Year 2
Welcome to Year 2
Children experience a variety of exciting subjects giving them the opportunity to explore, investigate and enhance their own learning.
At Brambles, children succeed, belong and thrive!
Staff
Class teacher
2 Beech 2 Willow
Support staff
Mrs Abrar
Important Information
PE
PE will take place every Tuesday and Wednesday in Year 2. We use two main curriculums 'Beyond the Physical' and 'iMoves'. Children will be taught not only by their class teacher but also by trained Sports Coaches throughout the school year.
Reading books
Children will bring home new two new reading books every Friday.
One will be one of the class '50 Must Reads'. These are books specifically chosen for children to read. Children will have their own Reading Passports and certificates will be awarded for reading 10, 25 and 50 reading books.
The second book will be their Little Wandle Reading Practice Book that they will have already read at least twice in school.
Homework
Phonics and Maths homework will be posted on Class Dojo every Friday. Homework is designed to consolidate the learning the children have been taught in class throughout the week.
Key Dates
Languages Day - Thursday, 26th September 2024
Last day of the half term - Friday, 25th October 2024
This half term we will be learning...
Class timetable
2 Beech
2 Willow
Maths
White Rose Maths Hub - This half term we will be recapping some work from Year 1 around Place Value to 100, counting in 10's, missing numbers and partitioning numbers.
Children will continue to be taught how to articulate themselves in relation to problem solving and reasoning whilst ensuring their maths fluency continues to develop.
Science
This half term our topic is titled 'Materials' and focuses on where different materials are sourced, what different objects are made of, how certain materials are destroying our planet and some important people who created some of the materials we use today.
History
This half term we are learning all about 'The Great Fire of London'.
We will be focusing on where London is, what London was like in 1666, where and when it started, how it destroyed London and how London changed after the 'Great' fire.
Art
In Art, we are using paint and learning all about the primary and secondary colours. We are also focusing on creating different textures using paint.
PSHE
In PSHE, we use the Jigsaw curriculum. This half term we will be focusing on our fears and hopes, our rights and responsibilities, understanding fair rewards and consequences, understanding positive and negative outcomes and how following school rules will help enhance everyone's learning.
RE
This half term, we will be focusing on 'special celebrations' and why different festivals are so important within different religions and cultures.
Reading Focus
Phonics
Little Wandle Letters and Sounds
Recapping Phase 5 GPC's and Tricky Words
English
Jane Considine - The 'Write Stuff'
First Story - George & the Dragon by Chris Wormell
Links to use at home
Little Wandle - For parents | Letters and Sounds (littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk)
Support and resources to support your child's learning at home
White Rose Maths - Parent resources | Maths workbooks | White Rose Education
Topmarks - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
A range of phonics and maths resources and games to support your child's learning at home.
Phonics Bloom - Phonics Games for the Classroom and Home - Phonics Bloom
Fun phonic resources.
