Reading 

In Year Two children will read their individual reading books once per week with the class teacher or teaching assistant. Sometimes children may also read as part of an intervention or with a parent helper, student or volunteer. Please try to read a minimum of 3 times per week to earn 500 miles on their 'Reading Around the World' challenge.  Children will be rewarded when they reach each new destination and show they have developed a commitment to reading at home.  

Guided Reading 

Children will have whole class guided reading Monday - Friday.  They will be taught how to answer comprehension questions based around our topic and will look at different words and their meanings.

Children will also take part in a range of reading activities. They will access these activities across the week including vocabulary activities, guided reading with an adult, individual reading, grammar activities and handwriting practise.  

PE

In Year Two our PE days are every

Monday and Wednesday

for both classes.

Please come to school in your PE kit and trainers

This term in PE we will be focusing on: 

Athletics/Netwall

English

In English this term we will be focusing on the following texts:

• Meerkat Mail - Emilt Gravett
• Scaredy Squirrel - Melanie Watt
• Journey - Aaron Becker
• Voices of the Rainforest -Brita Granström and Mick Manning
• I am Amelia Earhart - Brad Meltzer
• The Great Explorer - Chris Judge

We will be...

• Using Explorers as the focus of our work.
• Making links with Science and the different areas of the world.
• Sentence level work - correct punctuation, types of sentences, making sentences more interesting and using interesting vocabulary.
• Writing in different styles - stories, non-chronological reports, biographies, poetry and recounts.

PSHE

Spring 1

• How jobs help people earn money to pay for things they need and want

• Learning about a range of different jobs, including those done by people they know or people who work in their community

•  How people have different strengths and interests that enable them to do different jobs

•  How people use the internet and digital devices in their jobs and everyday life 

Spring 2

• How rules and restrictions help them to keep safe (e.g. basic road, fire, cycle, water safety; in relation to medicines/ household products and online)
• How to identify risky and potentially unsafe situations (in familiar and unfamiliar environments, including online) and take steps to avoid or remove themselves from them

• how to resist pressure to do something that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable, including keeping secrets

• How not everything they see online is true or trustworthy and that people can pretend to be someone they are not

• How to tell a trusted adult if they are worried for themselves or others, worried that something is unsafe or if they come across something that scares or concerns them

Religious Education

Unit 1:

• Who inspires us?
• Qualities of a good leader
• Our own qualities and how we inspire others.
• How Jesus was a good leader to Christians.
• How Moses was a good leader.
• Explore leaders from other faiths.

Unit 2:

• Why and how do special places and symbols show that people believe.
  • Find and discuss objects that are special to us.
  • Symbols and objects that are special to Christians.
  • Easter story and traditions.
  • Feelings associated with the Easter story.
  • Why Church is a special place for Christians.
  • Features of a church and their functions.

Year 2 Team

Teachers:

Mrs B. Lock 

Miss K. Gildart

Mrs S. Chambers

Teaching Assistants:

Miss S. Hilton  

Miss K Mason

Notices

• Please remember to check Seesaw for updates, reminders, letters and photographs. 
• Bibby's Farm Dates - TBC 

Summer Term Trips & Events

Bibby's Farm

Mrs Lock's Class - June 11/12

Miss Gildart's Class - June 12/13

Mathematics

In Maths we will be focusing on:

• Fractions
• Time
• Statistics
• Position & Direction

Times Tables Challenge

In Year 2 children need to know number bonds to 10 and 20 and also the 2, 5 and 10 times tables off by heart.  We have broken these down into smaller steps to make it more achievable.  Children will start with number bonds and when confident will move on to the 10 x tables and then divisions, followed by 2 x tables and then 5 x tables.  For children who are confident in these tables before the end of the year they can move on to the 3 x tables in preparation for Year 3.  Children earn stickers and certificates for each stage of the challenge.  

See Times Tables Challenge booklet for more information.  

Year Two in pictures...

Coming soon....

Homework

Homework is in the style of 'Pick n Mix' activities  alongside weekly reading, spellings and Maths tasks:

• 5-10 mins reading 3-5 times a week
• 5-10 mins practising weekly spellings
• 10-15 mins practising time tables on Time Tables Rockstars at least once per week

The children are given one copy of the homework activities at the beginning of each term that contains lots of different activities that can be completed independently or with an adult.  Pick n Mix homework can be returned to school upon completion and shared in class.  There are a variety of activities to choose from as we try to make homework as fun as possible to engage all children!  

Children have also been given logins for Purple Mash, TimesTableRockstar, NumBots and Bug Club.  These can be accessed at any time.

Spellings

Spellings will be given out every Tuesday. The children will then do their spelling test the following Monday. Children will usually have 10 - 15 spellings to learn and will have a sheet of spellings in their spelling packs. Spellings will follow the Bug Club Phonics or Rising Stars Programme.

Throughout the year children will also practise the Year 2 common exception words which are linked below.

Being able to apply the spelling pattern in writing is just as important as getting them all correct in the spelling test!

Please click here to view the Year 2 Common Exception Words

Science

• planting a range of seeds and bulbs and planning an experiment around this
• Investigating the best conditions for growth
• Discussing food chains and basic needs of animals

Our Topic Learning: 

History:

Geography:

• Learning about the different climate zones on the Earth and how these link to the animals and plants that reside there.
• Studying how weather patterns vary in different parts of the world.
• Learning about the different habitats both locally and across the world
• Finding out how animals and plants are adapted to their habitats
• Discussing how we can be kinder to the environment to ensure animals continue to survive in their natural habitats.

Art:

• Researching the artist Sharon Gochenour
• Practising the skill of Batik
• Drawing sea creatures
• Creating our own batik art work

Design & Technology:

• Evaluating current animal puppets
• Designing their own animal puppet
• Making own puppet
• Evaluating own design and end product

Computing

Unit 1: Coding

• Introduction to coding
• Introduction to backgrounds and characters
• Introduction to collision detection
• To use repeat and timer commands
• Debugging
• To explore the possible actions of different types of objects.