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Year 2

 

 

Spring 2 – 2024

Welcome back year 2!

We hope you had a lovely break and we are looking forward to seeing you again.

PE
PE is on a Tuesday this half term. The children will need to come into school in their PE kit and please remove any earrings at home.

This half term our topic is gymnastics. The children will explore forming different shapes with their bodies and travelling in a variety of ways. They will practise performing different jumps using strength and control. The children will work both independently and in groups to create sequences of the moves that they have learnt.

Reading

We will be having a big focus on reading this year. The children will have daily phonics lessons where they will build on their phonic knowledge. During these lessons they will read a book matched to their phonics group.

Shared reading

For our shared reading we will focus on the following texts:

  • How to help a Hedgehog and protect a Polar Bear
  • Grandpa's Garden
  • It starts with a seed
  • The Flower
During these lessons we will learn reading strategies and skills, comprehension skills, vocabulary and how to refer to the text.
 
Spellings
Spellings will be given out on a Monday and tested on the Friday that week unless there is a Bank Holiday and then they will be given out on the Tuesday.
 
Homework
Homework will be given out on a Monday and expected back the following Monday unless it is a Bank Holiday then it will be given out on the Tuesday.
 
English
Our text this term will be Grandad's Island by Benji Davies. We will use this text to produce our own Return Narrative, Setting Descriptions and Information Text.
 
Maths
For maths this half term we will be continuing our topic on multiplication and division. We will look at the multiplication  sign and how we can work out multiplication problems by grouping. Our lessons will cover the 2, 5 and 10 times tables and we will begin looking at how we can divide numbers. We will also be learning about length and height and how to measure these. We will also look at how we can solve problems about these measurements. We will then move onto our topic about Mass, Capacity and Temperature. 
 
Numbots
Pupils will be given a Numbots login which will be placed inside the cover of their reading logs. Children can access this in school and at home to play maths games and unlock new levels.
 
Science 
This half term we will be finishing our about Living Things and their Habitats. The children will explore micro-habitats within the school playground environment. They will collect and record their own data on animals that live in them. We will also be learning about plants and how they grow. The children will plant seeds and measure their growth and they will explore what it is that plants need to be able to grow healthily.
 
Geography
Our topic this half-term is Seas and Coasts. We will learn about the 7 Continents and 5 Oceans of the world and where they are. We will look at some beaches, in the UK and further afield and we will compare them to see what is similar and what is different. We will do our own reseach about one of the continents to find some interesting facts.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO MAKE SURE ALL COATS/JUMPERS/CARDIGANS ETC. ARE LABELLED WITH YOUR CHILD'S FULL NAME!
 
Thank you 
Mrs Metcalf
 

 

Mrs Metcalf

Year 2 Teacher

Ms Harris

Year 2 Teaching Assistant