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Welcome to the Shark class page with Mrs Royle and Miss Dale. This page is for parents and children to use together and includes: information about what the Y2 children will be learning in class, homework and helpful websites to support class learning, and key dates for your diary.

 

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

 

Spring Term

Our topic for Spring 1 is Amazing Animals!

English

In English, the children will write a newspaper article based on events from the book ‘The Enormous Crocodile’. They will explore prefixes and suffixes, learn about different sentence types and practise using a range of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

Maths

The children will complete the addition and subtraction unit of learning that they started in Autumn 2. They will learn to add and subtract two 2-digit numbers and answer 2-step addition and subtraction problem solving questions. They will then move onto multiplication and division.

Computing

Children will begin to understand what the term data means and how data can be collected in the form of a tally chart. They will learn the term ‘attribute’ and use this to help them organise data. They will then progress onto presenting data in the form of pictograms.  Children will use the data presented to answer questions.

Science

Children will explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive. They will learn that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and research how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other.

Art

Children will study the work of Brianna McCarthy. They will collage an animal face using bright colours and patterns, and layering techniques.

DT

Children will explore a range of textile products. They will discover that products are made from fabric pieces which are joined in a variety of ways. Children will develop skills in joining fabrics with glue and simple stitches. They will design a hand puppet and  use the skills and techniques learned in the unit to make their product. Children will finally evaluate their products against the original design criteria.

 Key Vocabulary that we will study during our topic Amazing Animals!

       alive          dead          habitat       micro-habitat       adaptation

                                                   grow      reproduce       offspring       repair       sense       waste                                                         

    Learning what these words mean will help your child during this topic.

Our topic for Spring 1 is Amazing Animals!

English

In English, the children will write a letter based on information from the book ‘The Owl Who is Afraid of the Dark’. They will explore commas for lists and apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive.

Maths

The children will learn to tell the time to the nearest 5 minute interval. They will explore length, mass, capacity and temperature, while recapping the four operations.

Computing

Children will begin to understand what the term data means and how data can be collected in the form of a tally chart. They will learn the term ‘attribute’ and use this to help them organise data. They will then progress onto presenting data in the form of pictograms.  Children will use the data presented to answer questions.

Science

Children will explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive. They will learn that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and research how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other.

Art

The children will study tone using three different grades of pencil and explore pattern by adding dots, lines, colour or shape to represent observations and ideas in drawings. They will create drawings of a number of insects.

Music

Children will identify the instruments within existing classical pieces of music before moving on to learn how they are used to represent ideas and actions. The unit provides the opportunity to practise experimenting with instruments and sounds in order to create representations of characters, actions and emotions. The children will learn notation.

Important Information

  • Our P.E days will be Tuesday and Thursday. Please make sure P.E kits are in school and labelled with your child’s name and class.
  • Please make sure planners are in school every day. This allows us to communicate with you telling you about your child’s school learning and how you can support them at home.
  • Children’s books will be changed on Fridays.
  • Spellings will be tested every Friday and new spellings given out.

 

Dates for your diary

Spring 1 - Parent Creative Workshop with children (23rd January)

Spring 2 - Parent Workshop - Maths Methods (5th March)

 

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 the Autumn Term are -

  • Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s forward and backwards.
  • Rapid recall of number bond up to and including 10.
  • Complete your weekly maths homework.
  • Practising your weekly spellings.
  • Practise the Y2 common exception words.

 

Useful Websites

  • White Rose Maths
  • Top Marks
  • BBC Bitesize
  • Phonics Play
  • Oxford Reading Tree