In Year 2, we become experts at recalling number bonds within 100 and start to learn our 2,3,5 and 10 times tables in maths. We develop our reading fluency by exploring a range of familiar stories, such as those by Julia Donaldson, and begin to answer simple questions about what we have read. We use capital letters and full stops in our writing and start to use commas for lists, exclamation marks and question marks in different types of sentences. We learn about a range of different conjunctions that can be used to add more information in our writing. We continue to practise letter formation in our handwriting. In Science, we find out about what animals need to survive and their habitats, investigate the properties of materials and we start to grow our own plants and learn to look after them. Guy Fawkes, Amy Johnson, explorers and The Great Fire of London are our history topics. In Geography, we carry out simple fieldwork to find out about our local area. We start to create our own simple maps using a land use key. To find out about what we learn in other subjects, click on our long term plan below.
In Year 2, we take part in a nativity play and are have opportunities to have hands on experiences that relate to what we are learning through trips and visitors to the school.
History
Class 2 have been finding answers to their questions about Valentina Tereshkova by looking at a variety of historical sources. 🚀 #y2history
Class 2 have been exploring the objects that Sir Ernest Shackleton took with him on his exploration and can explain why he needed them. #y2history
Class 2 have been historians this afternoon. They have been using historical sources to answer questions about Marco Polo. #y2history
French
Maths
Reading
Class 2 have been looking at the features of fact files this morning. They have been putting back together a fact file about meerkats. #y2writing #y2reading
Class 2 are loving their new class book ‘Meerkat Mail’. Today they have been exploring the different emotions Sunny has felt throughout the story. #y2reading
Lots of hard work has gone into Class 2’s wooden spoon characters for World Book Day. Well done! #y2reading
Class 2 have been retelling the story ‘Stick Man’ using their own Stick Men creations to help. #y2reading
Writing
Class 2 have been looking at the features of fact files this morning. They have been putting back together a fact file about meerkats. #y2writing #y2reading
Class 2 have been teachers this morning. They have been teaching each other how to spell words with the soft c sound in them. #y2writing
Science
Class 2 thoroughly enjoyed their visit from the science department at Longcroft School. They spent time exploring what a scientist is and what jobs they might do. #y2science
Class 2 have been observing and grouping different seeds. They also have been planting their own broad bean seeds to take care of over the next few weeks. 🪴 #y2science
Class 2 have been investigating the strength of different types of paper to see if they would be suitable for a Lego brick. #y2science
Class 2 have been investigating which material would be suitable for Jigsaw Jo’s jumper. #y2science
Music
RE
Class 2 have been talking about their own Big Questions and which they think are the most or least important. #y2re
Class 2 have been talking about the happy and sad parts in the Easter story. They have then used oil pastels to create their own happy and sad crosses. #y2re
Class 2 have been considering who is a leader, what their qualities are and why people might follow them. #y2re
Class 2 have been singing hymns and Christian songs. They have been thinking about what they may tell a Christian about God. #y2re
Class 2 have been ranking different beliefs and have been explaining how they have picked their most important and least important belief. #y2re
