… to the start of a brand-new school year. We hope that you all had a relaxing holiday, and that your children have enjoyed meeting their new teachers and started to settle into their new classes. It was lovely to see so many smartly dressed, excited children come back through the gates on Thursday!

By the end of Year Two your child should be able to read and spell all of these key words.

Robin class have been learning about different materials. They have used ICT to explore the variety of different materials that things are made from. They have been using clip art to find pictures of materials and used these to practise using a variey of tools. Here the children are working hard to extend their scientific vobabulary by sorting different materials.

Topics

· Scotland - until half term

· Space- from half term to Christmas

Scotland

o Literacy - traditional tales and myths

o D&T - making traditional Scottish recipes, linking to writing instructions in Literacy.

o Music - learning and performing Scottish songs

o P.E. - learning Highland dances

o ICT - Word processing and presentations about Scotland; Video Conferencing with Scottish schools

o In the final week of term there will be a Parent's event, where you will be invited to see our dancing, hear our traditional tales and singing, and taste our cakes. Formal invites will be sent home in a couple of weeks.