Welcome Back to the Final Term!

Welcome back! We hope you all had a wonderful half-term break and are ready for an exciting final term in year 2.

We have a busy and enjoyable term ahead, filled with lots of hands-on learning and memorable experiences. Some of the exciting events planned include:

• A Construction Workshop this Friday (5th June) with BEARD Construction company
• Sports Day
• Local walks around Great Milton as part of our Geography learning
• Growing vegetables
• Pond dipping
• Transition Days
• Our Tawny Owls curriculum workshops are every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon.

                                                            A Few Reminders

☀️ As the weather becomes warmer, please apply sun cream to your child before they come to school each day. Please also ensure your child brings:

• A named sun hat
• A named water bottle

🏃 PE Day will be Monday this term. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on this day.

📚 Home learning challenges and spellings will be set most weeks. Thank you for your support with these at home. We would also encourage you to hear your child read as often as possible, as regular reading makes a huge difference to their confidence and progress.

🔬 For our Science topic, we will be making habitats next week. We would be very grateful if you could send your child to school with a cereal-sized box to use for this project. We will start working on them next week.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We are looking forward to a fantastic final term with the children and can't wait to share all of these exciting experiences with them. As always, please contact me if you have any questions or concerns on office@greatmiltonschool.co.uk or see me at the end of the day.

                                                                Here's to a happy, busy, and successful final term!

                                                                                   Warm wishes,

                                                                                                           Mrs Bennett

 

 

 

                                                                              

Dear Barn Owls and Families,

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter break. Welcome to a brand new term!  I am so excited to begin this next adventure with you!

This term is going to be full of amazing discoveries, fun challenges, and lots of chances to learn new things. You will read interesting stories, solve tricky problems, explore creative ideas, and grow your skills every single day.

This term we will have P.E with Mr Pearce on a Monday and Thursday. Monday you will be learning rugby skills and Thursday you will be developing your skills and understanding of cricket. Every Friday you will also have a 30 minute tennis lesson with Neil James, our tennis coach. Please come to school wearing your PE kits on these days.

On  Tuesday and Friday afternoons we will be taking part in workshops with Tawny owls with a different theme each week linked to the national curriculum. 

We are currently enjoying reading, "The Hodgeheg" but we are coming to the end of it and will move on to our next book.  Please bring  in a copy of , "The Owl who was afraid of the dark" by Jill Murphy as soon as possible.

A quick reminder that we have our school trip on Friday 15th May to the Natural History Museum in Oxford.

Home learning challenges will continue to be sent home most Fridays.  We would encourage your child to select one of the options on the grid. We will also be sending home spelling practice too.  The spellings are taken from the recommended year 2 common exception words.  Please see the topic grid for this term below.

Each day, children should bring a water bottle to school. They are also very welcome to bring a healthy snack to enjoy during the day in addition to the fruit and vegetables provided.

This term we are very pleased to welcome Mrs Faulkner to our class.  Mrs Faulkner will continue to work with us for parts of each day.

Remember, it’s okay if something feels a little difficult at first—that’s how our brains grow stronger! The most important thing is to keep trying, ask questions, and always do your best. I believe in every one of you, and I know you can achieve wonderful things.

Let’s be kind to each other, work together, and make our classroom a happy and safe place where everyone feels proud to learn.

                                      Get ready to shine, have fun, and make this term the best one yet!

 

                                                                                                          Best wishes

 

                                                                                                          Mrs Bennett

 

  

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely break and that the children are feeling refreshed and ready for an exciting new term ahead.

This term we have lots of engaging learning planned across the curriculum. In Maths, we will begin by learning all about money. The children will practise recognising coins and notes, making different amounts, finding change and solving money-based problems. Later in the term, we will move on to measuring, including temperature, volume and mass.

Our writing this term will be cross-curricular, meaning it will link closely with our other subjects. The children will have the opportunity to produce a wide range of pieces, including information writing, quiz writing, character descriptions, a book review, a leaflet, poetry, a report, and either a speech or a short play.

In Science, we will continue our investigations into what plants need in order to be healthy. The children will also carry out their own investigations based around a question for our “Big Science Project,” encouraging curiosity and scientific thinking.

In History, we will be learning about trains and cars, comparing early models with modern versions and exploring how transport has changed over time.

In Computing, we will be developing our data handling skills by looking at how data is used on the International Space Station, a topic I know will spark lots of interest!

P.E. with Mr Pearce will take place on Mondays and Thursdays. Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their school P.E. kit on these days.

Home learning challenges will be sent home most Fridays.  We would encourage your child to select one of the options on the grid. We will also be sending home spelling practice too.  The spellings are taken from the recommended year 2 common exception words.  

Each day, children should bring a water bottle to school. They are also very welcome to bring a healthy snack to enjoy during the day in addition to the fruit and vegetables provided.

I am really looking forward to continuing our learning journey together this term and to seeing all the wonderful progress the children will make.

                                                                                                         

                                                                                                         Best wishes

                                                                                                       Mrs Bennett

 

                                                                                                  

 

 

 

                                                                                         

 

                                                                                                     

 

 

  

                                                  

 

            

 

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