Hello,

Welcome to Year Two's class page.

We hope you have had a lovely summer and we look forward to welcoming you back on Wednesday 6th September.

Here you will find class and curriculum information for the autumn term.

Please can your child bring to school: 

Reading folder

Drinks bottle – filled with water

Packed Lunch – if needed

Lining Up

Year Two line up each morning on the KS1 playground. We will come out to collect the children at 8.50am (unless they are attending Breakfast Club).

Your child can be collected at home-time from the same place at 3.15pm. 

PE

Your child will have PE on Tuesday and Wednesday this half term. Your child will require black shorts, a plain white, round neck t-shirt, jogging bottoms, a sweatshirt, trainers and a pair of socks. Please ensure that all clothing including uniform and PE kit is clearly marked with your child’s name. Can jewellery be removed on PE days and long hair tied back. We recommend that you send your child's kit in on Monday and we will send it home on Friday to be washed.

Year Two will also go swimming at The Sands Centre in Carlisle beginning on Monday 9th October. They will attend the swimming pool every day (Monday-Friday) for a two week intensive swimming block, finishing on Friday 20th October. More information about swimming, including what the children will need to bring, will be sent out soon. Please do not worry about swimming, particularly if your child has little experience in the water - the coaches are used to this and alongside us, will support them during their lessons. 

Homework

Homework is given out on Fridays and collected back in on Tuesdays. Your child will be given a reading book to bring home. Please, if possible, write a comment in the reading record. We also send a library book home for you to enjoy with your child. This book is for pleasure - we love hearing about the books that you have enjoyed at home so please let us know, on Seesaw or in your reading record, if you have read a particularly good one! Please make sure you return your library book each day in order for your child to select a new book each week.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to pop in and see us.

Mrs Glaister, Mrs Routledge, Mrs Abba, Miss Chalmers, Miss Stothers and Mrs Todhunter.

 Autumn Term Curriculum Information

RE

The Chosen People

The children will learn that Abraham, Moses and Daniel were chosen by God and that they had to put their trust in him. The children will reflect on this and discuss times when they have been chosen to do something important and how that made them feel. 

Mysteries

The children will know and reflect on mysteries. They will learn about the Holy Trinity and understand that there are three persons in one God: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.  The children will recap the story of the birth of Christ and make Advent promises. They will understand that Jesus was God’s gift to the World.

English

The children will develop their sentence work by planning their sentences before writing them and checking they make sense afterwards. They will understand that a sentence needs a capital letter and full stop and begin to explore conjunctions such as and, but and because. The children will begin to learn about the different word and sentence types and learn spelling rules for plurals and the suffixes ing/ed whilst exploring the past and present tense. Children will continue with daily phonics, spelling and reading sessions and will use the strategies taught in Read, Write Inc to support their spelling when writing and decoding in independent reading. In reading the children will develop their comprehension skills not only answering questions directly from the text but giving their opinions and views to demonstrate understanding of what they are reading. 

Mathematics

This term the children will learn to read and write numbers to at least 100, recognise the place value of a two digit number, compare and order numbers up to 100, use <> = signs. Count in steps of 2,3,5 and 10, find 1/10 more or less from a given number, identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line, use place value and number facts to solve problems. Know that addition can be done in any order and that subtraction cannot, recall and addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently and derive and use related facts up to 100, solve problems with addition and subtraction, add and subtract numbers mentally, using concrete objects and pictorial representations, add three one digit numbers. Recognise and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction. Identify and describe the properties of 2D/3D shapes, compare and sort common 2D/3D shapes.  Understand multiplication as repeated addition, show that multiplication can be done in any order and division cannot, recall and use multiplication facts for the 2, 5, 10 tables including recognising odd and even numbers. Recognise and use pounds (£) and pence (p), combine amounts to make a particular value, find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money. 

Science

Uses of Everyday Materials:

The children will identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses. They will find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.

 Geography

 Continents and Oceans

In this unit the children will:

History

Remembrance Day:

The children will learn that we have Remembrance Day each year due to events that happened in the past and that this year it has been 109 years since the war began. They will research who we are remembering on Remembrance Day, understand why we have Remembrance Day, what happens on that day each year and why it is important to remember. The children will learn about changes in national life that resulted because of the war.

PSHE

In Year Two we follow the SCARF (Safety, Care, Achievement, Resilience, Friendship)  PSHE scheme of work. The children will make and sign a class contract, demonstrating an understanding of the need for school rules.  PSHE will link with and RE/Ten Ten schemes. We will also take part in a whole school project of promoting Friendship and Safety in the autumn term.

PE

During the autumn term the children will be learning and participating in Fundamentals (basic skills) and swimming..

Useful Websites

http://www.learnyourtables.co.uk/

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/

http://www.ictgames.com/

www.mathletics.co.uk

www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers

 Year 2 Yearly Plan

The Year Two Weather Stars are famous!!!! Science

The Year Two Weather Star's photograph was selected as an Editor's Choice on the BBC Weather Watchers website and was featured live on the BBC's Look North Weather Report.