Our Lady's School is a caring family, where, with Jesus in our hearts, we value everyone and encourage them to be the best that they can be.

Welcome to Class 2!

Hello! My name is Miss Watkinson and I am your class teacher.

Miss Naz will be working in class with us on Mondays and Tuesdays and Mrs Troughton will be working in class with us on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. 

Book Bags

Reading book bags are expected to be in every day to take important letters home. We may also listen to your child read their home reading book on any day and record this in their reading record so this is needed in school daily. Two reading books will be sent home every Friday: a phonics book for your child to read aloud and a story book that can be read to the child by an adult. It is important that children are read with daily at home and in school. Children should read their phonics book every day, so that the book becomes familiar and your child becomes more confident reading it each time to build up their reading fluency.

Harder to Read and Spell flashcards

Children will be sent home with Harder to Read and Spell flashcards. Please practice reading these words, writing these words and spelling these words. Children will be tested on these at the end of each half term. 

P.E.

PE will be on a Tuesday and Wednesday each week. Children should come to school wearing their PE kit for outdoor sports. They do not need to bring their uniform on this day. 

In Year 2 we hope to learn lots, have fun and grow together in God's love.

Homework

Year 2 pupils will be set homework on Purple Mash.

- Reading should be daily (books changed on a Friday).

- Maths homework will be on a Wednesday.

- Harder to Read and Spell words will be sent at the beginning of each half term. 

Maths homework needs to be completed by the Wednesday of the following week. 

Purple Mash allows us to set homework, allows your child to send it back to us and allows us to provide feedback on their achievement.  

Any problems using this please let us know, as we are eager for children to continue their learning at home.

More information about what your child will learn in class can be seen on the curriculum page.

Useful Websites

We use websites such as Phonics Play, Topmarks and timestables.co.uk  as well as resources from Essential Letters and Sounds and Oxford Owl, to support children when teaching phonics and reading.

Any Questions?

If you have any questions regarding the curriculum your child is being taught, please contact school.

At Our Lady's we are always pleased to meet our parents, I will be available to talk to you any day before 8.45 and after school. If you would like me to ring you, please leave a message at the school office.

Many thanks for your ongoing support,

Miss Watkinson 

Autumn 2 - Fighting Fit!

We visited the new prayer and reflection garden at the end of the school day to say our end of the day prayer. Cole then asked to say his own spontaneous prayer to God. It was a lovely way to end the day! 

All dressed ready for our Halloween Disco before our month of remembrance.

As part of our learning in RE about the symbols within the Sacrament of Baptism, Year 2 had oil put onto their hands to remind them that in Baptism, the baby becomes a special friend of Jesus because the Oil of Chrism is symbol that the baby has received the gift of the Holy Spirit.

In Science, Year 2 have been learning about the importance of eating the right amounts of different types of food. They sorted the food into different groups and learnt about the 5 main food groups. 

A lovely Celebration of the Word thinking about how we can share our God given gifts as we Go Forth this weekend.

We role played wrapping the baby in a white garment at baptism to learn its symbolism: that the baby is now pure and clean of sins and that it is like God wrapping his arms around the baby in their life. 

The fire service visited us to teach us about the importance of having an emergency plan at home in the event of a fire, the importance of having working smoke alarms and what to do if our clothes were on fire! Look at the pictures to see some children practicing and demonstrating the STOP, DROP and ROLL sequence. 

Odd Socks Day!

We wore odd socks in class to kick start Kindness Week by recognising it is okay to be different and differences should be celebrated! God made each of us unique with individual differences, gifts and talents and we want to celebrate these! 

We had a very enjoyable time decorating the school Christmas Tree!

We considered an aspect of Advent: the white candle symbolising Jesus is the light of the world and used this theme to decorate a Christmas tree for our church! 

Following the first week of Advent, we had a Celebration of the Word with the theme, 'preparing'. We took away a mission to go forth and complete in order to prepare our hearts for Jesus at Christmas. 

Autumn 1 - The Place Where I Live

As part of their art learning in this topic, Year 2 went into the local area to complete observational line drawings. We chose to draw Father Ged's house and our church because of the different lines needed for the outlines. This will then lead us onto printing this scene later in the half term. 

In music, the children are learning to sing the song 'The Big Ship Sails Through The Alley-Alley-Oh' in unison, with expression and will later be adding both body percussion and percussion instruments to it. First, after learning the song, the children went outside to play the traditional playground game. 

We have been making rubbings of different textures in our school grounds. The children may, later in the unit of work, choose to add rubbings to their outcome if they wish. 

Mrs Shaw, who previously worked at this school for 37 years, and whose mum worked here before that, came as a visitor into school to tell us all about what our school playground was like the in the past when her mum worked here. We compared how it is different to today and then played traditional playground games from the past such as 'The farmer's in his den', 'Here we go round the mulberry bush' and 'In and out the dusty bluebells'. The children had a fabulous afternoon and learnt lots!

In RE, we played a game to remind ourselves that we are all God's children and that he knows each of us by name. 

"I know a child of God named....."

We have had lovely Celebrations of the Word each week based on the liturgical calendar. 

We ended our Come and See RE topic, about new beginnings, with a lovely Celebration of the Word

At the end of the half term, the children showcased their learning to their parents. They demonstrated their new skills and knowledge in music, PE and history!