Year 2
Spring 2
Welcome to Year 2:
Sunflower and Foxglove class
Mr Turner will be teaching Sunflower class and Miss Dyck will be teaching Foxglove class.
Welcome
Welcome to year 2! We hope you find the information below useful. This information will help you support your child at home with the organisation of their week and their learning at home.
Key Times
| Homework | Each week, children are expected practise their 2, 5, 10s, 3 and 4 times tables and number bonds for 10 and 20. They are also expected to read for at least 15 minutes every evening. |
| PE | Our PE days are Thursday and Friday. Please ensure that your child has their PE kit on this day |
| Key Times | For Year 2, the school day will begin at 8.40, and end at 3.30. |
What are we learning?
| Literacy | In Literacy we will be reading “Grace and Family”, which is about a girl called Grace who lives with her Ma, her Nana and a cat called Paw-Paw. When Papa invites her to visit him in the Gambiam she dreams of finding the kind of family that is idealised in stories. We will be using this story as a base for retelling the story and writing persuasive letters. We will also be reading the text The Baker’s Boy and the Great Fire of London. Here we will be using this text to write a diary entry as a different character. |
| Maths | In Maths this half term we will be focusing on multiplication and division. This will involve using arrays and other visual elements to help with Mastery. We will then move onto measuring length and height. Towards the end of the term, we will look at mass and capacity. |
| Science | In Science we are looking at plants. We will learn that plants can be grown from seeds and bulbs. We will complete a practical investigation where we plant seeds and bulbs and monitor their progress throughout the half term. |
| Geography | We will be exploring settlements in Geography this term. We will start by looking at our local area and then move onto looking at how other settlements compare to our own. |
| History | This half term we will continue learning about the Great Fire of London. We will explore how we know the fire started – focusing on both primary and secondary sources. We will also look at the impact that the fire had on the local people immediately after and end our unit by looking at how the king managed to change the city for the better. |
| RE | In RE we will be learning about Christianity. We will be exploring the different symbols of Easter and what they mean for Christians and exploring the resurrection of Jesus. |
| Computing | In Computing this term, we will be learning about presenting information in different ways. This will involve making our own quizzes and publishing fact files about our chosen topic. |
| Art | In Art this half term our topic is printing. We will learn how to use printing inks and rollers top create mono-prints. We will be learning a new technique every week to incorporate into our final art pieces. |
| DT | In Spring term, we will be using a design brief to design and then make a bag. We will learn to sew using a running stitch and use this new skill when making our own bag. We will also look at ways to decorate and embellish the bag and finally evaluate our product. |
| PSHE | In PSHE we will be learning about our place in our local environment. We will then move on to talking about internet safety and how to keep ourselves safe online and on different devices. |
| PE | In PE we will develop our skills to play rugby and playing as a team. |
| Music | In Music we will be exploring more challenging pieced of music and seeing i f we can copy their rhythms. We will also be learning to play as part of an ensemble. We will also be learning to sing three different songs. |
How can I help at home?
One of the key ways every parent can help is to ensure that your child is at school every day and on time. Other than this, the main way you can help is by ensuring that your child reads every day, for at least 30 - minutes – this can be with you, or on their own, but it is the most effective way of ensuring that your child progresses and learns outside of school. Children should bring their bookmarks in to school daily to show their teacher.
Practicing times tables frequently is vital, and children should be confident in their times tables by the end of year 4. Year 2s focus tables are 3, 4 and 6.
Children have logins for Times Table Rockstars– please encourage them to use this frequently, as it will really help with their quick recall of mathematical facts.
Spellings are given out on Monday and should be practiced daily in their spelling/handwriting books. Please ask the children to bring their spelling books in every Friday.
If you have any questions, please talk to Mr. Turner or Miss Dyck
Thanks,
Mr. Turner and Miss Dyck
