Sunflower Class 2022-2023

Hello and welcome to our class page! Our Class Teacher is Miss Slater and our LSP is Mrs Rehman 

In our class we have lots of fun and love learning new things!  

On this page you will find our class news and lots of interesting pictures showing you what we have been getting up to. We look forward to an exciting academic year. 

For additional information on what happens in Year 2, please see the attached information which was shared during our Meet the Teacher meetings. If there are any additional questions, feel free to come and speak to Miss Slater or Mrs Rehman on the playground 

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Snow Day  

We hope you are all enjoying the snow and keeping yourselves safe. We have set some activities online for you to complete today.

By using the log in cards in your reading record, you can access the websites below today.

Bug Club - Read some of the books you have set online. How many questions can you get right about your book?

Mathletics - We have set many different activities to re-cap what we have learnt during the last term. 

TT Rockstars - We have set your 2's, 5's and 10's time tables to practise. 

Purple Mash - We would like you to design your own cottage from our story this week Hansel and Gretel. 

Then, can you practise your coding and de-bugging skills? 

We can't wait to hear all about your Snow Day and find out how you got on with your activities. 

If you have any questions about today's activities, please email sunflower@reddalhill.sandwell.sch.uk 

 Important Information: 

*If there are any queries, please email Miss Slater on the class email which is: sunflower@reddalhill.sandwell.sch.uk

Thank you for your continued support. 

Diary Dates:

*Monday 20th March - Year 2 Trip to Dudley Zoo

*Monday 3rd April- Easter Break.

*Monday 15th May- KS1 SATs.

*Monday 20th May- Walk to School Week.

*Monday 29th May- Half Term. 

*Tuesday 6th June- Summer Term Begins.

*Monday 12th June- Year 2 Phonics Screening Resists.

*Wednesday 19th July- Parents' Meeting.

*Tuesday 25th July- Last Day of Term.

*Thursday 22nd June- Class Assembly

School Uniform:

Please make sure that your child’s name is written inside all school clothes (cardigans, jumpers, trousers, t shirts and coats). This makes it easier to give out misplaced clothes back to their rightful owners. Remember if your child takes their jumper/cardigan off in class, then it is their responsibility to keep it safe!

Homework:

Children will be given 1 piece of homework every week, along with spellings to learn. Homework will be given out on a Friday and must be returned the following Wednesday, so we can monitor your child's learning. If you need any help completing your child's homework then there is a homework club you can attend on a Monday after school with Mrs Whitehurst. 

Handwriting:

Reddal Hill follow 'Kinetic Letters' handwriting scheme. Your child will have daily handwriting lessons. If you need any support with this, please speak to your child's class teacher. 

Changing Books:

Reading books are changed weekly, but this is not on a set day so it is very important that your child brings their book bag to school every day. Please write a comment in your child’s reading diary when you hear them read.

Reading at home is extremely beneficial for your child. We are holding a reading challenge this year! Every time you read, write it in your reading record. For every comment, you will earn a point. When you reach 45points, you will be awarded the Bronze Level; when you reach 90points, you will be awarded Silver Level and for 135 for you be awarded Gold Level! 

Good Luck Buttercup Class! 

P.E Day: 

P.E days are on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please ensure that appropriate footwear is worn and PE clothing is appropriate for the weather as our lessons will be outdoors on the playground. Please make sure that your child's name is written inside all PE clothes.

Additional Information:

All children in Year 2 have usernames and passwords for Mathletics, TimesTable Rockstars, Purple Mash and Bug Club. These can be found in their reading records.

Please encourage your child to use Mathletics in order to enhance their Mathematical progress. Purple Mash is a fantastic resource as it covers all areas taught across the curriculum and helps children consolidate their learning. By the end of Year 2 children should be confident at reciting their 2,3,5 and 10 times tables, hit the button is a fantastic resource that allows children to consolidate their times tables knowledge in a fun way!

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School and Eco Councillors:

A huge congratulations to Rhyss and Hoor who are our School Councillors, and Leo who is our Eco Councillor.

Christmas 2022 

Christmas Week 2022 has been fantastic! We have completed so many different Christmas activities and had the most amazing week!

Here is what we got up to:

We took part in Christmas Jumper Day and raised a fantastic amount of money for charity and visited Santa's pop up grotto.

We had breakfast with Santa and watched The Snowman.

We had the most wonderful afternoon singing Christmas songs in our Carol Concert.

We had a superb Christmas party with games and food.

We finished the week with a Christmas Winter Wonderland disco in the hall with the PTA.

An amazing week Year 2 and a brilliant end to our first term!

Have the best Christmas holidays! Stay safe, see you in January!  

Children in Need

On Friday 18th November, we all came to school in spotty clothing to celebrate and raise money for Children in Need!  We created a Pudsey bookmark, coaster and completed some colouring to celebrate the amazing charity! A brilliant way to highlight the importance of Children in Need; well done Sunflower Class!

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Science

On Thursday 17th November, we had a very special visit from Alesha's mum! We are currently learning about the basic needs of animals and Alesha's mum kindly brought in a selection of her pets. We had a brilliant afternoon, learning all about these animals!

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Anti-Bullying Week

During the week commencing Monday 14th November, we took part in Anti-Bullying Week. 

On Monday 14th November, we all wore odd socks to school to highlight that we understand that even though we all have different traits, we all still need to be treated equally and celebrate how unique we all are! We also completed a range of activities to highlight the importance of this event. We discussed what it means to be a good friend and how we can help each other. 

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Parliament Week

On Tuesday 15th November, we participated in a lesson all about parliament, the government and prime ministers to celebrate UK Parliament Week.  We had our very own democratic vote to choose two school councillors. The speeches were absolutely amazing, and it was really difficult to choose the two children to represent our class this year!

Well done, Sunflower class! 

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Road Safety Week

On Monday 14th November, we discussed the importance of road safety and how to avoid danger when crossing the road! We took part in some quizzes where we looked at safety on the road. We then completed a 'safe/unsafe' activity where we had to look at the pictures and decide if it was safe or unsafe to cross the road. We also ordered the Green Cross Code pictures.

You are all road safety heroes. Well done, Sunflowers!

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Remembrance Day

On Friday 11th November we discussed the importance of Remembrance Day. We spoke about how we remember the soldiers who unfortunately lost their lives during the war. We then collaged a poppy to help us remember.

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Autumn Term

Sunflower Class 2020-2021 - Archive

To My Little Sunflowers

                          Hello there my little Sunflower Class,                           

I hope you’re safe and well,

I wonder when we’ll see each other?,

Only time will tell.

I wanted to write this poem,

To say how much you’re missed,

All your hard work you have shown me,

Your effort will not be dismissed.

Your creative stories in English,

Your fantastic drawings in Art,

All of these things makes me so proud,

Whilst we are apart.

Miss Scott and I have been very busy,

Planning things for your return,

Our next topic in Science is Plants,

Have you ever heard of a fern?

I miss your enthusiasm to learn,

Your warm, gentle smile,

I can’t wait to give you all a hug,

It’s been a very long while!

So all I have left to say,

Is this isn’t going to be forever,

Every day is one step closer,

To us all being back together!

Please find some useful website you can access at home whilst your child cannot attend school:

• Purple Mash: https://2simple.com/blog/using-purple-mash-when-school-closed/
• Twinkl: www.twinkl.co.uk/offer - Follow the instructions and type in access code: PARENTSTWINKLHELPS
• Mathletics https://login.mathletics.com  – use your child’s username and password to access this.
• Timetable rock stars https://ttrockstars.com/  - use your child’s username and password to access this.
• Oxford Owl – https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk  - free e-book resources
• GoNoodle – https://www.gonoodle.com/
• Cosmic Kids – Yoga –https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
• https://www.topmarks.co.uk
• https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk    
• https://www.readwithphonics.com
• https://teachyourmonstertoread.com
• https://www.3plearning.com

Sunflower Class 2018-2019

Hello and welcome to our class page! Our Class Teacher is Miss Eades and our LSP is Mrs Jackson. In our class we have lots of fun and love learning new things! On this page you will find our class news and lots of interesting pictures showing you what we have been getting up to. 

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Dates for your Diary:

For any upcoming dates or reminders, please check the calendar section of this website

Here are a couple of important upcoming dates:

Thursday 27th June- Sports Day

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Important Information

     School Uniform: 

Please make sure that your child’s name is written inside all school clothes (cardigans, jumpers, trousers, PE kits and coats). This makes it easier to give out misplaced clothes back to their rightful owners.  Remember if you take your jumper off in class, place it in the jumper box to keep it safe!

    Homework: 

This will be sent out on a Friday and due in the following Wednesday. Children will be given weekly spellings which will also be sent out on a Friday and tested on the following Friday. Remember to practice your spellings as often as you can!

            Handwriting: 

By Year 2 children should be joining their handwriting. Please practice handwriting and correct letter formation as much as you can at home. We follow the Nelson Handwriting Scheme. If you're unsure of anything please come in and ask my any questions. 

Changing Books:

Reading books are changed weekly, but this is not on a set day so it is very important that your child brings their book bag to school every day. Please write a comment in your child’s reading diary when you hear them read.

Reading at home is extremely beneficial for your child. Therefore there will be a weekly reading challenge for all of the children in the class. Everytime a child reads at home and an adult writes in their reading record they will get a raffle ticket. At the end of each week there will be a raffle and the child chosen from the raffle will then receive a prize.

PE Days:

PE lessons will take place on a Monday and Thursday afternoon. Please make sure that your child has the

correct PE kit in school- black pumps, black shorts and a white or blue t-shirt. Also make sure your child removed any jewellery on PE days otherwise they will not be able to take part in the lesson. 

Praise Assembly:  

Every Friday at 9:00am we have our Praise Assembly. We celebrate our successes by having a VIP, Write of the Week, Maths Mind and Sports Player of the Week.

This week our congratulations go to:

VIP: Mohamed

Maths Mind of the Week: Zi-Han

Writer of the Week: Ajer

Sport Player of the Week: Ofelia

Reader of the Week: Megan

Children also get rewarded for their good behaviour, once they get 6 stamps on their achievement card then they will receive a certificate in assembly. Look out for a slip in your child's bookbag!

School Council:

Our School Council Representatives are:

Zi-Han and Emily

Additional Information:

All children in Year 2 have usernames and passwords for Mathletics, Purple Mash and Bug Club. These can be found in their homework books. Please encourage your child to use Mathletics and Bug Club in order to enhance their Mathematical and Reading progress. Purple Mash is a fantastic resource as it covers all areas taught across the curriculum and helps children consolidate their learning. By the end of Year 2 children should be confident at reciting their 2,3,5 and 10 times tables, hit the button is a fantastic resource that allows children to consolidate their times tables knowledge in a fun way! 

http://www.mathletics.co.uk/

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/reddal

https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0

https://www.hitthebutton.com

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SATs Reward!

On Friday 7th June we had our own pizza party to celebrate all of our hard work during our Special Agent Training. We had a fantastic morning, designing our own pizzas, making chef hats, trying pizza toppings and making our own pizza! This was then followed by biscuits and ice cream!!  

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                                 Weston Park

On Friday 10th May we visited Weston Park. We had such a fantastic day learning about Victorian toys, we were lucky enough to play with some old fashioned toys, dress up and make peg people! What a super day it was- even if we did get a little wet!

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Changes Within Living Memory 

Our new topic is 'Changes Within Living Memory', which means we will be learning all about events, fashion, transport, music, toys through the decades. On Hook Day, we baked a chocolate cake using a recipe from the 1940’s. It tasted delicious! We had the opportunity to play with old fashioned toys including an egg and spoon race, dolls, a drum and a Jacob’s ladder!  In the 1940’s children had lots of fun creating their own toys. We had a fantastic time making our very own sock puppets! We have watched some television programmes from different decades. They are very different to what we watch today! What a fantastic hook day! :) 

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 Sea Life Centre 

On Friday 22nd March we visited the Sea Life Centre in Birmingham! We saw lots of amazing sea creatures and learnt lots of interesting facts! Take a look at some of our pictures from our fantastic day! :)

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World Book Day!

On Thursday 7th March we celebrated World Book Day. We all came to School dressed up as their favourite book characters and they all looked fantastic! During the afternoon we got to design a new book token for a special competition, and then we were very lucky because Mrs Potter came and read us some stories! Take a look at our fantastic costumes! :)

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Rugby Tots!

On Tuesday 29th January, we had another visit from Katie! Katie came and delivered another extremely fun rugby session! We learnt lots about Rugby and developed our skills and knowledge through different key activities, we especially enjoyed the tag rugby! We all has so much fun! This is what we got up to! :) 

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  Under the Sea (Spring Term)  

Take a look at our amazing homework! Miss Eades and Mrs Jackson are so impressed! Well done everyone! :) 

During Hook Day we got up to lots of exciting things to get us ready for our new topic! We made sea creature paper plates, created an under the sea scene using an egg box, painted divers and collaged some sea creature! We all had so much fun and now have a lovely new display board! :) 

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Christmas Week 2018

On Tuesday 18th December we had a very special morning! We got to have lots of yummy treats in the classroom and then Santa came to visit us!!  On Wednesday 19th December, we got our pyjamas on and watched a Christmas film. We also had some delicious hot chocolate! On Thursday 20th December, we had our Christmas party! We played lots of games, had a visit from Santa, had some more yummy food and danced the afternoon away with our friends! Merry Christmas everyone! 

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Christmas Workshop

On Thursday 13th December, we had our very own Christmas workshop! We were very lucky as some of our family joined us to get into the festive spirit! We had made festive biscuits earlier on in the week, so today we got to decorate and eat them! After that, made some Christmas wreaths to take home which looked fantastic! Then, we told a few Christmas jokes and finished our workshop off by singing some Christmas songs to the parents with Buttercup Class. What a fantastic morning and thank you to all those who came along to support. Have a lovely Christmas! 

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Christmas Cracker Santa Express!

On Wednesday 12th December we had our Christmas Trip! We boarded the Severn Valley Railway to take us to Highly. On our return journey, we were extremely lucky as we got a gift from Santa! We all had an excellent day, take a look at some of our pictures! 

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World Mental Health Day

On Wednesday 10th October it was World Mental Health Day. During our afternoon we learnt about mental health and how a person

feels is they have mental health problems. In Miss Dallison's classroom we spoke about our worries and wrote them all down and shared them with each other. With Miss Eades we spoke about self-esteem and confidence. We discussed what made us feel happy and who we can talk to if we ever feel sad. 

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Languages Afternoon

On Friday 28th September, we took part in Languages a languages afternoon! We learnt French, Spanish and Polish and had lots of fun doing different activities. We all had such a fantastic day!

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Rugby Tots

On Tuesday 25th September, we had a visit from Katie! Katie came and delivered an extremely fun rugby session! We learnt lots about Rugby and developed our skills through different key activities. Take a look at what we got up to, we all had so much fun! 

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Healthy Schools Week!

From Monday 17th September - Friday 21st September we celebrated Healthy Schools Week. Throughout the week, we  took part in a PE afternoon, designed a healthy lunchbox and even got to try lots of exotic fruits! We learnt all about being healthy and why it's important to exercise and eat a balanced diet. What a fantastic week we had! 

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Freshwater Theatre Company

On Wednesday 19th September, Freshwater Theatre Company visited us. The drama teacher taught us about The Great Fire of London through acting and dancing. The workshop was very fun and it brought our topic to life!

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Fire Fire! 

Our topic for the Autumn term is 'Fire'. Throughout this term we will learn all about the Great Fire of London and fire safety. We will understand exactly how this important historical event occurred. We will also learnt how different life was in the past compared to now. On Monday 17th September, we had our Hook Day and we completed lots of fun activities. We made fire fighter helmets, made a fire poster, and even pretended to be bakers and made our own 17th Century Bread. We had lots of fun and can't wait to start learning more about The Great Fire of London. Take a look at our pictures! 

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