Thornton Hough Primary School

Welcome to Year Two!

Autumn Term Headlines

• Reading books and red reading records are to be in school every day please.
• PE kits are to be in school every day. Our PE lessons this term are on Tuesday and Thursday, however these may change on occasions.
• Water bottles will be sent home every Friday.
• Coat/raincoat to be brought into school everyday. 
• Sun tan lotion to be applied before school while the weather is still warm please, and a sun hat to stay in school if possible.

For more information about what the children will be learning about in the different subjects over the Autumn Term please click on the document below:

Important dates

Thurs 12^th Sept      Welcome to Year 2 Meeting for Parents – 5:00pm

Fri    4^th Oct         Harvest Assembly 9:15am (Year 1 -6)

Tues 15^th Oct        Parents Evening 3:30pm - 6:30pm

Wed 16^th Oct        Parents Evening 3:30pm - 6:30pm

Fri    25^th Oct        Break up for Half Term

                                        HALF TERM

Mon 4^th Nov           Children return to school

Mon 4^th Nov           Flu Nasal Vaccination

w/b Mon 11^th Nov    Anti-Bullying Week

Fri 6^th Dec              PTA Christmas Fair

Fri 13^th Dec            Christmas Jumper Day and Lapland Run

Tues 17^th Dec          Christmas Play - 2pm

Wed 18^th Dec          Christmas Play 2pm and 6:30pm

Thurs 19^th Dec         Christmas Dinner

Fri 20^th Dec             Christmas Assembly in Church – 9:15am

Fri 20^th Dec             Christmas Party pm

Fri 20^th Dec             Break up for Christmas

You can find out more about our curriculum this term in the Curriculum Information below.

Daily Essentials:

Maths 

• Practise counting in 2,3,5,and 10's forwards and backward from 0  
• number bonds to 10, 20 and 100
• halving and doubling 

Suggested website to practise times tables, counting, number bonds halves and doubles:  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Spellings

• This website has interactive games that are specific to Year 2 spelling:  https://spellingframe.co.uk/ 
• Year Two Common Exception words are also freely available on this link: https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2019/08/29/13/50/37/10bf76a2-c1dd-42e6-88af-0686acd91609/CommonExceptionWords_Y2.p

Reading   

• Please continue to listen to your child reading a range of texts. (fiction, non-fiction and poetry)  
• A Year 2 book list is can be found on this website: https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-2