Green Dragon Primary School

Science

We will be able to:

• Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials (wood, plastic, brick, glass etc)
• Find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed (squashing, bending, twisting, stretching etc)

History

We will be able to:

• Order toys from different periods of time
• Ask relevant questions using a range of sources (real artefacts, photos, stories etc)
• Compare our toys with those from previous generations, and begin to explain why they may be different

We will know:

• About Queen Victoria

Geography 

We will know about:

• Merseyside and Denmark

We will develop a greater understanding of:

• Human features relating to toys e.g. factories, shops

Computing

We will know:

• About digital media

We will be able to:

• Discuss what makes a ‘good’ photograph
• Take our own photographs
• Make changes, and discuss photograhs with changes

Technology

We will be able to:

• Review puppets (focusing on joining), design, make and review our own puppets

To be able to add and subtract with numbers up to 100, e.g. finding ten more and ten less, adding and subtracting 3 one digit numbers, and lots more!

To be able to retell and innovate our own version of Little Red Riding Hood.

We use a knowledge organiser for every project in every year group. It is a helpful way for children and families to see the key knowledge that children will learn. This key knowledge helps the children ask more questions and then find out more information.

It would be helpful to talk with your child about this knowledge organiser. As the project develops, they will be able to share more knowledge. Thank you!

School Day:

Please make sure that Year 2 children are in the Key Stage One playground by 8.35am for an 8.40am start. The school day ends at 3.10pm. There is free breakfast available in the Studio (in the Key Stage Two playground) from 8am – Year 1 and  Year 2 children must be accompanied by a parent/carer.

PE Kits:

School PE uniform is black shorts (or tracksuit bottoms) with a white t-shirt and trainers. All children will come to school wearing PE kit on their PE days.

Year 2 PE days are: Tuesdays and Fridays.

Communication With Teachers:

There are two main ways to talk with your child’s teacher.

You can talk at the start or end of the day – remember that teachers have more time at the end of the day!

Alternatively, teachers check the year group email every day so you can contact them here: sphinx@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk

Year 2 Home Learning

• Daily reading – new books will be sent home weekly and should be brought into school every day.
• A weekly activity based on the classroom learning - sent out as paper copy
• Half-termly project activities - sent out via email or paper copy

Dates of Special Events

• Monday 4^th November– Please send your child in with one of their favourite toys – see email
• Wednesday 6^th November - Toys From The Past Workshop at Gunnersbury Park Museum– see email
• Tuesday 12^th November -Cinema trip to watch Smeds & Smoos and Superworm– see email
• KS1 Nativity performance – Wednesday 18^th December – morning - more information will be sent nearer the time

Thank you!

PHONICS (READING AND SPELLING)

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR PHONICS AND READING WEBPAGE

At Green Dragon Primary School, we believe that all our children can become fluent readers and writers. This is why we teach reading through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised, which is a systematic and synthetic phonics (SSP) programme. We start teaching phonics in Reception and follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised progression, which ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, mastering phonics to read and spell as they move through school.

As a result, all our children are able to tackle any unfamiliar words as they read. At Green Dragon Primary School we also model the application of the alphabetic code through phonics in shared reading and writing, both inside and outside of the phonics lesson and across the curriculum. We have a strong focus on language development for our children because we know that speaking and listening are crucial skills for reading and writing in all subjects.

Here is the link to the 'For Parents' section of the Little Wandle website. https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

The resources on this page will help you support your child with saying their phonemes (sounds) and writing their graphemes (letters). There are also useful videos so you can see how your child is taught at school, to be able to confidently support their reading at home. 

There are two main ways to talk with your child’s teacher.

You can talk at the start or end of the day – remember that teachers have more time at the end of the day!

Alternatively, teachers check the year group email every day so you can contact them here:  sphinx@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk

Teachers will respond between the hours of 8:00 and 4:00pm.