All Saints' C of E Primary School

Hedgehog Class

Class teacher’s welcome

Welcome to Hedgehog class! This year promises to be an exciting journey of learning and discovery, expanding the children’s knowledge and curiosity into years 2 and 3. Throughout the year, we will help the children to grow and develop socially and academically, build their independence and continue to foster their love of learning.

Please could I say a huge Thank you to everyone who came to our Collective Worship and stayed for our Art lesson. The art works created were an amazing showcase.

Mrs Simmonds

** Reminder** Sports Week! WC 15th June

• Year 2 Sports Day- Tuesday 16th June – 1- 3pm 
• Year3 Sports day – Wednesday 17th June – 9-12pm 

Curriculum news

Summer 1:

The “At a Glance” overview, which was previously updated on the website each half term, is now provided as an attached newsletter document for ease of access.

Spellings and Phonics

At All Saints’ Primary School, we follow Little Wandle Phonics which then transfers into the Read, Write Inc. spelling scheme in Key Stage 2. You can find an overview of your child’s spellings below.

Year 2s will be focusing on the following during their sessions this half term:

Phase 5 review:

Week 1	/ai/ a-e ai ay a eigh ea ey aigh /ee/ y ea ee e ie ey e-e /igh/ igh i-e i y ie /oa/ ow o o-e oa oe ou	people eye whole
Week 2	oo/ /yoo/ oo u u-e ew ue ou ui /air/ air are ear ere /ur/ er ur ir or ear /ow/ ou ow	through improve move prove shoe two who beautiful their parents
Week 3	or/ or a aw au ore oor al oar our augh aur /zh/ si su /ch/ ch tch ture* /sh/ sh ti ch ssi ci si	thought sure
Week 4	j/ j g ge dge /s/ s ss c ce se st sc /u/ ou /e/ ea /i/ y /o/ a /u/ o o-e /oo/ u oul schwa: er a or ar our re	once again any many friend busy pretty because laugh**
Week 5	ie /ee/ /igh/ y /ee/ /igh/ /i/ ea /ee/ /e/ /ai/ a /a/ /ai/ /or/	friend

Autumn 2:

Week 1	What do I need to know to think about spelling? How do I use the Complete the code chart to help me to spell?	Homophones and near-homophones
Week 2	Why do I double letters at the end of words? Why do I double letters in some longer words ending in -er?	Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter
Week 3	Why do some words end in ‘k’ or ‘ck’? Why do some words end in ‘ch’ or ‘tch’?
Week 4	When do I add the suffix -es/-s to words? Why do I double the final letter in some words when I add the suffix -ing?	Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter
Week 5	Why do I swap the ‘y’ for an ‘i’ when I add the suffix -ed? Why do I drop the ‘e’ when I add the suffix -ing?	Adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a root word ending in -y with a consonant before it Adding the endings -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y to words ending in -e with a consonant before it

 

Spring:

Week	Focus	Example Words
Week 1	The or sound spelt a before l and ll.	almost, already, chalk, small, stalk, talk, altogether, Red Words: above, after, again
Week 2	Soft c .	Circus, city, concert, excellent, exercise, fancy, notice, pencil, Red Words: any, anyone, are
Week 3	Adding the suffix –y (1)	Dotty, muddy, spotty, runny, sunny, yummy, foggy, funny Red Words: ask, bath, beautiful
Week 4	Special focus 1: Red words. Common exception Special Focus 2: Homophones.	1: where, could, there, want, was, would, what 2: See/sea, son/sun, blew/blue, knight/night, saw/sore
Week 5	Adding the suffix –y (2)	Breezy, crazy, curvy, greasy, simply, spiky, wheezy, Red Words: behind, both, bought
Week 6	Adding the suffix –ly	Bravely, foolishly, happily, loudly, nearly, softly, warmly Red Words: break, brother, buy
Week 7	Half term
Week 1	The n sound spelt kn and gn.	Gnash, gnaw, gnome, knead, knee, knock, knit, Red Words: caught, child, children
Week 2	The igh sound spelt y.	Butterfly, horrify, July, multiply, my, nearby, reply, Red Words: Christmas, class, climb
Week 3	Adding the suffix –ing (1)	Beginning, clapping, dropping, gripping, nodding, shopping, tripping Red Words: clothes, cold, come
Week 4	Special focus 3: Red words. Common exception Special Focus 4: Homophones.	3: money, people, busy, half 4: There/their, no/know, right/write, to/too, week/weak
Week 5	Adding the suffix –ing (2)	Baking, cracking, phoning, racing, shading, tickling, writing, Red Words: does, door, down
Week 6	Half term

Year 3s:

 

Week	Focus	Example Words
8 Sep	The or sound spelt a before l and ll.	almost, already, chalk, small, stalk, talk, altogether, Red Words: above, after, again
15 Sep	Soft c .	Circus, city, concert, excellent, exercise, fancy, notice, pencil, Red Words: any, anyone, are
22 Sep	Adding the suffix –y (1)	Dotty, muddy, spotty, runny, sunny, yummy, foggy, funny Red Words: ask, bath, beautiful
29 Sep	Special focus 1: Red words. Common exception Special Focus 2: Homophones.	1: where, could, there, want, was, would, what 2: See/sea, son/sun, blew/blue, knight/night, saw/sore
6 Oct	Adding the suffix –y (2)	Breezy, crazy, curvy, greasy, simply, spiky, wheezy, Red Words: behind, both, bought
13 Oct	Adding the suffix –ly	Bravely, foolishly, happily, loudly, nearly, softly, warmly Red Words: break, brother, buy
20 Oct	The n sound spelt kn and gn.	Gnash, gnaw, gnome, knead, knee, knock, knit, Red Words: caught, child, children
28 Oct	– HALF TERM	–
3 Nov	The igh sound spelt y.	Butterfly, horrify, July, multiply, my, nearby, reply, Red Words: Christmas, class, climb
10 Nov	Adding the suffix –ing (1)	Beginning, clapping, dropping, gripping, nodding, shopping, tripping Red Words: clothes, cold, come
17Nov	Special focus 3: Red words. Common exception Special Focus 4: Homophones.	3: money, people, busy, half 4: There/their, no/know, right/write, to/too, week/weak
24 Nov	Adding the suffix –ing (2)	Baking, cracking, phoning, racing, shading, tickling, writing, Red Words: does, door, down
1 Dec	The j sound.	Adjust, bridge, charge, energy, gentle, large, urgent, Red Words: even, every, everybody
8 Dec	The o sound spelt a after w and qu.	Quality, quantity, squash, wallet, wander, wasp, watch, Red Words: eye, fast, father
15 Dec	Special focus 5: Contractions and apostrophes.	5: I’m, I’ll,

Spring:

Week	Focus	Example Words
12th Jan	Adding the suffix –ed (1)	Dropped, hugged, chipped, clapped, stepped, flipped, spotted, Red Words: fast, Father, find
19th Jan	Adding the suffix –ed (2) (swapping y for i).	Carried, fried, hurried, married, multiplied, tried, replied Red Words: gold, grass, great
26th Jan	Adding the suffix –ed (3) (dropping e to add –ed, and revision of doubling final consonant and swapping y for i).	Battled, cycled, denied, liked, ruled, phoned, striped, Red Words: half, has, here
2nd Feb	The u sound spelt o, and the or sound spelt ar after w.	brother, other, nothing, Monday, swarm, reward, warm Red Words: hold, hour, house
9th Feb	Possessive apostrophes.	Practice Red words from this half term so far.
16th Feb	The r sound spelt wr	wrong, wrestle, wrist, wrap, write
23rd Feb	The r sound spelt wr	wreck, wrinkle, wriggle, wren
2nd March	Adding the suffixes -er or -est (1)	faster, slowest, louder, largest, braver
9th March	Special Focus 1 (Red words) and Special Focus 2 (Homophones)	1: many, some, should, come, any, would 2: there/their, nose/knows, for/four
16th March	Adding the suffixes -er or -est (2)	happier, silliest, funnier, finest, wiser, nicest, slimier, trickiest
23rd March	Adding the suffixes -er or -est (3)	bigger, slimmest, hotter, saddest, wetter, fittest, maddest
30th March	Half-term
6th April
	The ee sound spelt ey	key, donkey, chimney, turkey, trolley, money, honey, jockey
	Adding the suffix -ness (1)	Kindness, sadness, illness, weakness, darkness, foolishness
	Adding the suffix -ness (2)	dizziness, silliness, cheekiness, madness
	Words ending in -le	rattle, simple, middle, triangle, giggle, bubble, handle, battle, little, table
	Special Focus 3 (Words ending -il and words where s makes the zh sound ) and Special Focus 4 (Homophones)	3: fossil, council, evil, peril, nostril; measure, treasure, usual, television 4: seen/scene, wait/weight, hole/whole, sighed/side, new/knew
	Words ending in -el	camel, tunnel, towel, travel, jewel, label, angel, cancel, level
	Words ending in -al	magical, plural, vocal, tropical, animal, capital, medical, signal, festival
	Adding the suffix -ful	joyful, cheerful, thankful, wonderful, hopeful, painful, colourful, thoughtful
	Special focus 5 (ir sound spelt or after w)	5: worm, world, work, worth, worst, password, workshop

Home Projects:

Please bring your home project during the week beginning the 16th March . The suggested projects are just ideas. You are welcome to create anything you like based on what we’ve learned this term.

Dates for the diary

PE days:  Tuesday (Mrs Whike), Wednesday (Mrs Simmonds),

 

Links to support learning

Reading

Please encourage your child to read daily for a minimum of 10 minutes. At least 3 reading sessions per week should be recorded in the school Reading Record. Children should all have a school reading book (that can be changed regularly) but should be encouraged to read other material as well.

Maths

Year 2 Numbots (login on inside front cover of Reading Record) – Children work through the different levels to help secure their calculation skills and number facts.

Year 3 Times Table Rock Stars (login on inside front cover of Reading Record) – Y3 introduces 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables, as well as building on 2, 5 and 10 (from Y2)

Written methods for addition, subtraction and multiplication are taught as in the pictures below.