Welcome to Year 2
Welcome to Year 2! Here is some useful information of what we will be doing this term.
The Year 2 team is:
- Mrs Bland - Class 2B
- Miss Randall - Class 2R
- Miss Hutt - Set Teacher
- Mrs Fakih - Student Teacher
- Mrs Westbury - Teaching Assistant
- Mrs Parveen - Teaching Assistant
- Mrs Millard - Teaching Assistant
The children will have PE lessons on Tuesday and Thursday, so please make sure PE kits are in school on those days.
Please ensure your child has the correct PE kit. Our PE kit is a plain kit consisting of:
- Plain royal blue shorts or navy-blue tracksuit bottoms (plain navy-blue leggings may be worn if they are changed from leggings worn as part of the full school uniform);
- Plain royal blue crew neck t-shirt;
- Plain navy-blue tracksuit top, hoodie or sweatshirt;
- Plain white or black trainers.
Please note, the following will not be acceptable:
- Branded clothes (e.g. Nike/adidas), except trainers
- Football kits
- Clothes in other colours
If you have any questions or would like to speak to the class teachers or Miss Sutcliffe (Lower Phase Lead), please contact the office to make an appointment.
Homework
Your child will be set Maths homework everyday.
The children will either complete an activity on Mathshed or play TT Rockstars for at least 10mins.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - TT Rockstars
Thursday and Friday - Mathshed
Your child should have been given a username and password for Google Classroom, Mathshed and TT Rockstars. If your child does not know their login details, please ask their class teacher.
Please support you child completing this work.
Please read with your child each day and record this in their reading journal. Reading 20 minutes everyday has a huge impact on their Reading and will support them in accessing the rest of the curriculum.
Maths
This term the children will complete the following topics:
- Position and Direction
- Problem Solving
- Time
- Weight, Volume and Temperature
Please support your child at home by continuing to count in 1s (forwards and backwards to 100 and beyond) and counting in 2s, 5s and 10s to support them with learning the 2, 5 and 10 X tables and corresponding division facts. The children also need to learn pairs of numbers that make 10, 20 and 100 fluently. E.g. 2 + 8 = 10, 12 + 8 = 20 and 20 + 80 = 100.
Science
This term, Year 2 will be learning about Animals and their Habitats. We will learn about Food chains and how animals are adapted to live in their habitats. Children will learn the difference between Forest, Woodland and Jungle habitats and the animals that live there, as well as what a Microhabitat is. This will be topped off by our trip to Whipsnade in the final term of Year 2, where children will be able to spot the animals they have been learning all about!
Art
This term, our featured artist is Ruth Moilliet, who makes sculptures of the natural world, of things like flowers. We will be making a variety of 3D flowers and sculptures in the style of Ruth Moilliet.
DT
In the Summer Term, we will be learning about what makes a healthy Sandwich snack and making variations of this. We will taste test different ingredients and learn some key principles of food preparation.
Geography
In the Summer term, Year 2 will be learning about Hot and Cold places of the world. Children will identify Human and Physical features of hot and cold places, concentrating on comparing High Wycombe and Cape Town. Children will be able to make links between what they know about climates of the world and the habitats of animals they have learnt about in Science.
RE
In RE, the Year 2 children are learning about significant people in Christianity, such as Jesus, Vicars and Priests and Buddha in Buddhism. We will explore the differences between a Vicar and a Priest and about the life of Buddha and the philosophy of Buddhism.