Year 2

Hello and welcome to Year 2!  My name is Miss Bennett, and I am the class teacher along with Miss McSloy who is our class teaching assistant.  As well as being the class teacher, I am also Early Reading Lead. 

Our Curriculum – An Overview

Below is a summary of the areas of learning for children in Year 2. More detailed information can be found on our curriculum pages. 

Reading

Throughout the year, we will read various texts which form an integral part of our studies in reading comprehension and writing.  These texts are: Flat Stanley, Hodgeheg, Hotel Flamingo, The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark, The Giraffe, Pelly and Me and Iron Man. 

Writing

Our writing curriculum is largely linked to our class texts. We will cover a range of genres including

setting and character description from images and text, diary and letter writing.

Simple narratives, recounts based on real events and persuasive writing.

Maths

In maths, we cover a range of units including Place value, Addition and Subtraction, Shape, Money, Multiplication and Division (2s, 5s and 10s), Length and Height, Mass, Capacity and Temperature, Fractions, Time, Statistics, Position and Direction.

Science

Animals including Humans

Everyday Materials

Living Things and their Habitats

Plants

Foundation Subjects

History – The Great Fire of London and Queen Victoria

Geography – Locational Knowledge – Oceans, Seas and Symbols, Place Knowledge – Our Capital City: London, What’s the Difference? Sydney & London, Human and Physical – Hot and Cold, Marvellous Maps: London (Fieldwork).

Art and Design – Painting, Drawing and Sculpture

Design and Technology – Textiles, Food and Mechanisms

PE – Multi Skills Athletics and Multi Skills Dance, Yoga and Gymnastics, Bat and Ball skills

RE – Hindu Dharma and Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Sikh Dharam and the Jewish Faith

We also teach Music, Computing, PSHE and P4C

Useful Information:

Please note that our PE days will be Monday and Wednesday.  Please bring both indoor and outdoor kit.

Reading books will be sent home each Tuesday along with a reading record.  Please ensure that you listen to your child read daily and then record this in the reading record.  We will then monitor how many times your child has read that week. Children’s effort with reading at home and in school will be taken into consideration when choosing the winner for the Greatest Reader certificate.  Raffle tickets and dojos will also be given out to those children reading at home.  Please return reading books each Tuesday.

Phonics books will be sent home every Friday and will need to be returned the following week.

Homework will be sent home every Friday and will include spellings for the following week along with maths questions linked to what has been taught that week.