Happy half term everyone! 

It was great to see so many of you at parent consultations this week.

The children have settled extremely well into the routine and expectations of Year 2, I am sure like me you are very proud of their progress. 

Please see below an insight of the topics we will be covering next term.

English – the children will create a recount, this will be on the book ‘Dogger’. The children will describe the character’s feelings; create a wanted poster along with creating a recount using adverbs of time and conjunctions to extend their sentence writing. The following topic, we will be discussing the difference between instruction and explanation. The children will write their own explanations.

Maths – the units are addition and subtraction along with 2D and 3D shapes.

Science - We will continue our topic on the uses of everyday materials and we will start with exploring what materials are best suited for a waterproof coat, along with discussing natural and manmade materials and researching famous inventors.

Geography - Our topic is 'Would you like to live in a hot or cold place? Our first lesson will be learning, Where are the continents?

PSHE - The topic is 'Celebrating differences'.

RE - We will be learning about Diwali, Hanukkah and Christmas.

D&T - The topic is on creating 'Hand Puppets', the children will create a Christmas stocking.

Have a fun and relaxing half term.

From the Year 2 team.