my Happy mind

Year 2 Fir Class 2024 - 2025

Miss Brennan

Mrs Buttery

Support Staff: Mrs Praveen, Mrs Edwards, Miss Williams.


Miss Brennan	Mrs Buttery	Miss Williams	Mrs Edwards

Curriculum information for Autumn 1

English:

In English we will be exploring the text, 'Alfie's Star.' We will be using Talk for Writing techniques to learn the text off by heart and then begin to write our own versions.

Once upon a time, there was a little boy called Alfie who liked owls, dinosaurs and ice cream but, most of all, he liked stars. When Alfie felt happy, they beamed with him; when he felt sad, they made him smile and when he felt alone, they were his friends....

Maths:

Unit 1- Numbers to 100

Unit 2- Addition and Subtraction

Science: We will investigate how and why habitats are significant to the survival of living things. Children will look at and compare different habitats and learn how they are suited to the species that live there.

Geography: In Geography we will be exploring the seasons and identifying the impact they have on the weather. We will observe the weather, monitor any changes throughout the week and learn to interpret data presented in a chart. We will look at weather patterns in different parts of the country and learn about hot and cold areas of the world.

DT: Kapow Scheme- Mechanisms. Making a moving Monster

RE: We will be learning about Judaism and discovering what Jewish people believe and remember about God?

Music: Kapow Scheme- Call and Response. Theme- Animals.

PE: Fundamental skills of balancing, running, changing direction, jumping, hopping and skipping. We will also look at team invasion games. Children will learn about attacking and defending.

PSHE: Families and Relationships

Computing: What is IT?

Important Information

PE- Year 2 will have their PE sessions on Monday and Tuesday.

PE Uniform:

Team colour t-shirt

Plain black shorts

Black pumps for indoor PE

Trainers for outdoor PE

Tracksuits, sweatshirts and leggings can be worn for outdoor PE in colder weather

Ear rings must be removed and long hair must be tied back

Reading Book Changes

Expectations

It is expected that all children will read at home at least five times each week. This can be a mixture of reading with support from an adult and independent reading. It can be their home reader, a magazine, newspaper, library book, or any other book that your child would enjoy reading. All home reading should be recorded in home-school diaries, this can be as simple as individual date and signature and the book that has been read as well as comment about how your child has read.

All children at Whitby Heath read daily in class whether it be on a 1:1 basis or working within group. As a school, we aim for ‘Strive for Five’. Using our Dojo reward system to celebrate this achievement. As a result, parents will receive a notification of this via the Dojo app as well as children receiving a stamp in their Reading Record indicating their total number of reads each week.

Each child has an allocated day that their book/s will be changed, linked to their house teams:

Donaldson- Monday

Seuss- Tuesday

Dahl- Wednesday

Rowling- Thursday

In school, we use children’s Reading Records to keep a record of what the children are reading rather than a dialogue between parents and school. We love to see parent comments about how they have got on if you have listened to them reading aloud or have asked them some questions about what they have read. We look forward to catching up with parents about children's reading progress in our parent’s evenings.

Homework Information

Numbots Tasks: Set every week

Spelling homework: Bi-weekly (alternating with oracy)

Oracy homework: Bi-weekly (alternating with spelling)

ClassDojo

Should parents need to contact the Year 2 Team please send a direct message through ClassDojo. All communication from school will be shared in this way.

Other useful websites for learning at home