Welcome to Squirrel’s class

On this page you will find useful information about Squirrel’s class

Monday morning:

Class Teacher – Mr Clay

Teaching Assistant – Mrs Siveter

Monday afternoon:

Class Teacher - Mrs Sarah Van-Schuerbeck

Teaching Assistant - Ms Laura Webber

Tuesday morning:

Class Teacher – Mr Clay

Teaching Assistant – Mrs Siveter

Tuesday afternoon:

Class Teacher – Mr Clay

Teaching Assistant - Ms Laura Webber

Wednesday morning:  

Class Teacher – Mr Clay

Teaching Assistant – Mrs Siveter

Wednesday afternoon:

Class teacher - Mrs Sarah Van-Schuerbeck

Teaching Assistant - Mr Clay

Teaching Assistant - Ms Laura Webber

Thursday morning:

Class Teacher – Mr Clay

Teaching Assistant – Mrs Siveter

Thursday afternoon:

Class Teacher - Mrs Sarah Van-Schuerbeck

Teaching Assistant - Mr Clay

Teaching Assistant - Ms Laura Webber

Friday morning:

Class Teacher – Mr Clay

Teaching Assistant – Mrs Siveter

Friday afternoon:

Class Teacher - Mrs Sarah Van-Schuerbeck

Teaching Assistant - Mr Clay

Teaching Assistant - Ms Laura Webber

Homework: 

Each week the children will be given a homework sheet with various tasks for them to complete. Homework is set on Thursday and is due in on the following Tuesday. Children should read aloud to an adult every day for 10mins, recording this in their reading record books.  Children

should practise their spellings every day.  

Spring term:

Term Topic: Coasts

This term we are learning all about coasts. This is a theme that will run through English, History, Geography and will make appearances in some other subjects as well. 

English: 

We are starting this term with a recount of a fun day at the coast in the book 'Tom and Lucy at the seaside' by Shirley Hughes. This is a great way for Year 2 children to start imagining what it would feel like if they were the character in the story. What did they see? How did they feel? What were they thinking? Answering these questions through a narrative structure increases the complexity of writing, broadens children's vocabulary and allows them to write from a range of perspectives. The use of past and present tense and consideration of the purpose of writing will become more important as the term progresses, giving children the opportunity to develop skills and a lifelong love of writing. 

Math: 

This term we are learning the last of the four operations in Math; multiplication and division. This will build on children's existing knowledge of repeated addition to grasp the concept of multiplication before learning its inverse, division. This is an exciting term where children will have the chance to develop a deeper understand of the composition of number and solve increasingly complex problems. 

Science: 

Our topic this term is all to do with uses of everyday materials. This will require children to know the difference between objects and the materials they are made before thinking about the properties of the materials we study. Children will think with about elements of design and construction; utilising suitable materials to build a structure at the end of term.