Welcome to Year 2 Autumn Term

 

Curriculum 

Our themes this term will be 'How did we learn to fly?' and 'Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?'.

'How did we learn to fly?' will include learning all about the Wright brothers and their first flight, Bessie Coleman and why she is historically significant, as well as finding out about Amelia Earhart and the moon landing. With the theme 'Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?', we will be learning about the continents, the equator, hot and cold places and what it is like to live there.

In English, we will be writing recounts, letters, postcards, stories and instructions and will use different texts to support our writing - Amelia Earhart, Flat Stanley, Meerkat Mail and Elephant. These are all part of our Year 2s Monty reads. We will also be reading 'Flat Stanley' by Jeff Brown and 'The Snow Queen' by Hans Christian Andersen for our active read texts and develop our comprehension skills. We will continue to practise learning sounds and words for phonics to support our reading and use our knowledge of different aspects of grammar, punctuation and spelling to support our writing.

In Maths, we will practise our arithmetic skills and learn about numbers to 100, addition and subtraction and properties of shape. Children also have access to Times Table Rock Stars to practise their multiplication skills and are encouraged to practise our half termly KIRFs (Key Instant Recall of Facts). This term we are learning all number bonds within 20 and the 5X table and 10X table including counting in 5s and 10s and learning multiplication and division facts.

In Science, we will be finding out about habitats including looking at life processes, food chains and woodland, rainforest and ocean habitats. We will also classify objects into groups and research information to find answers to questions.

In Music, we will be using instruments to represent animals, copy rhythms and create call and respond rhythms, as well as learn how events, actions and feelings within stories can be represented by pitch.

In ICT, our focus is online safety and explore what a computer is by identifying and learning how inputs and outputs work. In PSHE, we will be exploring 'Families and Relationships' and 'Health and Wellbeing' and in R.E. we will be thinking about the questions 'Why do we need to give thanks? and 'What do candles mean to people?'

 

Reading 

Reading Journals - Children are encouraged to read regularly at home. It is recommended you read at least 5 times a week to help you earn your Star Reader Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum Awards. You can write your own reading comments in your planner and parents/carers can make comments too. Children can can change their reading books every day or as and when needed. Those children on Accelerated Reader can complete their quizzes at school once they have read their book.

Here's a list of websites that you can access for online books:

 

www.oxfordowl.co.uk                 www.freechildrenstories.com                 www.storylineonline.net

 

Reminders and Homework 

 

  • Reading - as above.
  • Homework Book:-
    • Maths - Arithmetic questions will be set every Monday and children are encouraged to practise multiplication facts on TimesTables Rock Stars each week. Children are also encouraged to practise their KIRFs (Key Instant Recall of Facts) and to log onto Active Learn to play games which relate to class lessons.
    • Spellings - Spellings will be set each Monday with a spelling test carried out on the same day.
  • PE days are on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Please remember to wear your PE kit to school, remove earrings and have long hair tied back.
  • Please ensure that all items of clothing, water bottles and lunchboxes are clearly named.
  • If you need to speak me, you can contact me through the school office using the admin email - admin@mps.robusmat.co.uk 

 

Here's looking forward to a great term.

Miss Moss