Year 2

A warm welcome back to school!

We hope you all had a wonderful summer!

We are excited to welcome the children back to school, for the start of a new school year!

We have lots of exciting things planned and we are looking forward to the year ahead.

This year, Miss Hession will be supporting Class 2, during the morning on Monday and Mrs Giles will support us on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning!

During Autumn 1, taking us up to half term we will be exploring the story 'Lost and Found,' by Oliver Jeffers. We will be making predictions, exploring and sequencing the text, writing character descriptions and re-creating our own version of a lost and found story! To end the first half term, we will write a non-chronological report and write our own poem based on 'lost items.'

Phonics will continue to take place daily, in addition to spellings up until Christmas. Please keep reviewing the sounds that the children learnt in Year 1! I will include a list of sounds learnt, each Friday within the homework for continued practice.

In maths, we will be looking at 'number and place value,' before moving onto Addition and subtraction. It is vital for children to have a firm understanding of number and place value before moving on. We will develop this, through lots of practical activities!

In Science we will exploring living things, to include habitats, looking at life processes and different habitats around the world.

In PSHE, our topic will be 'families and relationships, in this topic we learn that families are composed of different people who offer each other care and support. Learning how other people show their feelings and how to respond to them. Looking at conventions of manners and developing an understanding of self-respect.

In Geography we will be answering the question, 'Would you like to live in a hot or cold place?' We will explore the continents of the world, the equator and discover the look the coldest and hottest places, we will also link this to England and where we live.

During our RE lessons, we will explore our topic 'Creation and Covenant and we will explore Noah and the creation story as well as the sacrament of Baptism.

Through our ICT lessons, we will be exploring computer systems and networks. We will learn what a computer is by identifying and learning how inputs and outputs work. To develop our understanding further, we will explore how computers are used in the wider world. The children design their own computerised invention.

In Music, we will be learning about beat, rhythm, melody, echo and call and response. We will learn the melody of a song, sing, and play melodies on an instrument.

Our topic for art this term is 'explore and draw.' Children will be introduce to the idea that artists can be collectors and explorers as they develop drawing and composition skills.

PE will take place on a Tuesday and Friday afternoon, therefore please ensure your children come to school dressed in their full PE kit. As the weather becomes colder, children should wear a black tracksuit (plain, with no logos) over their T-shirt and shorts. Please ensure that children wear trainers, velcro straps are ideal, especially if children have not learnt to tie their laces. During the first half term, we will be working on gymnastics, where the children will create and perform different sequences. We will then move onto our next unit which will help children to learn how to send and receive a ball using their feet and link different combinations of skills.

There will be a 'meet the teacher,' afternoon on 17th September at 15:45-16:15. Please drop in, introduce yourselves and have a chat