Year 2

Tell Me a Dragon: Amazon.co.uk: Jackie Morris, Jackie Morris: 9781912654277: Books

Guess what, Year 2? Our new class book is ‘Tell me a Dragon’ by Jackie Morris

The story by Jackie Morris is an enchanting children’s picture book that explores a vast, imaginative world where every person has their own unique dragon companion.

Spell with Emile

BE WORD AWARE

To help new words stick in your long-term memory, use the Word Aware rap.

Choose a word from your weekly spelling list, and join in with the rap.

Think about…

What does it start with?
How many syllables does it have?
What does it rhyme with?
Can you put it in a sentence?

Share new words with your class.

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WELCOME TO

Welcome to the Year 2 class page! Our team are Miss Lawton and Miss Pembleton

Spellings: tested on Fridays
Homework: Try to do all of the tasks each half-term, but not all at once 😉 Spread it out over the weeks.
PE Days: PE Kit on Thursdays and Fridays

Remember to read 5 times a week and record in diaries.

Key Spellings Half-Termly Homework Termly Newsletter

YEAR TWO

Curriculum

Autumn Term English:

This term will be using a wide range of fiction texts to support our learning about Dragons and Castles. From this we will write poems, a postcard and instructions on ‘How to care for a Dragon’. We will also delve in stories with castle theme, including traditional medival tales, to support our narrative work – recounts, retells and home advertisements. Alongside these genres, we will continue to focus on sentence development and the application of phonic skills in writing, which will extend to learning spelling rules and patterns.

Autumn Term Maths:

In Autumn term, maths sessions will continue to be delivered through a mastery approach, which involves children developing mathematical understanding by engaging practically with number and using pictorial representations alongside abstract symbols. This term children will revisit and consolidate their understanding of place value with 2-digit numbers and further develop their strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems including in the context of money. There will then be a focus on multiplication and division, fractions, shape, measurement and statistics.

Autumn Term Science:

This term in our topic on Animals including Humans, we will learn about different types of habitats and the plants and animals that live in them. The children will explore how living things are suited to their environments, including local habitats such as gardens and woodlands, as well as more contrasting habitats like deserts and oceans. They will learn that animals and plants depend on each other for food and shelter and will begin to understand simple food chains. Through practical activities, discussion and observation, our mini investigators will develop their scientific skills while building an appreciation of the natural world around them.

Autumn Term Theme: Dragons and Castles

Our ‘Dragons and Castles’ theme takes Year 2 on an exciting journey through places and the past. In Geography, we use maps to locate castles and explore the features of their surroundings. In history, we discover why castles were built, who lived in them and how life was different from today, bringing our learning to life through stories of kings, queens and dragons!