Welcome to Year 2 

The Team

Miss Pollard
Class teacher
Larch Class
Kev Ranger 
Learning Support Assistant  
​Beech Class
Miss Scoggins
​Class Teacher
Beech Class
Tracey Walker
Learning Support Assistant  
​Larch Class

PE Days

Indoor PE:
Larch Class: Tuesday.   ​Beech Class: Tuesday
Outdoor PE:
​Larch Class: Thursday   Beech Class: Thursday

​Make sure your child comes into school wearing a PE kit suitable for outdoor PE on both days so that they can stay warm.

Key Dates

Tuesday 7th June - Back to school 
Wednesday 8th June - Class Photographs
Friday 17th June - Sports Day
Monday 11th July - Home learning due in
​Thursday 21st July - Last day of term

This Half Term

 Project - Where We Live.

This half term we will be:
  • Using simple maps of our local area (school or route to church) to plan a route and give directions from one location to another. 
  • Learning to give simple compass directions North, South, East and West. 
  • Learning to identify and name different human geography features including, canal, types of buildings in local area, church, office, shop, house (flats, terrace, semi-detached, detached) and know these are human features. 
  • Understanding that Great Linford is part of Milton Keynes which is a large town not a city that is an hour away from London. 
  • Comparing human and physical geographical features of Great Linford to a with a contracting geographical area in UK (coastal, mountainous, rural).
  • Conducting a simple survey of types of houses people live in and recording results through pictograms.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • ​Draw a map of your local area focusing on landmarks such as schools, churches and shops.
  • Research Southwold and Buxton. 
  • Create a set of directions that lead from one point to another. 
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Writing

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Write a travel guide. 
  • Write a short story. 
  • Use expanded noun phrases.
  • Use a range of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. 

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Create your own character for a short story. 
  • Describe your local area using expanded noun phrases.
  • Continue to practice phonics at home.
  • Research travel guides. 

Maths

This half term we will be learning to:
Compare length and measure. 
  • Measure using non unit equipment such as cubes or straws. 
  • Measure accurately using a ruler in centimetres. 
  • Use the four operations in measurement questions. 
  • Use directional terminology such as half turn and quarter turn. 
  • Describe and demonstrate different turns. 

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Measure objects around the home and outside.
  • Practice times table facts. 
  • Create your own map and give directions using turns.
  • Log on Times Table Rockstars and Numbots .

Computing

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Talk about how we use the internet safely.
  • Design your own background for a program. 
  • Practice using Scratch Junior www.scratchjr.org/ 
This half term we will be learning to:​​
  • Use Scratch Junior.
  • Create a sequence of commands. 
  • Create a short program and customise the background. 
  • Evaluate how successful a program has been. 

Science 

This half term we will be working scientifically by:
  • Explaining what humans need in order to survive.
  • Exploring why it is important to be hygienic in a kitchen.
  • Explaining what a balanced diet is.
  • Sorting food into food groups.
  • Explaining why food needs to be stored correctly. 

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

​To support your child at home you could:​
  • Create a healthy eating plate labelling the different food groups. 
  • Talk about kitchen safety at home. 
  • Conduct your own experience looking at how exercise helps humans. 

Art and Design Technology

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Understand where food comes from. 
  • Explore and evaulate existing products.
  • Design purposeful and meaningful products for ourselves and others.
  • Test ideas and gather information to design our own healthy wraps. 
  • Make a healthy wrap. 

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Research where our food comes from and plot them on a map.
  • Try new vegetables and fruits.
  • Help with cooking at home. 

Music

 This half term we will be learning to:
  • Compare sounds and music from around the United Kingdom.
  • Explain that folk music represents different cultures and is often passed on through generations.
  • Layer different musical instruments. 
  • Sing short songs from memory.
  • Perform using dynamics and timbre.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Research different music from around the United Kingdom.
  • Learn a seaside song.
  • Create a piece of music that represents Great Linford.

PE

This half term we will be learning how to:
  • Create a group choreographed piece for a performance
  • Master basic movements with a ball including passing, dribbling, kicking and hitting
NB: Please ensure that children have a full PE kit in school at all times. Please also ensure that the children have appropriate clothing in case of cold or inclement weather. If you are unsure or have any questions please feel free to ask a member of the year 2 team.  

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Discuss the benefits of physical exercise and the effect that it has on our bodies.
  • Create your own dance routine to your favourite piece of music 
  • Practice ball skills

 PSHE - Changing me

Suggested Activities to Support Learning
This half term we will be learning to:
  • Explain what a life cycle is and give an example.
  • Describe that we get older and that it is out of our control.
  • Recognise how our bodies have changed as we have grown up.
  • Recognise the physical differences between girls and boys using the correct terminology.
To support your child at home you could:
  • Explore different nature life cylces such as a frog or butterfly.
  • Create a family tree looking at different generations of our families.
  • Discuss how we change as we get older. 

RE - Sikhism 

Suggested activities to support learning
Our key question this half term is:
  • What do Sikhs believe? 
We will be learning to:
  • Understand what Sikhism is and how it began.
  • Explore what being equal means.
  • Discover why Sikhs meditate.
  • Understand key principles of Sikhism.
  • Explore why sharing is important.
To support your child at home you could:
  • Discuss why sharing is important to everyone. 
  • Have a go at meditation.