Welcome to the Giraffe Class

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Welcome to Giraffe class with Miss Hughes and Mrs Pilcher. This page is for our parents and children to use together. It includes information about what Y2 are learning, key dates, homework and helpful websites.

Please click here to download the Y2 Topic Long Term Plan

Please click here to download the Y2 Maths Long Term Plan 

Please click here to download the Y2 Writing Standards 

Autumn Term

Autumn 1

Our topic for Autumn 1 is called ‘At the shops’.

Key Vocabulary that we will study during our topic ‘At the shops’

Chronological            Difference            Similar           Range                      Depth                  

Past                             Present                 Then              Now                         Timeline

Time period               Continuity            Decade          Technology

Learning what these words mean will help you during this topic

In English we will be introducing the children to different SPaG elements for the first few weeks to prepare them for the year. We will also be writing a recount of our trip to Morrison’s to learn more about food production and the different parts of the supermarket. We will be writing a set of instructions on making a pasta salad which will link to our DT for this half term. This will also link closely to the book ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch.

In maths we will learning about place value and recapping some of our learning from year 1 helping give the children a firm foundation on numbers.

During the foundation subjects that we will focus on this half term include science, history, R.E, computing, design and technology, music and RSHE. In science we will be learning all about different animals and what they need to survive, whilst also focussing on changes in living memory in History. During our R.E sessions we will focus our learning around different sacred books and develop our knowledge of robot algorithms in computing lessons. RSHE lessons will develop the children’s knowledge about how to make a happy school, their local community and how to stay safe from online strangers. In art the children will learn about printing.

Autumn 2

Our topic for Autumn 2 is Our topic for Autumn 2 is called ‘It all started on Pudding Lane’ which focusses around our history topic of the Great fire of London.

Below are some of the books we will be looking at during this topic.

Key Vocabulary that we will study during our topic ‘It all started on Pudding Lane.’

National                                  Globally                                   Artefacts

Emergency Services              Disaster                                   Modern Day and Past

London                                    The River Thames                  Reconstruction

Learning what these words mean will help you during this topic.

 

This half term’s learning will be focussed around ‘It all started on Pudding Lane’. Our topic will be driven by the events of the great fire of London and we will be focussing our literacy skills around writing a diary entry, an explanation text and some poetry.

In maths we will learning about addition and subtraction methods and understanding money in different ways.

We will start to look at the local area in geography and continue to learn more about the Great fire of London in our history unit of work. During our PSHCE unit we will be focussing on the topic of bullying and developing our understanding of online safety and keeping our personal information safe. In re we will look at ‘Who is Jewish and what do they believe?’, then in computing we will look at and create different quizzes. Art will focus on Sculpting and the skill required to create a sculpture.

 

Important Information

• Our P.E days will be Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon. Please make sure your P.E kit is in school on these days and labelled with your name and class.
• Please make sure your planner is in school every day so we are able to tell your grownups about your school learning and what you can be working on at home.
• Children’s books will be swapped after they have read them three times. Please ensure that you write in the children’s planners so that I am able to swap them as soon as they need to be J
• Spellings will be tested every Friday.

Dates for your diary

Autumn 1- Parent workshop – Introduction to Y2 expectations – 24^th September

Autumn 2- Year 2 showcase and Christmas sing – 16^th December

 

Home Learning

Each half term we will send out a home learning bingo grid with tasks for you to complete at home. Here are the Autumn challenges for you to try. 

Other home learning activities for Autumn Term are -

• Counting in 2’s, 3’s, 5’s and 10’s.
• Practising your Year 2 spellings.
• Practise the year 2 common exception words.
• Practising adding and subtracting any 2 digit numbers.
• Practise using your multiplication and division facts.

 

Useful Websites

• White Rose Maths
• My Maths
• BBC bitesize
• Karate Cat