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
In English this Term, most children will be continuing to work on their phonic and comprehension skills to ensure they become confident and fluent readers. Those children who are already there, will begin to look at a range of fiction and nonfiction texts including:
- Oh Gnome! By Lou Kuenzler - Playscripts
- Instructional texts
- Meerkat Mail By Emily Gravett
In Maths this Term, children will be working on these skill areas:
- Money
- Multiplication and Division
- Length and Height
- Mass, Capacity and Temperature
Please see below for links to the knowledge organisers linked to these areas of learning.
This term our Curriculum Driver is 'Great Fire of London'
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 'The Great Fire of London':
We will:
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This term our Science topic is 'Everyday Uses of Materials':
We will:
- Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses.
- Find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.
This half term our RE Big Question is 'Why does Easter matter to Christians?'
We will learn:
- What Easter means to ourselves and others.
- The key parts of the Easter Story.
- To understand the symbolism of objects associated with Easter
- How Christians celebrate Easter.
- Why resurrection is important to Christians.
This half term our PE topic is 'Gymnastics':
We will learn:
- To perform gymnastic shapes and link them together.
- To be able to use shapes to create balances.
- To link travelling actions and balances using apparatus.
- To demonstrate different shapes, take off and landing when performing jumps.
- To develop rolling and sequence building.
- To develop sequence work on apparatus.
This half term our DT topic is: Textiles- sewing- designing and making a pouch/purse.
We will learn:
- To explore different types and styles of pouches and purses.
- To explore and investigate different sewing techniques.
- To investigate how to create and decorate a purse/pouch.
- To design and create their own pouch/purse.
- To evaluate their work.
This half term our Computing topic is: 'Data and Information- Pictograms'
We will learn that:
- Data can be numbers, words or figures. Information is what we can understand from looking at data.
- Objects can be organised into groups, based on what they are or their properties (features).
- Data about different groups can be recorded and presented by using pictograms, tally charts and block charts.
- Data can be used to answer questions and solve problems.
Curriculum content and photos:
What you need to know
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:
1st March 2024
15th March 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 free 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!
You will find your login details in your yellow reading record. Quick, download and log in now to start the fun!
Supporting Your Child at Home