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Heymann Primary & Nursery School

Inspiring and motivating our children
to be the best they can be

Autumn 1 2024

We are very excited to get to know you all in September and hope you have all had an exciting summer holiday!

The staff that you will be working with are Mrs Handley (2T), Mrs Kavanagh (2L) and Mrs Johnston (2P) 

Other adults that work in Year 2 are Mrs Caines, Miss Darnbrough, Miss Patterson, Mrs Dosanjh, Miss Plarkou,
Miss van Kleef, Miss Daly, Mrs Littlejones, Mrs Ali and Mrs Bielecka. 


On a Tuesday morning, you will be taught by either Señora Cameron, Miss Comrie, Mrs Davies or Mrs Marriott.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please can children come to school in PE kits on Tuesdays (fundamental movement skills) and Thursdays (football).

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Please also make sure that children bring a water bottle and their book bag (with their reading books and reading record) to school every day

Please view our Curriculum Meeting 2024-2025 tab which has videos that share information about Year 2. This will include information on homework, assessment and daily routines. 

This half-term our geography topic is “What is interesting about Nottinghamshire?"

Our science topic this half-term is habitats

Please see at the bottom of this page our Autumn maths KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts). Key Instant Recall Facts are what underpins much of the mental maths knowledge that children are required to know throughout their learning journey. KIRFs are crucial for ensuring that a child is able to build confidence and fluency with a wide variety of mathematical topics. By being able to reference Key Instant Recall Facts on a regular basis, they’ll also find the national curriculum to be significantly more accessible. 

Every week, our weekly timetable will be available at the bottom of this page.

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More information

For more information about how you can help your child at home please take the time to look at the useful links below and at the tabs on the right-hand side of this page. These may answer some of your questions for you and give you some fun and interesting ways to practice your child's learning at home.

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If you have any questions please email us at year2-teachers@heymann.notts.sch.uk

Take care,

Mrs Handley, Mrs Kavanagh and Mrs Johnston

Useful links:

Reading:

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Science:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z6svr82

RSPB Kids | Learn About Nature - The RSPB

Habitats and environment - BBC Teach

Maths:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

Year 2 Maths - England - BBC Bitesize

Maths: Age 6–7 (Year 2) - Oxford Owl

Fun Maths Games about Shapes, Symmetry and Co-ordinates for Kids (topmarks.co.uk)

Spanish:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zxsvr82

https://www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk/estrellas-spanish-index.htm

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2spanish.html

Geography:

UK: Cities - Map Quiz Game - Seterra (geoguessr.com)

Google Earth

Maps - BBC Teach

UK | United Kingdom | United Kingdom Song | A Geography Song About the UK and its Capitals - YouTube

(636) Five Oceans Song - YouTube

Explore - Visit Nottinghamshire (visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk)

History:

Home - History for kids

History (nationalgeographic.com)

Emotions and self-regulation:

Rainbow Relaxation: Mindfulness for Children (youtube.com)

Bubble Bounce! Mindfulness for Children (Mindful Looking) (youtube.com)

The Body Scanner! Mindfulness for Children (youtube.com)

Be the Pond | Mindfulness for Kids | Cosmic Kids Zen Den (youtube.com)

The Colour Monster - Read Aloud by Mr. Joshua Brooks (youtube.com)

Super Movers - Teach (bbc.co.uk)

Heymann Primary School - Mental Health and Wellbeing