Welcome to St Rose of Lima Page
Welcome to St. Rose of Lima class!
We have an exciting year ahead as we embark on a journey of discovery, building upon learning that has already taken place and challenging each pupil to have the best experience in the year ahead. We aim to provide your children with enriching learning opportunities that will have a positive impact on them.
Our class saint is St. Rose of Lima, who is the patron saint of Peru. The first recognised saint from the Americas, we are inspired by her love of God and her love of others - principles that we aspire to live up to here at St. John Fisher Catholic School.
As part of our journey through Year 2, we have some exciting learning opportunities planned including educational visits, school trips and WOW days - enthusiastically hosted my our dedicated staff at our brilliant school.
We encourage parents to keep an open line of communication with us throughout the year. Your involvement is invaluable, and we truly appreciate any support you can offer—whether it’s sharing skills, resources, or simply words of encouragement. If you have any questions or need further information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Thank you for your ongoing support, and here’s to a year full of learning, enjoyment, and new adventures!
St. Rose of Lima,
pray for us!
The Year 2 Team
Teachers:
Mrs Turnbull
Mr Kelliher
Mr O'Connor
Learning Support Assistants:
Mrs Dovydaitene
Ms Pritchett
Ms Graefe
Meet The Teacher Power Point
st rose of lima meet the teacher template 25 26.pdf
This terms Caritas Curriculum Learning
Well, it is time to continue down the time line! In Year 2 we have enjoyed exploring prehistory now it is time to journey further into the amazing period in which one country ruled the known world and that was the ROMANS!
During this topic we will learn how the Romans grew their empire and what were the consequences of taking over other countries. Britain was also part of this empire – we will learn how the Romans arrived at our shores, how they conquered Britain and what did the local Celtic tribes make of these new invaders. We will also be looking into the relationship between the Roman governors to Britain and one special Celtic leader – Queen Boudicca leader of the Iceni tribe who battled with the Romans in the cities of Colchester, London and St Albans.
We will learn about every day Roman life through exploring artefacts, maps, books and researching. We will have the opportunity to continue our skills in writing by exploring free verse poetry and Roman fables. Why not try having a go at designing, creating and making your own Roman pizza? These fantastic creations will be the inspiration for our instructional writing.
We have already mentioned that the Romans came from a different country – do you know what that country is? It’s ITALY!
Maybe you have been there? We will be finding out about this fantastic country and answering questions such as.....where in the world is it? What is it like? Where is our country in relation to Italy? What food do they eat? What type of plants grow there as the climate is so different to ours. To do all this learning we will be using our map skills to find out the location of this fantastic country, find out about the main cities in Italy and compare them with our capital city. In science we will be exploring our natural world by looking at the role and function of plants and what requirements they need to grow. We will also be learning about pollination and the key role it plays in the process of the life cycle of plants.
What an action packed term awaits us!
Caritas Learning Overview
caritas curriculum year 3 one page.pdf
Home Learning
Home Learning
Home learning will be set on a Monday and is to be completed and handed back by Friday, ready for the next lot of home work to be stuck in and handed back out on Monday. The home learning will consist of a weekly alternating Maths or English task, inline with what the children are learning in class. At times, the home learning may be used as a pre-teaching tool, engaging children with an upcoming topic.
Children will be given house points for their efforts, and we would like to celebrate their learning through posting pictures on the school website for everyone to see.
Spellings
Each week within the home learning, the children will be given a small selection of spellings from the Year 2 common exceptions.
Spellings will be allocated weekly through the home learning books and our online learning page. Children will be encouraged to practise these at home in preparation for a weekly quiz on a Friday.
Reading
Please ensure that your child reads daily. They should be reading a variety of fiction and non-fiction books. It is important that they read to an adult/older sibling as often as possible. Please ask your child questions about what they have read to build up their understanding and encourage them to give opinions about the book.
Reading books will be changed up to twice a week and reading diaries can now be brought to and from school and can be written in. The days the children will read on have been written in their reading diaries. We encourage children to read at home, this can be there school book, library book, magazines or anything that may interest them. This will help them learn new vocabulary and build up on their fluency and understanding of different texts.
Please listen to your child read, then mark the date and page(s) in the diary page and comment if you wish.
Your child will also be given the opportunity to take home a library book to build up a love for reading. Children have the opportunity to change their library books every Wednesday.
P.E.
Our PE day is a Thursday.
Please come to school in your outdoor PE kits.