Class teacher- Miss Holliss

Class teaching assistant- Mrs Hoffman

Welcome to Milky Way's class page. Here we will keep you updated on what is happening both in school and within our class. However, if you have any questions about anything, please feel free to catch up with us at the beginning or end of the school day.

Book changing and Numbots/TimeTable Rock Stars

Pupils will have the opportunity to change their books twice a week, on a Monday and a Thursday. We encourage pupils to read each night and to read the Phonics Read Write Inc books 3 times before they change them to consolidate their knowledge of sounds and build fluency and expression. Your continued support at home with reading and with their mental maths skills will help your child progress further and develop more confidence with reading and number knowledge. 

PE 

On PE days, if your child has their ears pierced, can they remove them if possible or bring tape to cover them for safety reasons. If children are taking their PE kits home to wash on Fridays, please can you make sure they are back in school on Mondays. Our PE sessions are on Wednesday and Thursday.

Additional Information 

Children are able to access and drink water throughout the day. With the weather getting warmer, it is important that children's jumpers or cardigans are clearly labelled as these are often discarded in the warmer weather.

If your child requires any medication, please could you make us AND the office staff aware. For any medication, a medical form is required to be filled in. You can get this from the school office.

Term 6

Topic

We are starting a new topic in Term 6 all about Mexico. The children will be learning about the country and comparing it to where they live. We will also be re-capping the continents and oceans in some Geography lessons. We will use the knowledge we have learnt about Mexico to create a PowerPoint presentation, using our typing skills and how to insert images. We are going to study a famous artist - Frida Kahlo and think about our own self-portraits. We will also compare these portraits to the ones we created in September. We are going to study pulleys in DT lessons and put this knowledge to the test. We will also be covering some PSHE lessons regarding life cycles and well-being.

English

Learning to read is a life-long skill and a key thing your child will learn at our school. Everything else depends upon this skill, and so, at Bourton we put as much energy into ensuring that every single child not only learns to read but learns to love reading!

Phonics is the key to unlocking reading and writing, and it is why we have chosen to use the Read Write Inc (RWI) phonics and writing scheme at our school. Children have daily RWI lessons, which includes an English lesson (made up of reading and writing) and a Phonics session (made up of sounds, words and spelling). Children are assessed termly to identify their progress. Learning to read is a life-long skill and the most important thing your child will learn; we encourage you to embrace your child's journey with phonics, and have included Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3 sounds below:

          

Those who have completed the RWI scheme and have moved to the literacy group will be using high quality texts to support both their reading and writing. 

As always, there will be regular reading and handwriting practise throughout the term.

Maths

Year 2

In Year 2 we will be continuing the unit on statistics and data handling and then recapping previously taught skills as well as worded problems and reasoning similar to SATS style problems.

Important dates:

Monday 2nd June - Mini Medics Session

W/C Monday 9th June - Phonics Screening Check week for Year 1

Wednesday 11th June - Whole School Photo

Friday 13th June - FOBS Race Night

W/C Monday 16th June - Year 2 SATS

Tuesday 17th June - Parent Open Afternoon

Wednesday 18th June - Team Superstars fundraiser

W/C Monday 23rd June - Year 2 SATS

Thursday 3rd July - Year 2 Cricket at Bledington

Saturday 5th July - FOBS Summer Fete

W/C Monday 7th July - Last weeks of clubs

Tuesday 8th July - Sports Day

Friday 11th July - Reports Out

Monday 14th July - Class Swap Morning

Wednesday 16th July - Year 6 Fete (all children able to attend in the afternoon)

Friday 18th July - Break up for Summer at 2pm