Mrs Palmer, Author at Moortown Primary School, Leeds

12.09.25

Here are the spellings for this week. The children will be checked on these words next Friday 19th September.

once
here
of
his
tie
like
both
woke

Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.

PE – Castles and Cannon Balls

In PE, we worked together as a team to build castles using different pieces of equipment. This challenged us to use our resilience and communication skills. Once our castles were built, we had great fun using balls, quoits and beanbags to try and knock them down!

Maths

This week in Maths, we’ve been practising counting in tens from 0 to 100.

For example:
0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50…
0 tens, 1 ten, 2 tens, 3 tens, 4 tens, 5 tens…

We’ve also been learning how to represent multiples of ten using both words and numerals. One important discovery is that every multiple of ten always ends with a zero.

To help us, we’ve been using the stem sentence:
“___ is made of ___ tens. ___ is a multiple of ten.”

We’ve been practising showing numbers in lots of different ways on our whiteboards too.

Well done Year 2!

Help at home:

Practise counting in tens together. Start from 0 and go up to 100 (0, 10, 20, 30…). Then try counting backwards from 100 to 0.
Ask your child to represent multiples of ten in different ways (e.g. using coins or drawing groups of ten).
Say a number (like 40) and ask your child to complete the stem sentence:
“40 is made of 4 tens. 40 is a multiple of ten.”

05.09.25

Here are the spellings for this week. The children will be tested on these words next Friday 12th September.

eye
sure
said
were
play
made
read
she

First day in Year 2

We’ve had a brilliant first day in Year 2. We’re really impressed with how the children have settled into their new classroom and coped with the new routines.

Here are a few things to note:

Mrs Palmer – class teacher – Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Mrs Taylor – class teacher – Thursday and Friday
Mrs Rothery, Mrs Simpson, Ms Akhtar – Teaching assistants
PE – Tuesdays and Thursdays (please dress your child in their PE clothes on these days)
Library – Friday

Please ensure your child brings a water bottle to school every day and healthy snacks for playtime (if required).

During PE, the children are not permitted to wear earrings. Please can you ensure these have been removed prior to attending school on PE days.

Homework and spellings will go home every Friday and the children will be tested on their spellings every week.

The children will read 4 times per week in school and we encourage you to read with your child daily at home.

If you have any concerns or questions please either catch us at home time or make an appointment via the school office.