Welcome to Barn Owls 2023-2024!
We hope that you have all had a wonderful summer. We are so excited to start a new learning adventure with you in year two, we have so much learning and experiences to unlock together.
Here is some information for our timetable and arrangements this term. Our PE days this term will be a Monday and a Wednesday. Mr Pearce will be teaching you PE skills on a Monday morning and I will be teaching you gymnastics on a Wednesday afternoon. Please come to school wearing your Great Milton P.E kit on both days. In addition Miss Woods will be teaching you music for an hour on a Monday afternoon. This will start from next week, Monday 11th September. We will add more information to this page detailing the learning that will take place this term, a few interactive games have been added for your child to play.
Home learning challenges will be sent home in an individual folder on a Friday and we would like them to be returned by Wednesday please. Along with a home learning challenge we will send home a few spelling to practise, along with some guidance, the spellings will usually taken from your current phonics work along with some common exception words from the key stage one national curriculum spelling list. We will also add a few resources to support you child with their learning.
Joining us on our adventure will be Mrs Quartermain and Mrs Sansom, shared with year one too. We all feel exceptionally lucky to have the opportunity to work with you and your families again this year. As always please get in touch via the office email or see me in person if you have anything at all you would like to discuss.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday 5th September.
Best wishes
Mrs Bennett, Mrs Quartermain and Mrs Sansom
Information on Monster Phonics
We are delighted to start this academic year with the launch of our new phonics programme, Monster Phonics.
We are now using Monster Phonics as our main scheme for teaching phonics across the school.
The children are enjoying highly engaging resources and lessons and joining in with the songs. You will be ale to support your children at home by using the free decodable ebooks. If you have any problems or need some guidance then please let us know.
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