Year 2
Welcome to Year 2!
In Class 2, the teachers are Miss Moore and Mrs Neave supported by Miss Bain and Mrs Dargue the teaching assistants. Please find below a brief outline of the topics to be covered this year and our daily/weekly routines which are explained in the Year 2 class booklet. We follow a two-year rolling programme in Key Stage 1 and we try to plan as much of our learning as possible around our current topics. This creates an immersive and exciting learning experience for the children. Here is an overview of the topics to be covered over the coming year in Class 2:
| Terms | Topics Covered | Brief Outline |
| Autumn 1 | George Stephenson | This is a history-based topic which provides children with the opportunity to begin their historical learning right in the town that they live in. Children will look into the life of George Stephenson and contextualise the knowledge of George Stephenson’s Rocket and the development of the first public railway line right here in Stockton. They will investigate the ways George Stephenson and his son revolutionised rail travel to make it what it is today. |
| Autumn 2 | The House that Jack Built | During this science-based topic the children will investigate a variety of everyday materials. They will learn to differentiate between the name of an object and the material it is made from. Children will then go on to investigate the suitability of different materials for different purposes. In English, children will explore a range of traditional tales and use role play and hot seating as a basis for their writing. During design technology lessons children will investigate different ways of joining materials to make their very own traditional tale hand puppet. |
| Spring 1 and 2 | Noah’s Ark | This vast and exciting topic provides the children with the opportunity to learn about the religious beliefs of Christians through the story of Noah’s Ark. It also provides links to other curriculum areas such as science where children learn about a range of living things and their habitats and English where children begin to deepen their knowledge of nonfiction texts. |
| Summer 1 | Treasure Island | A Geography based topic which helps children to compare their own locality to the wider world. Children will look at the life and travels of pirates through map skills and compass points and identify key human and physical features of their surrounding area. |
| Summer 2 | Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell | During this topic children will research and learn about the lives of Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell. They will compare life in the past to their lives today and talk about the role of nurses and hospitals have changed over the years. They will look at the role of women in the past and how Florence and Edith have made significant contributions to enable us to live the way we live today. |
Class Booklet:
Home Learning:
Home learning will be set on a Friday via a paper based task. Home learning should be completed by the following Thursday. Children should be able to attempt home learning independently, but may need some adult support to help them keep on task and to answer any questions if they get stuck. Home learning tasks are normally English or maths based, but can take the form of topic or research based activities.
Spellings:
The children will receive new spellings every Friday and will be tested on these words the following Friday. The spellings children are given link to the spelling pattern we have been learning in class that week. Please use the ‘look, cover, write, check’ method in their yellow spelling books to help the children learn their spellings. This is part of your child’s home learning each week and yellow books are required to be in school every Thursday.
Reading :
Please encourage your child to read their reading books as often as possible at home. It is beneficial for your child to read daily. They don’t have to complete a book each night, but a couple of pages every day is extremely valuable to making good progress in reading. Your child can change their book as much as necessary. In Year Two we encourage children to take ownership of their reading and support them to ask to change their book once they have completed their current book. We will support with this as much as possible as we understand many children will need help with this. Please send your child’s reading book to school every day. We ask you to support your child with their reading by reading with your child 3 times per week as minimum. Please record each time your child reads to an adult at home using Boom Reader. This is a digital reading record which helps us identify children who do not have the opportunity to read at home. Your support with this is greatly appreciated.
PE :
Our PE sessions in Year 2 are on Wednesdays and Thursdays this term. Mr Sheahan will be teaching PE on a Thursday, but this may be subject to change. Any changes will be communicated to parents via Class Dojo, SchoolComms or the school’s Facebook page. Please make sure that all earrings are removed on PE days and that your child has the appropriate PE kit for outdoor PE in school on those days.
