Welcome to Year 2
Teacher - Miss Ingram
Teaching Assistant - Miss Reid
Year 2 Key Information
PE Days: Tuesday and Thursday. afternoon. Please come to school dressed in
your PE kit on your PE days. This includes a white t-shirt, black or grey
leggings/trousers/shorts and suitable trainers.
Reading Books: Children have the opportunity to change their reading books on a Monday and a Friday. Children will have either a Read Write Inc reading book or a book banded reading book, and a library book. We ask parents and carers to support with fluency and understanding by listening to children read on a regular basis. We also request they sign the reading record so we know that the book is ready for changing.
Library books: Children have the opportunity to access the books
from the library during our library sessions each week.
Homework: Spellings are sent out on a Monday and the children are
tested the following Monday. We also expect children to be regularly completing
Numbots/TTRS and reading for pleasure at home. Logins for this are available
from class teachers should you need them.
Homework Expectations
This is just a reminder of the expectations for KS1 homework. Every day all children should complete, five minutes of spelling practise and reading.
At our school we are passionate about reading and it is massively beneficial to children. It supports their development in all areas of the curriculum, their mental wellbeing and broadens their imagination.
What’s happening in Autumn term?
Autumn 1
Our Geography topic this half term Hot and Cold places. We will explore what
life is like for humans and animals in hot and cold places and discuss where we
would prefer to live. Our science topic for the Autumn term will be materials.
In maths, we will explore place value and begin to add and subtract numbers up to 100.
Class Books: The
Journey Home and Dear Earth.
Autumn 2
Topic: In
Autumn 2, our history topic will be The Great Fire of London.
In maths, we will continue with addition and subtraction and explore the properties of 2D and 3D shapes.
Class Books: Me
and You and Jim and the Beanstalk.
What’s happening in Spring term?
Spring 1
Topic: In Spring 1, we will compare Manchester to Cairo in Egypt. This will provide an opportunity to learn about different landscapes, use of land and how people live in different countries. In maths we will cover money and multiplication and division. In Science, we will study Animals including humans.
Class Books: The Bear under the Stairs and The Minpins.
Spring 2
Topic: During Spring 2, we will learn about inspirational people
and how they have changed the world.
In PE, we will develop our dance skills and net and wall games.
In science, we will begin our plants topic. In math, we will complete our
multiplication and division unit before moving onto measuring length, height,
mass, capacity and temperature.
Class Books: The owl and the Pussycat and Grandad’s Camper.
What’s happening in Summer term?
Summer 1
Topic: During
summer 1, we start with a History focus of Titanic where we learn about the
events surrounding the sinking of the Titanic, what the ship was like and the
people who were on the ship.
In science, we will continue our plants topic before moving onto Living things
and habitats. We will also go on a school trip to Brockholes Nature Reserve to
support out science learning. In maths, we will explore fractions and time.
Class Book: Lizzy
and the cloud and Toys in Space.
Summer 2
Topic: During
Summer 2 there will be a Geography focus exploring What is it like to live by
the coast? In maths, we will be introducing statistics and position and
direction.
Class Books: Rosie
Rivere Engineer and The Great Fire of London.