Welcome to Year 2 

The Team

Miss Pollard
Class teacher
Larch Class
Kev Ranger 
Learning Support Assistant  
​Beech Class
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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: Friday
Beech Class: Friday

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

Forest School 

Larch Class: Tuesday
Beech Class: Wednesday

Key Dates

Monday 1st November- Back to School
Monday 1st November- Home Learning Shared
Monday 6th December- Home Learning Due
Thursday 16th December- Christmas Outdoor Carols by Candlelight
Friday 17th December- Last Day of Autumn 2 
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This Half Term

 Project - Our Heroes

This half term we will be:
  • Learning about the NHS and how it was formed.
  • Exploring how doctors and nurses help us overcome challenges.
  • Learning how nursing has changed over time. 
  • Looking at key figures such as: Florence Nightingale and Mary Secole.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Interview a doctor or nurse.
  • Go to the local library to find out more about the NHS.
  • Research Florence Nightingale. 
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Writing

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Create our own non-chronological reports.
  • Use commas in a list.
  • Create our own portal story.
  • Use paragraphs to structure our writing.
  • Use titles and subheadings.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Create your own non chronological report about your own interest.
  • Write a letter to a doctor or nurse.
  • Read daily at home.
  • Practice our spellings on spelling frame. See the link below

Maths

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Solve addition and subtraction problems. 
  • Use fact families to help solve addition and subtraction. 
  • Add using the column method. 
  • Use exchanging to solve subtraction problems that cross 10.
  • Recognise the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction. 
  • Solve problems using different models and representations.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Explore addition and subtraction in the world such as when you are out shopping. 
  • Practice addition and subtraction facts. 
  • Explore different fact families at home.
  • 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.
  • Go on a walk and take photographs as a family. 
  • Look at different family photographs. 
This half term we will be learning to:
  • Explore digital photography.
  • Explore what makes a good photograph.
  • Use computer software to change photographs. 
  • Explain how to improve a photograph. 

Science - Healthy Me

This half term we will be working scientifically by:
  • Exploring what happens when we exercise.
  • Asking questions about why staying healthy is important.
  • Exploring what animals and humans need to survive.
  • Exploring why hygiene is important. 

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

​To support your child at home you could:​
  • Conduct your own exercise experiment, seeing how our heart rate changes.
  • Create your own eatwell plate.
  • Try new fruits and vegetables.

Art and Design

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Develop our printing skills by creating our own NHS prints. 
  • Develop our understanding of relief printing.
  • Explore Pop Art and the work of Andy Warhol. 
  • Create our own mono prints. 

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Have a go at creating your prints at home such as: leaf printing, flower printing and vegetable printing.
  • Research Pop art and have a go at creating your own piece using bright colours. 

Music

 This half term we will be learning to:
  • Create and play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
  • Play different notes on the chime bars.
  • Explore the music around Diwali.
  • Create our own music to accompany the festival of Diwali. 

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Learn about the Diwali festival.
  • Create your own pieces of music using objects around your home.
  • Listen to a piece of music and discuss how it makes you feel.  

PE

This half term we will be learning how to:
  • Create our own gymnastic routines. 
  • Use tactics in team games. 
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 gymnastic routine with rolls and jumps.

 PSHE - Celebrating Differences 

Suggested Activities to Support Learning
This half term we will be learning to:
  • Accept that everyone is different.
  • Understand what a stereotype is.
  • Know what to do if I or someone else is being bullied.
  • Understand that differences make us feel special and unique.
To support your child at home you could:
  • ​Discuss how we are different and how that makes us feel.
  • Talk about the worry box and protective hands..
  • Create your own worry box/ protective hands at home. 

RE - Christianity

Suggested activities to support learning
Our key question this half term is:
  • Why do Christians believe God gave Jesus to the world?
We will be learning to:
  • Retell the Christmas story.
  • Explore how Christians prepare for Christmas.
  • Explore how I show love to the world. 
To support your child at home you could:
  • Visit a local church.
  • Talk to a Christian and ask them how they prepare for Christmas. 
  • Create your own story puppets to retell the Christmas story.