Year 2

 

A big hello from Year 2!

Year 2 are taught by Miss Reid and supported by Mrs Karitons and Mrs Sharpe.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Year 2! In our class, we are encouraged to explore new things, we embrace our curious minds, and we feel empowered to be ourselves. In our class we are helpful, kind and take care of one another. In Year 2, children are valued and are always encouraged to try their best, no matter how challenging something may seem at first. We make learning engaging, interactive and fun, and enjoy learning through our exciting topics!

Throughout the year we will be exploring, learning and investigating through our Geography and History topics which include Amazing Africa, The Gunpowder Plot, Nurturing Nurses, Poles Apart, The Great Fire of London and Seaside.

Through these topics we continue to develop reading and writing skills, as well as using our investigative, imaginative and creative skills to make our learning engaging and fun!

 

Click on this document to find out more about our Year 2 class

 

Click on this document to see the Year 2/3 welcome meeting

 

 

Reading

In Year 2 your child will have their own reading book and reading diary. Reading is a key life skill and forms the basis of all other learning. Providing children with a range of early reading experiences helps to develop their imagination, promote reading for pleasure and develop their general knowledge, spelling, vocabulary and writing abilities.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go” – Dr. Seuss.

In class, we will read a different text each term as a whole class. This will be part of our whole class reading sessions. We will read a chapter of the story every day to encourage a love of reading and the children will take part in discussions or short activities to develop their comprehension skills through oral/written responses to the text. We also have a ‘poem of the week’ where the children will listen to, discuss and express their views about a wide range of poetry. We will discuss vocabulary, words and phrases.

Help us to promote a love of reading by reading with your child at least 3 times per week. W encourage children to read their home reading book and their own books from home to develop a range of vocabulary. Each time your child reads, they can colour in one square in their reading diary. Work your way up to 50, 100, 150 and 200 squares to receive a prize!

 

In our whole class reading sessions we are reading:

The Twits     

 

Later in the year we will read:

The Hodgeheg                                           The Enchanted Wood            

 

English

n Year 2, we often use class books to deliver our writing curriculum. Where possible, we try and link these books to our class topics or our Science learning. We use book talk and drama to capture our ideas and we use these to produce our writing. We also incorporate EGSP (English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling) in our English lessons. In English we also learn how to write for different purposes including non-fiction style texts such as reports, letters and instructions.  Here are some of the key texts we will be enjoying this year:

Giraffes Can’t Dance
Lila and the Secret of Rain
Journey
Traction Man is here!
Meerkat Mail
Rainbow Bear
Vlad and the Great Fire of London
Tell me a Dragon
The Storm Whale

 

The children receive weekly spellings to learn at home. For our spellings, we follow a scheme called Spelling Shed. Children will be given a new spelling tracker on the first Friday of every half term and their spelling test will take place every Friday. Please ensure your child learns their weekly spellings. Lessons to teach the spelling rules are carried out in school but it is also important they practise them at home.

Why not try logging in to Spelling Shed to help with spelling practise? Your child’s log in details are inside the cover of their reading diary.

 

Maths

In Maths, our school follows the White Rose Maths Hub scheme of work. Keep checking for updates on our maths learning!

 

 

 

 

PE

We have PE twice weekly on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings. PE may take place outdoors or indoors so we encourage the children to have appropriate PE kit with them for such circumstances. See the PE policy on the PE subject page for more details.

 

Science

Our topics in Science are Animals including humans, Uses of Everyday materials, Living things and their habitats and Plants.

In Year 2 we love to use our 5 Scientific Enquiry superheroes in our Science lessons.

 

 

 

Geography/History

 

 

 

Click on the links below to access important documents for Year 2:

Year 2 Common Exception Words

End of Year Expectations Year 2

High Frequency Words

 

Additional resources to support learning:

BBC Bitesize – KS1

TT Rockstars

Oxford Owls Reading

Phonics – Letters and Sounds

White Rose Maths

Smiling Mind – Mindfulness

Maths and English Games (online) – ICT Games