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Welcome to Year 2!

In Year 2 we have two classes - Williams and Honeycrisp Class:

WILLIAMS CLASS

Class Teacher: Miss S Histed (Monday to Wednesday) and  Miss L Smith (Wednesday to Friday)

Teaching Assistant: Mrs S Ellis (all day)

Key Workers: Mrs L Simpson and Miss C Orchard (all day)

HONEYCRISP CLASS

Class Teacher: Miss N Duggins

Teaching Assistants: Miss A Hadrill (all day)

Key Workers: Miss M Ford (all day)

General Reminders

• PE will be on a Tuesday and Wednesday

  Children will be required to come into school wearing their PE Kit on these days.

  PE kit should comprise of shorts and t-shirt/tracksuit (depending on weather) and trainers. We will be going outside for our lessons. Please ensure long hair is tied back. If your child has their ears pierced please leave them out on PE days.

• Any letters or reply slips, which need to be returned, can be put in your child’s book bag. The children are encouraged to check them each morning and give things in after the register. Please tell your child to show the class teacher if there is a message in the yellow communication book. 
• Water bottles will be kept in class so the children can access water throughout the day and they will change their water regularly.

Term 2 2020-2021

TOPIC TITLE:  A Royal Rumble Elizabeth I v Elizabeth II

English

Year 2 will be reading “Katie in London” as our class text in English. This text tells the story about a  young girl called Katie and her brother Jack who visit London with Grandma when something unexpected happens . . . One of the Trafalgar Square lions comes to life and takes them on a wonderful tour of all the best sights! Including Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Big Ben and the London Eye. We will be writing diary entries as if we are Katie in London! We will also be completing some non-fiction writing about London and the famous landmarks. We will then be using our class texts to apply the following in our writing:

-Spell  longer      words   using  suffixes such as ment, ness, ful, less, ly

-Use expanded noun phrases to describe, expand and specify

-Use subordination (when, if, that or because).

Topic

This term we will be taking Year 2 on a royal journey to explore the lives of Significant British Monarchs. We will be learning about the lives of Kings and Queens from different time periods by creating a historical timeline for our Topic display. We will also be learning about historical events in the life of Queen Elizabeth II including the Queen’s televised coronation. Towards the end of the term we will be comparing the lives of Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II and creating our own fact files!

What is a “monarchy”?

Can you name some British monarchs?

Can you find out about the lives of several British monarchs?

Which King or Queen has reigned the longest?

What rules would you create if you were king or queen?

How has the monarchy changed over the years?

Science

We will be continuing our topic of Animals Including Humans.

We will developing further our understanding of growth, survival needs, healthy eating, exercise and hygiene.

Year 2 will also conduct an experiment using bread!

Term 1

2020 to 2021:

Topic Title:

Where shall we live? Urban v Rural

Fantastic first week back.  It was lovely to meet all the children!

English

Welcome back Year 2!

We will start the term by looking at some poetry inspired by cities. We will look at the poem  “This is the city” by Kathy Henderson.The children will use the poem to write their own to describe a city landscape.

Our focus text this term will be “Claude in the City”. This text tells the story about a dog called Claude who has many different adventures in a big city. We will begin our learning by recognising the differences between statements and exclamation sentences. We will then study the text in detail to help us come up with our own exclamation sentences to use within  our writing.

During Term 1 we will continue to revise and recap our Phase 5 phonics sounds and practise spelling the Year 1 'Common Exception Words'. We will begin to look at the Year 2 'Common Exception Words'. 

Topic

For Topic this term, we will be learning to locate the United Kingdom, its four countries and surrounding seas by using world maps, atlases and globes. We will be reading the text, “Town Mouse and Country Mouse” to help us to recognise physical and human features  of different places.  Towards the end of the term, we will be learning to observe and use aerial photographs to help us identify similarities and differences between urban and rural places.

We will use world maps, atlases or globes to answer the following:

What are the four countries of the United Kingdom?

Can you locate them on a map?

Can you name the capital cities for each country?

What are the names of the UK's surrounding seas?

Can you identify similarities and differences between urban and rural places?

Science 

The children will be learning about the life cycles of a variety of animals. They will learn that living things grow and that they

require water, food, air, sleep and shelter in order to thrive.

They will also learn how to keep healthy including the importance of good hygiene, a balanced diet and exercise.

                                                Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Words

Games to play at home - 

Hit the Button - one of our favourite games to practise times tables!

Hit The Button

Also, Cone crazy. Don't mess up the penguin's order!

Cone Crazy Game

Maths Fun:

Check your Times Tables knowledge...

Learn your Times Tables

Speed Test

Times Tables Games