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: 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 6th September - Home learning is launched.
  • Friday 10th September, 3.45pm - Welcome to Year 2 family zoom session.
  • Monday 11th October - Home learning due in.
  • Monday 11th October - Parents' Evening .
  • Thursday 14th October - Parents' Evening.
  • Thursday 21st October - Spooky Disco.
  • Friday 22nd October - Last day of this half term.

This Half Term

 Project - The Great Fire of London 

This half term we will be:
  • Learning about the key events that led to The Great Fire of London.
  • Comparing how firefighting has changed over time.
  • Creating our own timelines.
  • Learning about primary sources and how Samuel Pepys' diary helped us understand the fire.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Talk about fire safety and create a poster to help inform others.
  • Take a physical or virtual trip to London and explore key streets relevant to The Great Fire of London. 
  • Explore different Great Fire of London books together. ​
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Writing

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Write non-fiction letters.
  • Write a warning tale.
  • Use the first person and the pronoun 'I' accurately.
  • Use expanded noun phrases to add extra description.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Create your own word bank of adjectives by looking at pictures of The Great Fire of London. 
  • Write your own diary like Samuel Pepys.
  • Read daily at home.
  • Practice our spellings on spelling frame. See the link below. 

Maths

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Count forwards and backwards up to 50. 
  • Partition numbers into tens and ones in various representations. 
  • Understand and use the comparison symbols.
  • Read and write numbers up to 100.
  • Count in 2s, 5s and 10s.
  • Use concrete apparatus to solve 2 digit addition and subtraction.
  • Solve addition and subtraction that cross 10.
  • Use our number bonds and related facts to help us solve addition and subtraction.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Practice number bonds to 10, 20 and 100.
  • Explore numbers in our daily life outside school such as on a walk or a trip to the shops.
  • Practice counting in 2's, 5's and 10's.
  • Log on Times Table Rockstars and Numbots .

Computing

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Explore what technology is used around the home. 
  • Create an online safety poster. 
  • Design your own piece of technology that would improve your life. 
This half term we will be learning to:
  • Understand what information technology is.
  • Spot technology we can use at home and at school.
  • Use technology safely.
  • Understand how technology helps the world.

Science - Materials monster

This half term we will be:
  • Exploring different everyday materials.
  • Comparing how different everyday materials are more suitable for certain purposes.
  • Learning how some materials can be manipulated.
  • Creating our own material sorting monster.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

​To support your child at home you could:​
  • Explore different materials you have at home. 
  • Sort objects you have at home into different categories. 
  • Create a piece of artwork using only recycled materials. 

Art and Design

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Use the colour wheel and understand the terms primary, secondary and tertiary colour. 
  • Use tone in our artwork.
  • Use colour to represent mood.
  • Understand the work of Henri Matisse.
  • Use our understanding of colour to create our own artwork about The Great Fire of London.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Make your own colour wheel.
  • Listen to your favourite music and use colours to represent the mood of the music.
  • Visit a local art gallery. 

Music

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Create a composition using chime bars.
  • Understand the different notes that can be played using chime bars.
  • Understand new musical vocabulary such as beat and rhythm.
  • Perform in front of an audience.
  • Play London's Burning on the chime bars.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Listen to variety of different music styles and have a discussion about likes and dislikes. 
  • Find out about a local musician. 
  • Create you own song based around The Great Fire of London.

PE

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Dance - The Great Fire of London.
  • Multi skills - Throwing and catching.
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:
  • Check out BBC Super movers. Can you learn one of the dances? 
  • Create your own dance sequence about a topic of your choice.
  • Try a new sport. 

 PSHE - Being me in my world

Suggested Activities to Support Learning
This half term we will be learning to:
  • Recognise when we feel worried and who to ask for help.
  • Explain how to make the class a safe and welcoming place.
  • Create a learning charter..
  • Understand what consequences and rewards are.
  • Understand how following the learning charter can help us learn.
To support your child at home you could:
  • Discuss what a worry is and how who we can go to.
  • Take part in mindfulness activities. 
  • Create a picture of all the things you like about being you.

RE - Christianity   

This half term we will be:
  • Learning about the importance of kindness.
  • Learning about 'The Good Samaritan'.
  • Learning about 'The Paralysed Man'.
  • Comparing the two bible stories.
  • Exploring how Christians are kind.

Suggested activities to support learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Visit a local church. 
  • Talk to someone who belongs to the Christian faith.
  • Create a play about kindness and why it is important.