Welcome to our Class 2 page.
This term, our PE day will be on a Thursday.
Homework will begiven out on a Thursday.
We encourage children to read with an adult at home every day.
Literacy ad Phonics
In our literacy lessons this term we will be reading George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. We will be exploring the use or rhyme and onomatopoeia before writing our very own ‘marvellous medicine’! Later in the term, we will be reading The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff by Andy Seed, and Silly Verse for Kids by Spike Milligan. These texts should be very entertaining for us all! We look forward to sharing our literacy work with you soon.
For some children in Y2, we will be continuing with our Read Write Inc Phonics lessons. Children will have designated teachers for these sessions and content will be personalised to meet pupil’s needs.
Maths
In Maths this term, we will learn about 3 topics: Place Value, Addition & Subtraction and Shape. We will begin by consolidating our knowledge of numbers to 20, counting objects t 100 by making 10s, using place value charts and partitioning numbers to 100. We will then compare and order numbers to 100 and count in 2s, 5s, 10s and 3s. Later, we will strengthen our recall of the number bonds to 10 and related addition and subtraction facts. Then, we will learn how to add larger numbers.
To help your child prepare for Y2, you could:
- Practice counting aloud to 20 and beyond.
- Recall the number bonds to 10 (e.g. 6 and 4 makes 10)
- Adding and subtracting more and 1 less than a given number (e.g. 1 less than 20).
- Counting aloud in 2s, 5s and 10s.
PE
In PE this term, we will be learning how to play Tri-Golf. We will be developing our skills so that we can grip a golf club appropriately and putt a ball towards a target. We will then learn how to strike a ball and keep our eye on the ball when we swing the iron. We will have a key focus on developing our awareness of boundaries and rules in Tri-Golf.
Later in the term, we will be developing our fundamental movement skill: passing and receiving a ball, jumping, skipping, passing in different ways, being safe in a confined space and learning the values of sportsmanship. We will then develop our gymnastics skills including: jumps and turns of different degrees, performing with clear start and finish positions, creating sequences and improving our own work by acting upon feedback.
PE is a core part of our school life, we look forward to sharing future dates of sports festivals and competitions with you. We have a wide range of extra-curricular sports clubs on offer too, many of which are provided by professional external sports coaches.
Science
In Science, we will identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited to, and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals. We will identify and name a variety of animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats. We will then describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals using a simple food chains.
Later in the term, during our Plants topic, we will sort and classify the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive, as well as identifying and naming a variety of plants in their habitats. We will explore the scientists Rachel Carson and Angie Burnett.
History
In History we will be learning all about John and Josephine Bowes. We will explore who they are, where they came from and how they came to build the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle. Children will be applying their historical knowledge and skills to create fact files, timelines and historical postcards. There is so much to learn about this topic and we have some wonderful sources of information to explore.
We also hope to visit the Bowes Museum in the Autumn term – we will let you know once this has been arranged.
Geography
In Geography, we will be learning about the key human and physical geographical features of Barnard Castle. We will explore how to use a compass and give directions. Later, we will create a field sketch of the park at the Bowes Museum and also create a map of the Bowes Museum grounds. We will then use our fieldwork experiences to collect some geographical data.
Design and Technology
In D&T we will be creating a ‘Moving Picture’. We will investigate moving parts before designing our own moving picture. We will develop, model and communicate our ideas through drawings and mock-ups with card and paper. We will then select and use tools to cut, shape and join paper and card. We will include elements of wheels, sliders and levers in our designs. We look forward to sharing our designs with you.
Art
To begin our art lessons, we will start with the topic of Drawing. We will learn about lines, textures and tones, and apply our new skills to mini drawings of animals inspired by the illustrator Beatrix Potter. Later in the term, we will be sculpting our own clay models of birds, inspired by the Bowes Museum Silver Swan and by artist Paul Harvey.
Computing
In Computing, we will begin with our unit of Internet Safety. We will learn how people might behave differently online and in person, and how we can make sensible and positive choices. We will then explore online behaviours that might make someone feel upset or sad, and learn how to ask for help when we need it.
We will also learn to recognise the uses and features of information technology and to identify the uses of information technology in the school and in the wider world. We will then explore how to use information technology safely and about the different choices we can make.
Religious Education
In our RE lessons, we will begin by recalling what a religion is. We will then explore why festivals are important to religions, and learn about the significance of light. We will explain what Diwali is and how Hindu’s celebrate it.
We will then re-visit the topic of ‘light’ and why it is important in religion, relating this to how it makes us feel. We will explain what Christmas is and why Christians celebrate it, as well as explaining how Christians represent Jesus as the ‘light of the world’ at Christmas time.
