Hello,

Welcome to Year Two's class page.

We hope you have had a lovely Easter and we look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday 16th April.

Here you will find class and curriculum information for the summer 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 17th June. They will attend the swimming pool every day (Monday-Friday) for a two week intensive swimming block, finishing on Friday 28th June. More information about swimming, including what the children will need to bring, will be sent out before half term. 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 Wednesdays. 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 McMillan, Miss Chalmers, Miss Stothers and Mrs Todhunter.

 Summer Term Curriculum Information

RE

Eastertide

The children will know that Jesus rose from the dead and still lives to be with us. They will know that Jesus told the disciples that he would go back to Heaven but promised the Holy Spirit would come. The children will know that Jesus returned to Heaven and promised to return again and that this gives us hope. They will know the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and that the Holy Spirit is promised to us.

The Church

The children will know that when the apostles received the Holy Spirit they spread the good news and know that we can help to spread the good news. The children will learn about the early Christian community and understand that we are part of that community today. They will know that the apostles realised that God could work through them. They will hear the story of Peter's escape from prison and reflect on its meaning. 

English

The children will develop their sentence work by planning their sentences before writing them and checking they make sense afterwards. They will 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. They will continue to develop punctuating their sentences with capital letters, full stops and begin to explore with other types of punctuation such as exclamation marks, inverted commas and commas. The children will focus on starting their sentences in different ways and attempt to section their work into paragraphs. The 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, answering questions directly from the text and giving their opinions and views to demonstrate understanding of what they are reading. The children will have daily story-time. 

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. Use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement, including movement in a straight line and distinguishing between rotation as a turn and in terms of right angles for quarter, half and three- quarter turns (clockwise and anti-clockwise). Recognise, find, name and write fractions of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity. Tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times, know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day. Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure height/length in any direction (m/cm) using a ruler, mass (kg/g) using scales and volume (litres/ml).

Science

Living Things and their Habitats: The children will explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead and things that have never been alive. They will identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants. Identify and name a variety of plants in their habitats, including micro-habitats. Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain. Identify and name different sources of food.

 Geography

 Hot and Cold Places

In this unit the children will: 

Identify hot and cold places and locate them on a map, recognise the features of hot and cold places, explore a hot or cold place, identify the animals that live in hot and cold places and recognise how they adapt.

History

How did we learn to fly?

In this unit the children will:

Find out about the Wright Brothers, discover when the first flight took place, investigate why Bessie Coleman and Amelia Earhart are significant, discover why the moon landing was special and explore how we learnt to fly by placing events on a timeline. 

Art and Design

Painting and mixed media: Life in colour

Develop knowledge of colour mixing, to know how texture can be created with paint, use paint to explore texture and pattern, compose a collage choosing and arranging materials for effect, evaluate and improve their artwork.

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 summer term the children will be learning and participating in athletics, mindful exercising 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.