Alongside weekly reading and spelling practice, your child will also be set some online activities linked to grammar and Maths. These activities may be set on Spag.com or MyMaths.
This term we are also going to start times tables practise on TTRockstars. Children will be given a letter and their username and password and all other details to login.
Weekly updates will be provided via class dojo to make you aware of the homework each week.
You can access the homework apps and websites below:
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