Year 2

Welcome to Year 2!

Teachers: Miss Coleman

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Berneaud, Mr Norris and Mrs Pereria

Key Information

Each week, we will have PE on  Tuesday (indoor) and Thursday (outdoor). Please remember to wear your PE kit to school on these days.

Home Learning will be set once every half-term, please check this page to see the latest tasks. 

Reading books will also be changed every Friday in preparation for the following week.

In Autumn 2, we will be learning:

English – We will be reading 'The Owl and the Pussycat' and explore the world of poetry! Using rhyming couplets, we will innovate our own poetic stories. Later in the Half Term, we will journey along with 'The Snowman' by creating our own sequel to the classic.

Maths - Our focus is 'addition and subtraction' by developing written and mental arithmetic skills. We will also be learning about 2D and 3D shapes, and their properties.

Science - Our next unit is 'Living Things and their Habitats' where we will explore the worlds of different habitats and microhabitats.

History- Step back in the time to the Victorian Era! Year 2 are going to learn about life during the reign of Queen Victoria and how it compares to their lives today.

RE - Why is Christmas important to Christians? Year 2 will be learning about the Christmas story, and why Jesus was no ordinary baby.

Indoor PE: Equipment gymnastics - exploring balances, movement and rolls using apparatus.

Outdoor PE: Netball - Using our skills from last Half Term, we will now apply them by learning how to play netball.

PSHE – Celebrating differences  - How are we all unique and special? 

Computing - Digital Photography - Year 2 will be learning different aspects of photography, such as lighting, focus and some editing skills.

Spanish - In my town - We will learning the Spanish vocabulary for places we may see or visit in our towns.

DT- Designing and creating glove puppets.

Music - Birdsong inspired music.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/childrens-articles/must-read-books-for-6-9-year-old

Recommeded websites for practising timestables

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/times-tables

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z97rdnb#z3r3xg8

https://www.timestables.co.uk/times-tables-memory.html