Welcome to Year 2
Year 2 Curriculum Map
Welcome to Year 2!
Welcome to the Autumn term in Year 2! The children will be in class with Miss Jackson (Monday and Tuesday) and Miss White (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday), with additional support from Mrs Pullan. Above is our Long Term Plan for the year with details about the Year 2 curriculum. Below are some brief details about elements of our learning this half term and some key information to help the half term run smoothly. There are also Knowledge Organisers for our science, RE, history and geography for your information. Please do keep an eye out for regular information about our class on our blog (details for which will be on the school newsletter, although if you’ve found this, you’re in the right place!) and any last minute information or changes on the school app. If you have any questions, please contact both of us at anna.white@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk or emma.jackson@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk and we will reply as soon as we can.
Thanks for your continued support.
Kind regards,
Miss White and Miss Jackson
Reading: Children will continue to bring home books weekly and have 1:1 reading sessions in school. We will collect in returned books on a Monday and keep these until Tuesday when new books will be provided. Please aim to read these, and other books, with your child for 5 to 10 minutes each day. There is a yellow reading record that will come home with these books too, please indicate when a book has been read with a tick or initials and any comments if you feel necessary. Please return the reading record when books are returned. Reading in school will take place as part of our phonics sessions and children will also be heard 1:1 during the week.
Spellings: Spellings will be taught in class during our phonics lessons. There will be a weekly quiz of 5 words and a dictated sentence towards the end of each unit. These will all be taken from the review part of our phonics sessions and, as such, words will not be sent home to practice.
Below is a breakdown of the sounds and spelling patterns for the Summer term.
Handwriting: Handwriting sessions will initially take place every day. We learn cursive handwriting in Year 2. Below is a link to example joins we will be learning.
Cursive Letter Joins - Animations and Worksheets Letter version 2
PE: PE this half term is Fundamentals on Tuesday and Team Building on Friday. Children should come to school wearing their PE kit – black jogging bottoms or shorts (if the weather is fit), white t-shirt, black jacket and trainers.
Things to remember:
- All children should bring a flask or bottle of water to school. Water only, please. This should be taken home and washed every day.
- Named pumps must be worn in school. Children should be able to tie laces quickly if they have lace-up pumps/outdoor shoes and pumps should be checked by a parent every half term to ensure they are in good condition to prevent trip hazards.
- Named, appropriate clothing for the weather should be brought every day – please ensure your child has a coat if rain is forecast or looks likely, especially as we head towards the winter.
- School Policy is that, other than for religious reasons, children should not wear jewellery in school apart from a watch. These need to be removed for PE lessons.
Science Knowledge Organiser
RE Knowledge Organiser
History Knowledge Organiser
Geography Knowledge Organiser
Year 2 Class Blog
Children’s Mental Health Week
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
This week, we have been thinking about Children’s Mental Health Week. The theme this year is ‘This is my place’ which focuses on belonging being good for our mental health. Each child in school has made a map of all the places they feel they belong. Here are some Year 2 examples.
History of Adel walk
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
Year 2 had a very wet walk around Adel this morning as part of their local history topic. We stopped at lots of historically significant places on our walk. It’s fantastic to see all the children so enthusiastic about the history that is on their doorstep!
Arrays in maths
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
In maths this week, year 2 have been continuing their learning on Multiplication and Division. We have been focused on making equal groups and this week our learning has progressed to making arrays.
Learning about Jewish people
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
This week we have started our learning about Jewish people with a hands on session looking at a variety of items that might be special to a Jewish person. We looked and handled the objects first discussing what we thought they were. Then we found out their names and uses and thought about what the objects could teach us about Jewish people.
Drawing architecture
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
We have started our new art unit for the term this week by looking at a variety of buildings to learn about architecture. We looked at old and new buildings from all over the world and used our observational drawing skills to sketch them. Then we did a single line drawing of an imaginary street with lots of different buildings. It was tricky to not take the pencil off the page!
Year 2 Class Blog
Money!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
Year 2 have been consolidating their learning about money by making the same amount using different coins. They worked together with a partner to make the same amount and drew the coins chosen.
Friction Investigation
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
In science, this week, Year 2 have been investigating friction. We learnt that friction is the force between moving objects that slows things down and that the rougher a surface is, the more friction there will be. We felt each surface and made a prediction then put it to the test with toy cars and the different surfaces. The sponge surface created the most friction with bubble wrap a very close second.
Forest School
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
Half of Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed starting their Forest Schools lessons with Miss Griffin this week. They have been whittling, making knots and even lighting fires.
Happy New Year!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
Happy New Year and welcome back to a pretty chilly Spring Term! Despite a shorter week, we have been super busy in Year 2 starting our new topics. We have begun learning about architecture in art and started with an rowdy activity about which house we would prefer to live in.
We have started our RE topic about Jewish people by looking at some different artefacts and trying to work out what they were used for.
And we have completed a science investigation about how different materials can be forced to change shape.
DT Ferris Wheels
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
Year 2 have been testing out stability in DT this week in preparation for making their Ferris wheels. They used plasticine formed into different shapes and tilted them to see if they would roll or stay stable. The most stable shape was a pyramid.
