Welcome to Year 2
Autumn Term
In English this term, Year 2 children will be learning, dramatising and expanding on a variety of stories, including 'The Papaya that Spoke'. The children will be using the stories as a stimulus to create different text types, including letters, stories, recounts, instructions and recipes.
Our Geography topic in Autumn 1 is Continents and Oceans. We will be comparing the different continents with our own as well as creating some pieces of art based on the continent of Africa. Our History topic in Autumn 2 is Famous People. We will be learning about a number of significant people within living memory and beyond living memory.
In Science we are learning about materials in Autumn 1. We will investigate different properties of materials, the difference between man-made and natural materials and how different materials behave (e.g. stretching, squeezing). In Autumn 2 we will be learning about living things and their habitats.
Spring Term
Our Geography topic in Spring 1 is 'Our Local Area'. We will be exploring our local area, expanding on our knowledge from Year 1 by diving deeper into geographical concepts. We will learn map skills including learning the 4 points of a compass. Our History topic in Spring 2 is 'Transport'. We will learn about the history of transport and how it has changed over time as well as learning about George Stephenson and the invention of trains!
In Science we are learning about animals including humans.
Summer Term
Our History topic in Summer 1 we will be studying life during the Great Fire of London, major figures during the time and the differences between life in the past and present. Our Geography topic in Summer 2 we will be exploring human and physical geography by asking a variery of enquiry questions which we will then answer by conducting fieldwork and writing up our findings.
In Science this term we will be learning all about plants by building on the knowledge we learned in Year 1. We will look at the different parts of a plant in more detail and understand what each part of the plant is for.
Year 2 Staff
Mr Massheder
Miss Piercy
Mrs Burgin
Mrs Castlehouse
Miss Lobley
Year 2 Information
PE
Y2P Outdoor PE - Tuesday Indoor PE - Monday
Y2M Outdoor PE - Wednesday Indoor PE - Thursday
Spellings
There will be a spelling test every Friday. The list of words to be learnt will be sent via ping at the start of every half-term, as well as being available on the Learning Platform.
Reading
As a school we place a high value on reading at home and we have the expectation that parents/carers will read daily with their children at home. Children will take home their reading book and reading records each night but this must come back to school the next day.
Talk Homework
Each week we will send home a short homework for the upcoming Maths and English. This is designed to be something you can spend 5 minutes chatting about on the way home, or something you can turn into a longer piece of homework or a project. It will include a simple run-down of what we will learn and some questions for you to discuss or investigate.
Our Curriculum is constantly evolving and we consider our planning to be working documents.
To find out more, visit our Curriculum/Progress and Learning pages or click on the links below.