Year 2 2024 - 2025
Mrs Holt
Welcome to Year 2
This half term we will be looking at some of the greatest history makers, and judging whether we think they were remembered for the right reasons. We will be deciding how we would like to make history, too! We will be focussing on Materials, in Science. We will be testing the suitability of materials for different jobs by looking at their properties and adaptability.
Our Music, this half term, will be learning songs for our Nativity performance. We will be using different levels of pitch and pace, as well as actions, ready for our audiences!
In Art, we are continuing to learn how to draw, paint and sketch, using inspirational artists and the environment. In English, we will be using books related to our History Topic, starting with The Gunpowder Plot. In Maths, we will be recapping the basics of addition and subtraction and using various methods to build on these skills. We will be finishing the term with some 2D and 3D shape work.
Phonics will continue in the same format as Y1, where the children will be taught in streamed groups across Y1 and Y2.
Your child will read twice a week in school. Please read 4 times a week, at home and write in the planner. Books will be changed when they have been read at home and at school. Please ensure books are in bags every day as there may be opportunities for your child to read independently throughout the week.
We will be continuing with the class library scheme. Books will be sent out on a Thursday, and will be changed every Thursday each week.
Our PE days, this half term, are Mondays and Wednesdays.
Please make sure PE kits are in school at the beginning of each week. PE kits consist of an indoor PE kit - yellow t-shirt, blue shorts, pumps, and an outdoor PE kit - unbranded jogging bottoms/leggings, an unbranded hoody/jacket, trainers and a plain t-shirt.
Earrings must be removed for PE, either in the morning or before a session, if your child can remove them and replace them themselves.
We are looking forward to a successful year with you and your child.
Mrs Holt
Mrs Parkinson
Mrs Kerns