Year 2 - Swift | Bridgewater School

1. Key Information for Swift Class

In this section you will find a quick reference guide to your class including your Forest School rotation, letters and uniform requirements. There is also a copy of the welcome booklet for your class - please do refer to it throughout the year because it contains lots of useful information about what to expect in this class, how long homework should take each week, samples of age-appropriate handwriting and more.

In the event of a school closure, we will post home learning activities onto the website;

Home learning for Swift

The teaching staff in Swift class are:

Miss Riches

Ms Caroline Lee (Teaching Assistant)

Maddie Riches, Teacher - Year 2 (Swift)

The Welcome Booklet for Swift class is here:

Year 2 Parents' booklet 2020-21

Meet the Teacher presentation September 2020

Meet the teacher - Year 2

Letters for Swift class can be found here: https://www.bridgewater.herts.sch.uk/year-2-letters/

You can find your child's Forest School Timetable here.

Home Learning

Year 2

Reading
Spelling task
Maths or Literacy Task
**Creative Learning Tasks

Daily – 10 minutes
Daily practice
Up to 15 minutes weekly

Year 2 Spelling List

Year 2 Spelling List

SRE Curriculum

This year we will continue to teach the children using materials from our new Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) scheme. This new edition of ‘Teaching SRE with Confidence in Primary Schools’ reflects the recent developments in SRE and the Science National Curriculum. This resource encourages children to develop the skills of listening, empathy, talking about feelings and relationships with families and friends.

All the lessons have a clear structure and are age appropriate. The lesson plans have clear aims and learning outcomes with suggested additional activities and accompanying resources:

Year 2: Differences-

Differences: Boys and Girls

Differences: Male and Female

Naming the body parts

Uniform requirements

A full list of the school's uniform requirements is on the school website here. In Year 2, points to note are:

Core school uniform	No special notes for this class
Bags	1. Book bag with shoulder strap 2. Drawstring PE bag (school logo optional)
PE / games	Trainers not plimsolls. Football boots may be required for some activities.
Team Bridgewater kit	Pupils in this year group who represent the school in sports matches such as cross country, football or netball tournaments may wear "Team Bridgewater" kit (short sleeved t-shirts, hooded tops and showerproof jackets). This is all optional and available from our online supplier only. The school has a number of Team Bridgewater t-shirts available to those representing it at events.

What is going on in Swift class 2020/21?

WOW Day!

On Friday 20th November, we had our Food WOW Day!

We had so much fun. In the morning we: Made pizzas, painted using fruits and vegetables, planted peas and tried lots of new foods!

In the afternoon were lucky enough to have a talk all about food packaging from a parent. Then we designed our own packaging and ate our own yummy pizza!

Outdoor Learning!

We spent the morning doing our learning outside.

Maths

We went onto the field for our maths lesson.

We practised regrouping numbers as tens and ones, using sticks to represent 10, and leaves to represent ones.

We also practised using the greater than and less than signs accurately. We made the signs using sticks!

Lastly, we practised halving. We collected leaves or sticks and then tried sharing them with a partner to see if they could be equally halved or if we would have a remainder!

Spelling

We went onto the playground and used chalk to practise writing out words. We remembered to underline our digraphs!

In History we made our own Christopher Columbus boats!

We used cereal boxes and cut them into the shape of a boat. Then we wrapped the boat in masking tape so that we could paint it. We painted our boats brown, so that they looked like Columbus’ wooden ships.

Then we designed a sail and attached it to a mast!