Year 2 | St Peter's CE Primary School

Welcome to Year 2

Miss Howarth & Miss Warmington
Mrs Baker & Mrs Bruce

Topics

• Autumn 1- Muck, Mess and Mixtures
• Autumn 2- Turrets and Tiaras
• Spring 1- Australia
• Spring 2- Street Detectives
• Summer - Scented Garden and Land Ahoy!

This term our topics are:
Scented Garden and Land Ahoy

What will Year 2 be doing this term?

English

This term we will start by looking at The Flower by John Light. We will be writing a diary entry in role as the main character and thinking about the deeper meaning of the text. We will also be focusing on our reading comprehension skills of: inference, predicting, sequencing, retrieving information and understanding vocabulary. Then, after half term, we will move on to The Tin Forest by Helen Ward followed by David Weisner's intriguing picture book titled Tuesday. We will be using lots of our reading skills to write reviews, a creative set of instructions and retell a story. We will then be doing an in depth study of Anthony Browne. The two texts we will look at are Little Beauty and Zoo, both books have some hidden meanings and messages and we will discuss these, using Anthony Browne's detailed illustrations to help us.

Maths

Summer 1 will focus on revising all the topics covered in the Year 2 Maths Curriculum in preparation SATS at the end of May.

Summer 2 will include:

further learning on statistics, measures, shape and position and direction
solving one and two step problems using the 4 operations
mental maths practise to ensure that the multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables and other key addition and subtraction facts are secured.

Topic

As this half term is quite short, our topic Scented Garden will continue into Summer 2 before we move on to Land Ahoy! The topic Scented Garden involves lots of science lessons based on plants, including looking at the life cycle of a plant. We will be conducting some experiments to understand what seeds need to grow and we will even be growing some vegetables of our own! The art focus of this topic is based around the amazing environmental art of Andy Goldsworthy. We will respond to some of his artwork and then, weather permitting, will go to Grove Park and experiment with making some of our own environmental art. As part of DT, we will design, make and evaluate some decorative clay tiles. Using some detailed sketches we will make of flowers we will think carefully about shape, size and texture throughout this project.

Religious Education

In RE lessons this half term the children will be learning all about Islam. We will be looking at the core beliefs of Islam, some important celebrations and making links between different religions.

Important reminders

Please make sure that your child brings their water bottle, reading book and book bag into school every day. Your child may not necessarily read on the same day each week so it is really important that they come prepared every day. We cannot issue the next book until the previous book has been returned. Thank you for your support with this matter.

Homework is given out every Friday and should be returned by the following Wednesday.

Spelling tests take place every Friday.

Please ensure your child's PE kit is in school at all times. They will be sent home at the end of each term to be washed.

Parent Workshop - Transition Powerpoint

Transition 19 - website suitable.ppt

Photos

Have a look at the photos of what the children have been up to in Year 2

Singmaker at the Symphony Hall

PE - Fun races in the sun! May 2019

Science Experiment - Will seeds grow in different materials? May 2019

Andy Goldsworthy inspired Art in Grove Park - May 2019

Problem Solving With Money

Easter Egg Hunt - April 2019

Spring Term Attendance and Headteacher Awards

End of Spring Term Class Treat to Grove Park

Testing Materials - Science Experiment - April 2019

Making Mother's Day Cards - March 2019

Geography - Street Detectives - Looking for Human and Physical Features in Grove Park

World Book Day - 7th March 2019

D&T - Designing and Making Great Barrier Reef Fish - February 2019

Science - Bridge Building - Investigating How to Make Materials Stronger

Theatre Trip to The Rep - The Wizard of Oz

Australia Topic Day - January 2019

Autumn Term Attendance and Headteacher Awards

Christmas Party 2018

Song from Carols Around the Tree

Carols Around the Tree - December 2018

History trip to Warwick Castle - December 2018

Performance Poetry - The Key, By Tony Mitton - November 2018

Making Mary Seacole's Herbal Remedies - October 2018

Instruction Writing - Making Fruit Smoothies - October 2018

Roald Dahl Day - September 2018

Mess, Muck and Mixtures Topic Art Day September 2018

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Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar - Conjunction Junction Music Video

"Conjunction Junction, what's your function?" The classic Jack Sheldon favorite from Schoolhouse Rock. For more information, go to www.DisneyEducation.com.