Summer 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 Athletics. The children will practise skills such as jumping and throwing. They will use agility and these skills to participate in a range of activities and games.
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:
- It starts with a seed
- The Flower
- The Wolf's Story
- Revolting Rhymes
- The Three Little Wolves
- The true story of The Three Little Pigs!
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 Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty. We will use this text to produce our own Invention Narrative and Explanation Text.
Maths
For maths this half term we will be starting our topic on Time. The children will be recapping o'clock, half past and quarter past and to. They will be learning to tell the time past and to the hour using 5 minute increments . We will also be learning about statistics. The children will learn to reprisent and interpret data in a variety of ways. We will also cover our topic on position and direction where they will look at desctibing different turns.
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 learning about changing materials. The children will identfiy the ways in which certain materials can change when manipulated. They will explore which materials they can stretch, bend, twist and squash.
Geography
Our topic this half-term is Let's Go Safari. The children will learn about the equator and how proximity to it determines climate. They will compare the UK and Kenya and the similarities and differences between them. The will identify the human and physical features that each country has.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO MAKE SURE ALL COATS/JUMPERS/CARDIGANS ETC. ARE LABELLED WITH YOUR CHILD'S FULL NAME!
Thank you
Mrs Metcalf