Dear Parents/Guardians,

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and your child to a new year at Ascot. I am looking forward to getting to know you and your child throughout the coming year. As your son or daughter’s teacher, it is my goal to help him/her become a confident learner and I will do my best to help make this year a positive experience for your child.

This year we will be reading a variety of texts including reading books, newspapers, nonfiction articles, chapter books and poetry.  We will also have a reading log the children will take home to record the books they have read as part of their weekly homework. In English, we will practice grammar skills weekly and occasionally the children will have grammar homework. In Maths, we will continue to use Abacus for homework and the children will be required to learn some of their times tables as part of the Year 3 Maths curriculum. 

We will continue to study our foundation subjects through units of inquiry. The children will practice their research and inquiry skills and become more independent in their learning. In addition, the children will be given inquiry homework where appropriate. 

The children are required to bring their P.E. Kit every Monday and swimming kit every Wednesday. Every child should have a hat to wear at play time. If the children do not bring in a hat they are not allowed to pay at break times. If the children do not bring in their swimming kit they are not allowed to play at play time. 

In regards to communication, email is preferred but if you would ever like to speak over the phone or in person, please do not hesitate to make an appointment. Communication is key and I'm always available to discuss matters relating to your child's education.

Finally, I would like to say just how excited I am to begin the academic year. I look forward to meeting each of you in person and working in partnership with you throughout the coming year. If you have any questions now or at any time in the future, don’t hesitate to contact me at the school at kniveton@ascot.ac.th 

Sincerely,

Miss Kniveton

Summer Homework

Subject	Description	Links
Reading	Oxford Owl is a great place to find all the students' favourite books with familiar characters such as Biff, Chip and Floppy. There are also a variety of nonfiction books covering a range of subjects. Oxford Owl is a free service, although you will need to make an account to use it. Books are tablet friendly so they can be read on the go. Summer reading journal - have fun playing bingo and reading at the same time with this summer reading activity. Set yourself a goal with how many minutes you’d like to read for over the holiday and then see how many of the boxes you can tick off.	https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/welcome-back/for-home/reading-owl/find-a-book https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_IIlUZ1UAARY2RKSHppLUVLOHM
Literacy	Keep a writing journal - use a notepad and use these prompts to write something in your journal each day.	https://www.pinterest.com/pin/146507794106969092/
Maths	Review Abacus homework games and keep practicing the skills learnt during Y2. Khan academy is a wonderful online resource with video tutorials showing mathematical concepts. There are also small tests after each video to practice the skills learnt. Numeracy games from another website with activities such as adding, subtracting, number bonds and so on.	- https://www.khanacademy.org/math/k-8-grades/early-math#table-of-contents http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html

Art

We made some fun art to describe ourselves using adjectives for the student's new teacher in Year 3.

 

Weekly review and preview week 9

Y2 Weekly Update: Week 9 2016

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	We continued with our memory books based on our time in Year 2. We also completed various activities such as writing a letter for our new teacher and writing a letter for the future year 2 class.	End of term activities
Math	We have been counting in threes and learning about the 3 times table. We have used arrays to find the answers to multiplication sums and found out that multiplication is commutative. That means that a multiplication sum can be written in two ways which have the same answer, such as 2x6=12 and 6x2=12.	End of term activities
Art	We made a piece of Art for our new teachers in Year 3, which involved choosing lots of adjectives that we felt described ourselves and focussed on writing the adjectives in various styles and bubble writing.	End of term activities
PSHE	Next episode of class dojo including discussion. Discussing the transition to Year 3 and changes to expect.	End of term activities
Notices and Events	End of term party - children may bring snacks (no nuts or seafood), party clothes in bags to change after lunch Bring a large plastic bag so we may pack the student’s books and work

Art

Last week we finished our airplanes and they are proudly hanging in the entrance of the Primary building. Many thanks to the parents for helping us on Open day and for bringing in plenty of recycled materials for us to build with.

Weekly Review and Preview

Y2 Weekly Update: Week 8 2016

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

	This Week	Next Week
English	This week, we began making our memory books for our time in Year 2. The students have to reflect and think about their favourite trip, event and greatest achievement in their time in Year 2	We will continue our work on our memory books and write letters to our new teachers to tell them all about ourselves.
Math	In maths this week we have been measuring length using centimetres. We have been predicting lengths that are more or less that 10cm and using a ruler to measure exact lengths. We’ve also been telling the time in 5 minute intervals around the clock.	Count in 3s, recognising numbers in the 3 times-table; write multiplications to go with arrays and use arrays to solve multiplication problems; understand that multiplication is commutative and that division and multiplication are inverse operations; solve divisions as multiplications with a missing number; count in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s to solve divisions and solve division problems in contexts.
Inquiry	This week we began our end of unit reflections. We reflected on what we have learned from our unit about products by making a mind map and adding all of our new ideas.	Preparing for the transition to Year 3.
Art	We finished the decorations for our airplanes to include details such as airline name, windows, doors and logos. They are now hanging up in the hallway of the Primary building.	We will celebrate our artistic tendencies with art week.
PSHE	We continued with discussions based around the class dojo video.	Begin discussions about the transition to Year 3.
Notices and Events	Art week Y4 & 5 stalls and fundraisers on the Friday

Weekly review and Preview

Y2 Weekly Update: Term 2 Week 7

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	This week we conducted our Benchmarking reading tests and we used our lesson time to put together our story books and finish them before our peer review and putting them on display.	We will review each other’s story books and check reflect on the books we have created.
Math	This week we have practiced subtraction using the column method with and without regrouping. We had lots of mixed up sums to check if we could choose the right method to solve them. We also solved worded subtraction problems and wrote our own word problems.	Measure and estimate lengths in centimetres; tell the time involving multiples of 5 minutes past the hour and 5 minutes to the hour; tell time to 5 minutes; begin to say the time 10 minutes later
Inquiry	This week we had activities to further the use of Maths when learning about products and how they are made. This involved block graphs, Venn diagrams and an activity to make the price for products we know.	We will finish our inquiry by reflecting on the learning journey we had have. This will include discussing what we have learnt, what we can do next and how to improve for our next inquiry unit.
Art	This week we completed the papier mache and painting of our model aeroplanes. It was messy fun and the students enjoyed adding colour to their models.	We will add the final decorations (windows, airline name etc) to our model aeroplanes.
Notices and Events	Primary Parent meeting 8 - 9:00 on Monday on the 3rd floor of the new secondary building Swimming gala 9 - 10:00 for Years 1,2 & 3