Year 2
Who are we?
There are two classes in Year 2:
The two classes are Cornflowers (Mrs Honeybourne and Mrs Allwright) and Bluebells (Mr Sloan). We are also joined by our learning support assistants Mrs Ditchburn, Mrs Collins and Mrs Kosar.
Our Key Stage One Leader is Mr Sloan.
Transition from Year 1 to Year 2 for 2023/24
Maths and English
English:
In reading this term, some children will still be working hard on their phonics skills and building up fluency with their reading. Most children will be taking part in daily guided reading and spelling sessions to work on their reading comprehension and spelling skills.
In writing this term, children will be exploring the following stories/text types to support them with their ideas:
- George and The Dragon by Chris Wormell
- Plants - Information Text
- The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson
- Habitats – Non - Chronological Report
Maths:
In Maths this Term, children will be working on these skill areas:
- Fractions
- Time
- Statistics
- Position and Direction
Please see below for links to the knowledge organisers linked to these areas of learning.
This term our Curriculum Driver is 'Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole'
We try and link as many areas of our curriculum with this driver so that our children can make solid and concrete connections with their learning across our broad and balanced curriculum.
This term our History topic is 'Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole':
We will be learning:
- To understand chronology.
- To communicate historically.
- About who Florence Nightingale was and how she contributed to nursing.
- About the differences between hospitals in Victorian times and now.
- To understand who Mary Seacole was
- To compare the achievements of Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale
This term our Science topic is 'Animals, including humans':
We will be continuing with our learning from Autumn Term by:
- Noticing that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults.
This half term our RE Big Question is 'How special is the relationship Jews have with God? '
We will learn:
- To understand what trust and a promise is
- To understand that Jews believe in one god that made a promise
- About and understand the promise the Jewish people made to God
- And explore about how special is the relationship Jews have with God?
This half term our PE topic is 'Invasion Games':
We will:
- Develop our understanding of the principles of defending and attacking for invasion games.
- Use and develop skills such as sending and receiving with both feet and hands, as well as dribbling with both feet and hands.
- Have the opportunity to play uneven and even sided games.
- Learn how to score points in these types of games and learn to play to the rules.
- Learn to develop simple tactics.
This half term our Art topic is 'Georgia O'Keefe':
We will learn:
I can critique the art work of Georgia O’Keeffe
I understand which colours are cool and warm.
I can use watercolours to create different shades of warm colours.
I can try different watercolour techniques.
I can create a piece of art inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe.
This half term our Computing topic is 'Robot Algorithms':
We will learn:
- To describe a series of instructions as a sequence
- To explain what happens when we change the order of instructions
- To use logical reasoning to predict the outcome of a program
- To explain that programming projects can have code and artwork
- To design an algorithm
- To create and debug a program that I have written
Curriculum Photos:
PE
Our PE days are Monday and Wednesday. Please ensure PE kits are in on those days. 
- White t-shirt/ school PE shirt or house shirt;
- Dark shorts;
- Dark joggers and sweatshirt;
- Trainers.
Forest School
Our Forest School session will take place every other week on Friday.
On these days children will be expected to come into school in appropriate clothing with their legs covered and trainers that they can get muddy.
Our Forest School sessions are:
26th April 2024
10th May 2024
24th May 2024
DRINKS/SNACKS
It is important that you are hydrated so please remember to bring in a water bottle that contains water in it. Break time fruit is provided.
HOMEWORK
A homework grid is sent home at the beginning of each half term containing 9 activities linked to our learning that half term to choose from. Please complete one homework a week and send it in to be marked.
Homework books are sent home every Friday and are expected back by the following Wednesday.
READING
“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.” Dr. Seuss. 
We would like you to encourage your child to read at home every day. Please ensure that your child has their reading record in their book bag each day. Children change their book each week.
A useful website to help you find appropriate books to read is:
Parent Information Pack of Home Activities
Top Tips to Support Reading at Home
READING EGGS
In Year 2, we would like all children to participate with our fun and interactive Reading Eggs programme both at home and at school. All children should be encouraged to enjoy 30 minutes of Reading Eggs at home every week, including one reading lesson. Please feel free to extend your learning for even longer! Your teacher will be able to see all of your hard work. Play games, complete puzzles, read stories, write your own stories and complete reading and spelling lessons all whilst earning awards and styling your own Reading Egg character.
You will find your login details in your green homework book. Quick, log in now to start the fun!
MATHS
"Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes" - Mickey Mouse
NumBots
In Year 2, we would like all children to participate with our fun and interactive NumBots app both at home and at school. NumBots is all about every child achieving the “triple win” of understanding, recall and fluency in mental addition and subtraction, so that they move from counting to calculating. All children should be encouraged to enjoy playing for 3 minutes at least 5 times a week. Please feel fre
e to extend your learning for even longer! Your teacher will be able to see all of your hard work. Complete challenges, earn rewards and even have a go at the story mode to help RustyBot upgrade from Rust to Diamond - so he can shine inside and out!
Times Table Rock Stars
During the Summer Term we would love children to also practise their times table skills using Times Table Rock Stars. 
Times Tables Rock Stars takes the hassle out and puts the FUN into learning and recalling times tables! The innovative learning platform helps children become fluent in their times tables, which in turn cuts thinking delay, enabling them access to more complicated maths.
You will find your login details for both in your yellow reading record. Quick, download and log in now to start the fun!
Supporting Your Child at Home