We would like to say welcome to our new Year 2 class. 

We have an exciting term 1 ahead of us with lots of new learning and plenty of fun along the way.

Year 2

2024-2025

Class teacher - Mrs Martin

HLTA - Mrs Parker

Please see below our Curriculum Map for Term 5.  We have a short term coming up packed full of wonderful activities!

We have begun learning about fractions this week during Maths.  We have found out about the parts and whole of an object or number and have now begun to look at how we can use this knowledge to learn about halves.

During Art we drew shells and stones using observation skills.  We had to add the detail of the patterns and textures.  We then made these into a print using carbon paper.  Next we tried to make coloured mono prints by colouring our carbon paper with oil pastels before drawing onto it.

This week in English we have continued our learning using our books 'One World' and 'Clean Up'.  We used these to plan a new narrative, choosing our own character and thinking of an environmental problem for them to encounter and solve.  

We had a great time with Mr Molland and Year 6 who organised sport activities for us.  It was lots of fun and we learned some new skills.

We enjoyed a really informative workshop by the RSPCA about picking up litter as it can harm wildlife.  We then had a litter pick to help!

Term 4 Curriculum Map

Term 4

Our last Forest School afternoon - What a fantastic time we have had with Mrs Parker at the woods.  It has been a wonderful few weeks learning skills together, working as teams and learning facts about plant life, wildlife as well as enhancing our Science Curriculum learning about animal habitats.  We really enjoyed our hot chocolate, marshmallows and biscuits this week too!

SS Great Britain - We had an amazing time at the SS Great Britain.  We found out lots about the ship and its inventor Isambard Kingdom Brunel.  We especially enjoyed riveting the panels of the ship and dressing up to wave her off on her first voyage!

In Jigsaw, we are learning about healthy snacks. With the support of Mrs Parker, we looked at different ingredients to make our own healthy snack. 

We are absolutely loving Forest School and all of the challenges Mrs Parker is setting. We have searched the forest for different sized leaves and put them in order from largest to smallest. 

English

In English we have used our skills and planned a letter ready to write a letter to our friend to describe our day out at the Beach. 

In Maths we have been comparing volume and capacity. 

FOREST SCHOOL!

This was our first week at Forest School and we had an amazing time.  First we walked around the wood area to know our boundaries.  We were given the Forest School rules by Mrs Parker and everyone remembered No Pick!  No Lick!  Next we made some superb Forest School hats and we were incredibly creative.  We can't wait for next week!!

In music this week we listened to pieces of music and we tapped, clapped and swayed to the beat. 

In PE this week we practiced our ball skills. We moved the balls in both directions just by using our fingers. We used both our left and right hands to control the ball. 

Term 3 

In maths we have been learning our 2 times table and also using this knowledge to divide.   We thought about how we can create multiplication and division sentences.

This week in English we have been wrote a letter from the little girl in our story 'Hummingbird'.  We put ourselves into character and tried to use different sentence forms.  Next we researched Hummingbirds and thought of questions we could answer using our research.  We then used our grammar knowledge to combine two sentences using subordination and coordination.

This week Year 2 have enjoyed Art and have been mixing colours.  They produced a colour wheel starting with primary colours and then used these to create secondary colours.

Year 2 enjoyed a special treat of Forest School Activities with Mrs Parker as they won attendance award 2 weeks in a row !!!!!!!  They enjoyed making a picture  frame from twigs and then they created a natural picture to fit inside using found objects.  They also made their own names using twigs and sticks before finally finding the knots on the wooden shed to make a chalk picture

This week in English we have been making a tree using twigs and a lolly stick.  We used instructions to make our trees and then used this to create our own sets of instructions. 

During Maths this week we have been working with money.  We have been recognising coins, finding amounts and choosing coins we need to make amounts. In these pictures we are choosing coins to make an amount!

We enjoyed giving our friends instructions as we pretended to be robots during Computing.  We are learning about algorithms and how to programme computers.

Term 2

Term 2 is already upon us and we have lots of exciting opportunities ahead!

Take a look at our curriculum map to see what we have planned!

Decorating the Christmas Tree

We had lots of fun hanging baubles onto the school Christmas Tree!

We are so excited to start our new book in English. Rosie Revere Engineer. This was a favourite of last years class and we are sure that this year will love it as much. 

That time of year has finally arrived. The children have been practicing This years Christmas nativity show. 

There are some budding little actors amongst us. Hollywood here they come! 

This week in Maths, we have been exploring properties of 3D and 2D shapes.

What an exciting start to Term 2!

This week in English we have been learning and performing Kit Wrights poem, The Magic Box. Year 2 had so much fun using all the actions in the poem. 

In Maths this week we have practised adding 2,two digits numbers together across 10. 

Term one

In Maths, we have used the tens frames to add and take away a 1 digit number from a 2 digit number. 

This term we have had so much fun designing and making boats for our Art project. 

In Jigsaw we had some really interesting discussions regarding our responsibilities for ourselves and others. 

Year 2 were lucky enough to be invited to a Yoga workshop. They impressed the Yoga teacher with their focus and balance. 

This week in I.T, we have been learning different ways of using I.T equipment. We learnt a dance, took pictures and made drawings using a programme on the I-Pads. 

We were very lucky to have an Orchestra come to our school this week. They showed us their instruments and played us some beautiful music. Filip was chosen to be the conductor and did a fabulous job. 

In Maths, we have really enjoyed using the rekenrec resources to help us with our booleon Maths.

In Geography, we are learning to model with contours. In teams, we worked together to create our own hills and maps. 

In P.E this week we are practicing our step control. 

In English, we are beginning to learn how to proof read and edit our own work. These are skills that will be very useful throughout our school lives. 

In Maths we are learning to count in 2's, 3's, 5's and 10's. We used our number squares to jump on. 

"We're going on a mini beast hunt, we're gonna find some big ones, what a beautiful day, we're not scared!"

The children have been looking for mini beasts in their micro habitats during their Science lesson. 

During our IT lesson we thought about technology inside  and outside. The children made a list of all the items they could think of. They then discussed if they thought all jobs included using IT. The children discovered that nowadays, mostly all jobs use IT. 

In Maths we have used place value charts to partition our tens and ones. 

We are very excited to be reading Glass slipper, Gold Sandal in English.

It was so much fun exploring the story sack and having an opportunity to look at all of the items inside. 

In Year 2, we have been understanding nouns. We looked around the classroom and named all of the nouns we could find.