Autumn Term Week 10: Ernest Shackleton, and Christmas begins

 Hello Class 2 Parents,

It's beginning to feel a bit like Christmas in Class 2, with the snowy day, the frosty days and the start of our Nativity. 

You will have seen that I sent home your child's nativity words along with a note about costumes. 

Costumes - important note.
There is no need to buy full costumes this year - please don't go out and spend money on onesies, animal costumes, king costumes etc. The school is providing camel/sheep ears and tails, crowns and cloaks for kings (etc), so that all costumes will be of the same sort of theme.  Please only provide the simple tops and bottoms listed on the letter. 

Please come and talk to me if you have difficulty in sourcing the listed items and I will endeavour to help - I really want to make it as easy as possible for you all.

Please provide tops and bottoms in a named bag on Monday 9th December. Thank you!

Ernest Shackleton.
The children have continued to learn about Ernest Shackleton's failed attempt to cross Antarctica. They are very interested in the story and have been raising some interesting questions, as true historians do. 

Maths.
The children started their unit on subtraction this week, subtracting by taking away objects, crossing out pictures or jumping back along a number line. 

Phonics.
The children learnt two new graphemes this week: wh (as in whisk, when, whisper) and a_e (as in cake, make, same).  Look out for these as you read together!

Spellings. 
The Year 2 children have been learning that the 'o' sound is often spelt with the letter 'a' after w or qu. Their spellings are here. 

There is no maths homework this week! Please focus on learning nativity lines and reading with your children. 

Thank you for your support with costumes and words!

From

Mrs Simpson