St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School
We act with love, build our faith and grow as people
Year 2
Meet the Teacher information
Recommended Reads
Lit in Colour
Recommended book list of books by authors of colour
Penguin Books and Lit in Colour state that:
Books create belonging. They help us see each other and understand one another. They shine a light on the world.
It’s vital that the books we read in our formative years reflect the rich diversity of the society we live in.
Here at St. Margaret Clitherow, we have a diverse school community - 55.7% of our school children are from a minority ethnic background. We therefore think it is important that children have access to books that reflect who they are. Attached is a list of recommended reads put together by Penguin Books. You can read the research behind the inclusion of books by authors of colour here:https:// https://www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colour/parents-and-supporters
Year 2 Long-term Curriculum
Newsletter 18.10.24
There has been so much going on and the weeks are whizzing by. In Art, we developed our skills in rolling and shaping clay to create clay pumpkins in the style of Yayoi Kusama. The children loved learning how to create their own design and learned more about the properties of clay and how important it is to work quite quickly to prevent it from drying too quickly and cracking before we could form the pumpkin shape. In the coming weeks, we will decorate them in Yoyoi's dotty style. This week, we had an amazing visit from the author Sufiya Ahmed, learned the Hindi word for various animals and heard some of her wonderful children's stories based on traditional tales her grandmother used to tell, which we all enjoyed very much. In RE we have been examining why we call Jesus the Light of the World and acted out the Feeding of the 5000 to understand how he demonstrated being the light of the world in this parable. And last but not least, because of all the amazing effort year 2 have put into their learning, the class won the most Marvellous Me points and enjoyed an extra break time this week, which we had in the sunshine on Wednesday.
Newsletter 27.09.24
Wow, how quickly the weeks have flown by since returning to school! We have been having such a wonderful time in Year 2 and started the year looking at the book 'The Colour Monster' to help identify feelings, understand why we sometimes feel all mixed up, and write about things that made us happy and sad. The children then designed and named their own Colour Monster - they were fabulous! In art, we have been exploring the work of Yayoi Kusama and made an amazing art installation in the classroom - the class couldn't quite believe we were covering classroom objects in dots just like Yayoi did in some of her exhibition work. In RE we have been learning and acting out the stories of Noah's Ark and Jonah and the Whale, exploring how, as People of God, we must care for God's creation. In music we have been on safari, creating animal sounds using percussion instruments and learning about sound dynamics (loudness). In English, we have been focusing on the key elements of language to understand what exactly are common and proper nouns and action and being verbs as well as how to use them correctly in our writing, whilst in Maths the focus has been on recognising multiples of tens and counting in tens and then the numbers 20 to 100.
It was lovely to see so many of you at the Meet the Teacher evenings. If you weren't able to make it, I have sent home a data sheet that needs checking and returning and some resources I gave out to help you support your child's learning. However, do pop in and see me should you have any questions. I have also attached the presentation from the evening to our Year 2 class page. Also, a quick note that homework each week is daily reading, 30 mins of Numbots practice per week and any other phonics/spelling/handwriting work that may be sent home.