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Parent Volunteers to help: Geography Curriculum - Brazil

Are there any parents who have lived or grown up in Brazil?

We have been learning about Brazil in Geography and it would be great if you could visit Year 2 to speak about Brazil. We have found out about why tourists may visit Brazil, the landmarks of Rio de Janeiro and the weather. If you are available and would like to come to give a short talk, please talk to the class teachers. 

Thank you.

Cooking & Gardening

We are proud to offer all pupils the opportunity to take part in cooking sessions during the school day. These sessions take place in the School House kitchen and are led by the class teacher.

Fresh ingredients from our school garden are used wherever possible, helping children learn about food, nutrition, and sustainability.

To support this programme, we ask for a voluntary annual contribution of £13.00, which covers the cost of additional ingredients for the full school year (September 2025 – July 2026).

• To contribute, please log into your MCAS account
• The fee can be found in the Clubs section and added to your basket.

Your support helps us continue offering this valuable hands-on learning experience. Thank you!

Healthy Snacks

To help keep energy levels up and minds focused, we encourage pupils to bring a healthy snack for break time.

Great options include:

• Fresh fruit or vegetables
• Plain rice cakes or crackers
• A small pot of dried fruit
• Cheese cubes or yoghurt (in a cool pack)

Please do not send sweets, chocolate, crisps, and fizzy drinks. Let’s work together to support healthy habits and happy learning!

Recorders

Year 2 will be learning to play the recorder. Ms Lynch has asked parents to buy one recorder for their child. They will be needed for the summer term. The children will need a descant recorder like this one. If this is a problem, please email admin/ Ms Lynch as she has some recorders that children can borrow. Thank you for your support. 

Reading and/or talking about their reading to an adult for at least 20 minutes, 5 times a week. Complete your child’s reading record each time they read. Remember it doesn’t always have to be their school book. Reading records and reading books should be sent into school daily.

Please use these to practise spelling patterns and other words that are recorded. Some words are called red words because they are common exception words (Y2 list) that also need to be learned in Year 2 and our phonics skills can't always be applied to these words.  Orange words are words connected to our learning in school.  The spelling words will also be recorded here.

Wc 6th January - Review of Red Words

We will review and assess the red words covered so far this year.

The words are: door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, child, children, wild, climb, most, only, both, old, cold, gold, hold, told, every, everybody, even, great, pretty, beautiful, after, eye, could, should, would, who, whole, clothes, busy, people, water, again, money, parents. 

Wc 12th January - suffix ed (part 1)

jumped, spotted, painted, clapped, hunted, dropped

Red Words: pretty, beautiful, father

Orange Words: plant, grass, habitat

Wc 19th January - suffix ed (part 2)

cried, tried, dried, hurried, replied, multiplied

Red Words: break, steak, sure

Orange Words: location, home, school

Wc 26th January - suffix ed (part 3)

striped, shaped, waved, battled, poked, hiked

Red Words: past, last, fast

Orange Words: Brazil, visit, visitor

Wc 2nd February - Review, consolidate and Assess

We will be reviewing and assessing words taught for units 11- 14. 

Wc 9th February - 'r' spelt as 'wr' 

wreck, write, wrote, wrong, wrap, wrist 

Red Words: class, pass, hour

Orange Words: tourist, south, mountain

The Clockwork Dragon 

Jonathon Emmett 

IBSN: 978-0192738011

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

Roald Dahl 

IBSN: 978-0241558508

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale 

IBSN: 978-0140559460