Hello to everyone!

We have had a fun and busy first few days back. The children are all settling very well into their new routine.

Please see below a brief insight of the topics we will be covering for next term.

English – This will include : posters, lists, postcards, short stories, advertisements and explanations.

Maths - Securing fluency to 20, regrouping, subtraction and place value.

Science - Uses of everyday materials.

History - History of the school.

Art – Drawings understanding tone and texture.

PSHE - Being me in my world.

ICT - Understanding what is IT and how we use IT in school and in the world.

RE - Expressing religious meaning.

PE timetable: 

Monday – change of footwear. Wednesday and Friday - full PE kit. Please remember to label every piece of clothing along with footwear.

 Next week

English – we will read and discuss our new story ‘The Journey Home’ by Frann Preston-Gannon. The children will create a poster, which will include questions, statements and commands.

Maths – the topic is place value. The children will use a place value chart and partition numbers to 100.

Science – we will discuss the properties of different materials and the children will create a collage using natural materials.

RE – we will discuss religion and religious symbols.

Art – to discuss observational drawings and look at different types of shading.

History – we will discuss the history of our school and look at old photographs and logbooks.

PSHE – circle time discussing hopes and fears for the year.

ICT- to discuss what is IT? 

Spelling test will be on Friday mornings, the children can choose their group along with learning both groups if they want to.

 Group 1 – the, and, a, to.

Group 2 – knock, know, knee, knitting, knife, gnat, gnaw, gnash, gnome, gnarled.

Wishing you a great and hopefully sunny weekend,

From the Year 2 team.