Year 2
Dahl Class - 2K Bryon Class - 2F
Teachers: Mrs Maund and Miss Keeling
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Banks and Mrs Buczkowska
Thank you for all of your help and support with Year 2's learning during term 1. Our greatest highlight in term 1 was Year 2's Harvest Festival. Well done Year 2! We wish you a restful, happy and well-deserved half term!
Looking ahead to Term 2, we have a fun filled term coming up full of celebrations and hands on learning. Please take a look at our curriculum for term 2 below and continue to support your child with their understanding of these areas of learning at home. We really appreciate all you do with your children at home. It makes such a big difference to their understanding and capability in school.
Please also refer to the termly newsletter for further information. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us on the Year 2 email account - year2@kingsnorth.kent.sch.uk.
MATHS
In Maths we will be learning about place value and counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s. We will also be learning how to calculate within 20, add and subtract 1s and 10s to and from two-digit numbers and group objects in different ways and relating to multiplication.
Children would benefit from regularly practising their 10- and 2-times tables. Apps such as Whiterose 1-minute maths and games such as ‘Hit the Button’ will help with their speed of recall.
White Rose 1-min Maths
www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
ENGLISH
Writing:
The children will continue with Read, Write Inc. lessons alongside daily Writing lessons which are planned through Writing for Pleasure. Our grammar focus continues with capitalisation and punctuation. We will learn about writing instructions and memoirs. Similar to last term, handwriting is very important in Year 2 and children will be encouraged to form their letters neatly. Year 2 children will also work on daily spelling tasks.
Attached below is a list of common exception words as well as high-frequency words. We would really appreciate your support in helping your child practise spelling these words so that they are confident in both reading and writing them independently.
We are often asked how you can support your child with writing at home. Here are a few ideas that will support your child in both their creativity and in practising the structure and content of various genres:
- Write a letter or postcard to someone
- Write a shopping list or a wish list
- Write a recipe or instructions on how to do something
- Keep a diary, updating it regularly
- Write a familiar story in your own words *maybe even change some of the elements i.e. character, setting etc.
Reading:
We cannot emphasise enough the importance of reading at home. Please listen to your child read regularly and ask them questions about the text. Without the ability to read, children find accessing the curriculum a struggle and we want all our children to access a broad and balanced curriculum.
The video below will help you to understand how to say each of the sounds from Set 1 to Set 3. It would be really beneficial for you to watch this to support you with your child's learning.
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/3rQRQmLf/1PKrKlSi
For Accelerated Readers, here is the website link for completing the AR quizzes:
RE:
How should we care for the world and for others, and why does it matter?
In RE this term, our big question is ‘How should we care for the world and for others, and why does it matter? We will be studying different faiths and beliefs as we explore this as a class.
SCIENCE:
I wonder why living things live in different habitats around the world?
We will be investigating different habitats around the world and what living things thrive within them. We will explore why they thrive best in certain environments and compare and contrast them to our own habitats. For this topic, we would be grateful if Year 2 could bring in a shoebox or similar sized cardboard boxes. We will remind you of this nearer the time!
PE:
In PE, we follow the TLG scheme of learning. Below is a yearly overview of the topics your child will cover in Year 2.
Our unit across this term will be Dance. Our weekly PE sessions will be on a Tuesday in the hall and on a Friday afternoon outdoors. Your child can wear their PE kit throughout the day. Please ensure that your child wears jogging bottoms and has an appropriate sweater and footwear for both indoor and outdoor PE lessons.
PSHE:
We follow Jigsaw for our PSHE learning. This term we will be focusing on "Celebrating Differences". We will explore how each of us are different and why and how we are different, including gender, race and interests. We will be celebrating these differences and how to show respect to one another.
Geography:
Our Geography lessons this term will be about Oceans and continents of the world. We will be finding out about where children have been and/or want to visit. We will also be linking this with where food is grown and harvested.