Year 2 - Autumn 1 2024
Welcome back Year 2!
I hope you have had a lovely summer and have come back ready to learn!
Our Year 2 team this year is as follows:
Mrs West, Miss Spence, Mrs Di Micelli (Wed - Fri) , Mrs Bennett (Mon - Wed) and Mrs Smith (morning classroom support)
PE
PE is on a Friday 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 Fundamental Skills. The children will practise skills such as agility, balancing, jumping and throwing. They will use 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:
- Sharks and other sea creatures (non-fiction)
- The Sea Book (non-fiction)
- A First Book of the Sea (non-fiction)
- One World by Michael Foreman a fiction book
- The Real Boat
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 first text is 'The River' written by Marc Martin. We will use this text to help us write a circular narrative and to write letters.
Maths
For maths this half term we will be starting our topic with Place Value and understanding the value of the digits with the place they are. We will then move onto learning about addition and subtraction. For maths basic skills we will be learning from the Mastering Number programme.
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 Animals including humans basic needs and what happens when these needs are not met. We will also be learning about how to keep healthy and having a healthy lifestyle including hygiene, foods and exercise.
History
Our topic this half-term is The Space Race.
We will also learn about Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong and what these significant individuals did and how they are remembered. We will learn about the Space Race and the first moon landing.
PLEASE can you make sure all your child's clothing and belongings are labelled with their names.
Thank you
Mrs West
