Year 1 & 2

Welcome to Year 1 and 2

Meet the Staff

Miss Boon – Class Teacher

Mrs Spruce - Teaching Assistant 1:1

Our Class Saint

St. Micheal the Archangel

The Archangel Saint Michael is one of the best known Angels. He is an Archangel, which is a Chief Angel. He is honoured in the Christian faith for his bravery and devotion to God. The name ‘Michael’ means ‘who is like God’.

After the creation of the heavens and earth, there was a battle in Heaven. Lucifer, the "light-bearer", the "morning star", who was the chief amongst angels, rebelled against God. Because of Lucifer's envy, pride, and desire to sit upon God's throne, he did not want to be subject to God or to serve Him. He took a third of the angels into revolt with him. Michael however, was loyal to God, and declared he would serve God. With the other two-thirds of the angels, he defeated Lucifer and cast him and his supporters out of heaven. Lucifer now became called Satan and those angels who supported him became devils. As a reward for his loyalty, Michael was made the chief angel. Due to this leadership role, the Church named the Archangel a Saint.

St Michael the Archangel’s feast day is celebrated on 29^th September.

Feast Day - We will celebrate this in school on Monday 30th September.

Autumn 2

This half-term we will be looking at traditional tales with a twist. We will be building on our knowledge from last half-term and comparing traditional tales to their twisted versions. We will be looking at the author’s use of language to create a different atmosphere, how the author uses alternative perspectives to show another side of a story and the use of powerful verbs, adjectives and adverbs to create a great description.

R.E.

We will begin this half term looking at prayer and how the children can develop their understanding of prayer as a special way of spending time with God.
The children will also learn various prayers to praise God such as ‘Our Father’ and ‘Glory be to the Father’.

We will then go on to look at Advent as a special time of waiting and preparation for Jesus to be born. The children will develop their understanding of Advent as a joyful liturgical season and allows them to participate in a special liturgy.

Homework

Daily Maths homework will be four questions consolidating the week’s new maths learning. This must be completed by all children each evening.

Daily Literacy homework will support the development and enrichment of vocabulary. Words will be taken from class texts, stories read in school or key vocabulary from other curriculum areas. Y1 pupils should read and practise the words at home. Y2 pupils should use the words within a sentence and write those sentences in their literacy homework book.
Weekly homework - Children will also receive one piece of homework on a Thursday to be returned on Monday. This homework will be centred around Science, History, Geography, D&T, Art, French, Computing or PSHE, and will be rotated on a weekly basis. This can be completed on Purple Mash or in their purple homework books.
Reading diaries – Children are encouraged to read at home daily (for at least 20 minutes) and are expected to have their diaries signed by an adult at least 3 times a week.

Reading diaries – Children are encouraged to read at home daily (for at least 20 minutes) and are expected to have their diaries signed by an adult at least 3 times l

PE will be taught by Miss Boon on Thursday and Fridays, but please ensure that your child’s PE kit is in school all week. They will be sent home at the end of each half-term to be washed.

For more information on what we will be looking at across the curriculum in Autumn 2, please see the information sheet below.