Class Teachers: Mrs Gregory (Monday- Wednesday) and Mrs Brown (Thursday and Friday)

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Clark, Mrs Manns and Mrs Griffiths

PTFA Class Representatives: Mrs Rolls and Mrs Churchill

Important Information

Please make sure your child has a named PE kit, water bottle, reading book and message book in school every day. Year 2 have PE on a Tuesday and Wednesday.

Spellings will be placed in children's message books and our spelling tests are on Friday mornings. Spelling books will come home on Fridays via your child's book bag, please ensure these are returned into school on the Monday morning.

We will be learning our 2, 5 and 10 times tables this half term. Please practise these at home too.

Year 2 will go the library on Fridays, please ensure library books are in book bags every Friday to enable your child to choose a new one.

This half term our topic is...

Why is Florence Nightingale still remembered today?

Click on the picture of Florence Nightingale to find out more. 

Chronological Knowledge

1820-Florence Nightingale was born in Italy

1851: Florence trained in nursing at a Christian school for women.

1853: Florence was running a women’s hospital in London. She improved patient care

1854: Britain joined the Crimean War. Florence went to Scutari Hospital to help the wounded

1883: Awarded the Royal Red Cross (First woman)

1910: Florence Nightingale died.

12th May each year- This is International Nurses Day and is celebrated on Florence Nightingale’s birthday

In Science we are going to be learning about...

Plant growth

Key vocabulary

leaves, root, seedling, seed, germinate, shoot, soil, bulb, energy, water, flower, light, warmth, temperature

Click on the picture above to learn more!

Our class author is...

Oliver Jeffers!

Click on the picture of him to see his website. 

Did you know that Oliver Jeffers is also an illustrator?

Have you read any of his books?

What is your favourite book?