Year Two
We have two Year 2 classes- Mrs Clinch and Miss Fry
Mrs Clinch-Sparrows Miss Fry- Doves
Support Staff - Mrs King, Mrs Cooper, Mrs West, Mrs Smith and Mrs Swallow
Term 4
Welcome hope that you have all had a great break. As the months become warmer, please can you still make sure that your child has a coat.
Please continue to ensure your child brings minimal possessions into school. Please can you continue to make sure that your child has a coat that your child has their name on everything so that they are easy to find. Please also continue to ensure your child brings minimal possessions into school – if it does not fit in their drawer it is too big to bring into school.
A quick reminder to make sure your child has a water bottle with them every day.
Homework
Please read daily at home.
PE
Children will have PE on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Please ensure children come to school in their Bitham Brook PE kit on these days.
Monday- Football Tuesday- Football Thursday- Dance
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When the children have PE, they should continue to wear their Bitham Brook PE kit into school with the school jumper over the top (if weather conditions require a jumper). Please note the Bitham Brook PE kit is a plain white t-shirt and black shorts/leggings/tracksuit with daps/trainers. Other sports clothing is not acceptable as it is important that, as a school, we have pride in our appearance.
Jack and the Beanstalk, by Richard Walker and Look Up!, by Nathan Bryon
Year 2 Learning this Term
Maths
Multiplication and Division.
Length and Height.
Mass, capacity and temperature.
Writing
Our writing will be linked to our class books, ‘Jack and the beanstalk’ and ‘Look Up!’ We will be writing a new version of Jack and the Beanstalk and writing a Biography about Mae Jemison, the first black women in space.
Reading
During reading we will be reading ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and ‘Look Up!’ asking questions using the skills of prediction, inference and vocabulary so the children deepen their understanding of the text.
DT
We will be creating structures using paper and exploring the question: How strong is a piece of paper? In this unit, we will discover that we can increase the strength and stability of paper by folding. We will test and record our paper structures and design a paper tower that is at least 50cm tall and can bear a 1kg weight.
History
We will be introducing the lives of great explorers and the different challenges they met when travelling the world. We will be studying a range of explorers through stories.
Science
We will be studying plants. We will be exploring how seeds germinate, which plants grow from a bulb and what plants need to thrive and be healthy. We will be growing our own cress, sunflowers and daffodil bulbs.
PSHE
- In PSHE, we will be exploring the theme of Healthy Me. We will be looking at a healthy, balanced diet and being physically healthy.
RE
Our theme is the Easter Resurrection exploring Christianity. Looking at the key question: How important is it to Christians that Jesus came back to life after His crucifixion?
MUSIC
- We will be listening to Bolero by Ravel and creating our own musical compositions.
Computing
We will be coding which will include algorithms, collision detection, creating timed sequences, understanding the use of buttons in a program and de-bugging.
World Book Day!
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