• End of KS1 Sats Test

This term we will be very busy learning lots of new things. Here is some information about the things that we will be getting up to but you can find detailed information on all subjects by downloading the 'Curriculum Information for Parents' that is attached below. 

English

Our English lessons will use the texts ‘The Bog Baby’ and ‘Grandad’s Island’ . We will explore these texts and use them as a focus for our writing.
The outcomes will be:
- To write a finding narrative
- To write a set of instructions
- To write a return narrative
- To write an informative piece about jungle animals

. Grammar and punctuation skills will be taught throughout these units with a focus on:
- Use of capital letters, full stops and question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences.
- Using apostrophes to mark where letters are missing in spelling. 
- Using apostrophes to mark singular possession in nouns
- Use commas to separate items in a list.

Grammar and Punctuation lessons will also take place each week in addition to our English writing lessons. Please see the attached Grammar and Punctuation plan below to see what we will be covering in these lessons.  

Our Reading lessons use the Steps to Read scheme and these are some of the books that we will be using this term... 

Our Maths lessons will focus on learning the objectives from The National Curriculum. We will try to cover objectives in most areas of the Maths Curriculum to prepare for the end of term test. These objectives are on our overview.  On a Monday our lesson will focus on times tables and on a Friday our focus will be arithmetic. 

In our History lessons we will be learning about seaside holidays during the Victorian times and comparing them to visiting the seaside today.

In our Geography lessons we will be learning all about the wider world. We will be learning about the seven continents and five oceans, seasonal weather patterns and the hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the equator. We will be comparing parts of The UK to Ecuador.  

In Art we are going to learn about the work of some famous sculptures and have a go at using different materials to create our own.

In our Design and Technology lessons we are going to be designing, creating an evaluating our own kites as part of our learning about different structures.

We will be using the iPads and laptops during our lessons to help us research and display information.

In our Science lessons this term we will be learning about Forces and Electricity.

Our RE lessons will focus on Judaism and Discipleship.

Our PE day is a Thursday. Mrs Riddle takes us for PE and this term we are working on Athlectics and Target Games.  Please see the attached file 'PE Kit' to check what you need to wear for PE.

Mr Norbury takes us for Music on a Thursday afternoon, this term we will focus on the units ‘I want to Play in a Band’ and ‘Friendship Song’

Homework

Everyone in Year 2 is given a reading book to read at home, sometimes this is a levelled book, an eBook or a book for you to read for pleasure. Practising the common exception words, spelling rules and times tables is something that we expect you to do too. 

Homework books that focus on SATS skills including comprehension and mathematics can be purchased from school - these are optional and will be given out on a Friday to be returned the following Monday.