Year 2's Class Saint

Summer 1 virtues: Eloquent and Truthful

Year 2 2023 - 2024

Class Teacher: Mrs Gillam

Teacher Assistant: Mrs Murdock 

Additional adults: Miss Bibi and Mrs Paciorek

 In Year 2, we aim to ensure your child reaches their full potential and we will give them the support they need to do so. Year 2 is an important year for our children as they become more independent and develop a deeper understanding of who God has called them to be.

Important notices

• Homework will be sent home every Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday.
• Please read with your child for 10 minutes each night and sign their reading diary.

Spellings: Summer 1

• P.E. lessons are every Monday. Children must come to school in their kits.

Useful website links 

Hit the button

Hit the button is a free online maths game that we often use in lessons and includes games on number bonds, times tables, doubling and halving, multiples, division facts and square numbers.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

BBC Bitesize

BBC Bitesize if full of useful resources, quizzes and overviews of topics we are covering throughout Year 2, alongside tips and help for parents.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p/year/z7s22sg

SUMMER Term Study Plan

Reading For Pleasure

In Year 2, we use ‘Book Talk’ to promote a love of reading and stories at home. We will share a story in class and then add a link to a video (below on this page) where the story is being read aloud. Your children can then share this story with you at home and complete a book review verbally.

Year 2 visit the Guru Nanak Gurdwara (Smethwick)

Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick - is dedicated to practicing and promoting the Sikh faith in the name of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder and first Guru of the Sikh faith. Established in 1961 as the first and largest Gurdwara in the United Kingdom, it remains one of the most prominent and influential Sikh Gurdwaras in the world with a weekly congregation of approximately 10,000.

Over the years the Gurdwara has developed into an iconic place of worship for Sikhs and a community hub that is open to all. Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s key message of equality and contribution to society is of significance to people of all faiths and those of no faith at all

Year 2 celebrate the feast day of St Therese of Lisieux

 As a child, St. Therese had “sacrifice beads,” which was a small string of beads to help her count the “presents” she offered to God. Each time she would make a sacrifice such as letting someone else have their way, St. Therese would secretly reach into her pocket and “pull a bead” to Jesus on the Crucifix. Like St. Therese, these sacrifice beads in our pocket can help us to become more aware of offering “presents” to God all day long. To celebrate the feast day of St Therese of Lisieux Year 2 made their own sacrifice beads.