Goodbye Year 1

Hello Year 2

Hello!

Hi everybody, we are so excited to have you all in our Y2 Freedman class. We are go-

ing to do lots of learning and hopefully have lots of fun! Mr Flevill and Mrs Taylor

have already told us so much about you, but we can’t wait to welcome you into the

classroom so we can get to know you all better.

Some of you might be very excited about starting in Year 2, but some of you may feel

a little bit nervous. This is OK. When we come back together in the new school year,

we will have lots of opportunities to learn about what being in Year Two is like and

answer any questions.

We have put this pack together to give you a little taster, and we hope you enjoy

these activities. Feel free to do the activities in this pack in any order, but we really

would like you to do all of them. We can’t wait to see what you get up to! If you

would like to share any exciting news, or if you have any questions that you want an-

swering before we start back in September, you can email at:

vhadabora@totley.sheffield.sch.uk

We will put some useful information on our Year 2 blog on the school website, so

please take a look on there too.

Take care,

Mrs Hadabora and Mrs Crookes

Get to know me!

Hello, my name is Mrs Hadabora. I am the classroom teacher for Y2 Freedman. Mrs

Crookes is in our classroom every morning to help support you all with your learning. I

have 2 children called James and Grace, 2 dogs and 3 cats! Mrs Crookes also has 2 chil-

dren, Francesca and Florence and a dog called Mr Hobson—you might have seen him on

the sports day video.

We can’t wait to learn all about you, so we would like you to fill in these snapshots

with pictures, key words or sentences to help us get to know you.

What will we learn in Year 2?

This year, we will be learning about: How to look after our environment, Being an explorer, Afri-

ca, The Great Fire of London, and Transport. We will be continuing to develop our story writing

skills and read lots throughout the year. In maths, we will be building on the number and shape

work you did in Y1. We will also be looking at our times tables, fractions and telling the time.

Write to me! We both love travelling around and visiting lots of places around the UK and the world. This sum-

mer will be a little bit different for us with more exploring of our local area rather than jetting off

on our holidays. Choose one of these tasks to send to us in the envelope provided.

Your task:

Choose one of our class topics and tell

us what you already know.

Choose one of the topics and tell us

what you would like to find out.

Option 1

Think of a place you would like to

visit. Write us an imaginary post-

card from there. What would you

be able to see, hear, taste or smell

there? What experiences could you

have? Draw a picture to go with

your writing. Option 2

We would usually have a week

before the summer to get to know

each other and ask questions.

Write a letter to ask us anything you

like. We’ll have a go at answering

them in the first few weeks back in

September.

Option 3

Draw a picture of somewhere you

have been over the summer. This

could be your garden, a local park

or a day out you have been on.

Write a short recount of what you

did in this place and send it to us.

Attitudes to learning

It is really important in Year 2 to continue to show your good attitudes to learning

in the classroom and around school.

Significant people Each class at Totley Primary School is named after a famous author. Y2F is named after Claire Freedman.

She has written over 100 books—you might even already read some of her books or have copies of your

own. Choose one of the following activities to help you learn more about her.

Your task:

Can you draw a

picture of you

demonstrating each

one of our attitudes

to learning?

Option 1

Create an ‘Claire Freedman’ alphabet.

Try and find a word relating to Claire

Freedman and her books for each

letter of the alphabet. This could be a

good option if you already have some

of her books.

Option 3

Find out all about

Claire Freedman.

Create a fact file all about her

life. You could find where she

lives, what she likes or how she

started writing books.

http://www.clairefreedman.co.uk/

Option 2

A lot of Claire Freedman books are

about different creatures loving under-

pants! Can you create you own story

about some underpants loving creatures?

Option 4

Can you design your own pair of

underpants? Check on the Year 2 blog

on the school website for a template. Can everyone think of a question you would like to ask

Claire Freedman—it can be about anything: her books, her

life, or even her experiences in lockdown. When we return

to school in September, we will email her (she replied to last years class!).