Dear Parents, 

Welcome back to Kerem! We hope you all had a wonderful summer holiday. 

It has been a fabulous start to the school year. We wanted to wish you a big welcome to Year 2! We can’t wait to teach all the exciting topics we have planned. It has been wonderful getting to know the children so well and I look forward to this continuing throughout the term. 

The week started with a whole school assembly and communal davening. They came in with a positive attitude and settled well. The children remember the school routines and came in well on their first day in Year 2. This week we have focused on settling into the new class, with PSHE discussions about how they are feeling being back at school, in a new class. We also spoke about what a ‘mensch’ is and discussed that we should all aim to become a mensch. We discussed the different components to being a mensch, including how we can show compassion, kindness, and respect towards others. The children wrote lovely sentences about a time when they were kind to others.  

The children had their first Forest School session this term, which they thoroughly enjoyed. They began their session with a recap of Forever Green’s motto: ‘Knowing Me, Connecting with my Community and Caring for Our Earth’. They played a game called Dotty Spotting which involved finding different coloured spots with letters on them and then working together to try and make specific words out of them, which linked to our motto (e.g. care, love). For the rest of the session, some children chose to work with acorns and conkers and come up with their own creation. They had access to palm drills, clamps and different fastening resources. Other children were busy in the woods, digging and exploring, making dens, having peaceful moments in the hammocks, and helping look after the site by litter picking. 

In art, the children were given half a picture of their face from a photograph and then they had to complete the other half.  The children really enjoyed this and put in a lot of effort and concentration.  These will be on display so you’ll be able to see them when you come in for ‘Meet the Teacher Evening.’

Important information:

• Each child has been given a reading book, along with their reading record book. Please make sure you leave your child’s reading book in their bag daily so the team can hear your children during the week.  We don’t want them to miss out on being read with.
• Meet the Teacher evening is on Tuesday 9th September. 
• All communications should be sent via year2@keremschool.co.uk. 

We are so impressed with the children’s attitude to Y2.  Keep up the hard work and positive attitude!

Shabbat shalom, 

The Year 2 Team