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 me, Miss White, with additional support from Miss McNamara. 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 me at anna.white@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk and I will reply as soon as I can.
Thanks for your continued support.
Kind regards,
Miss White.
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 Autumn 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.
Continuous Cursive Joins Letter version 3 - Animations and Worksheets (teachhandwriting.co.uk)
PE: In PE this half term we will doing Fundamental skills and Gymnastics. PE days are Tuesday (Fundamentals) and Friday (Gymnastics) and 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
The Reading Lounge
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
Thanks to money raised by the PTA we have had a revamp of our reading corner, now name ‘The Reading Lounge’. We have been able to buy new furniture, cushions, a rug and some new books to make reading an even more special and enjoyable experience. Here it is in full use during reading morning this week.
A huge thank you to everyone involved in raising this money - we LOVE our new Reading Lounge!
DT testing stability
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
Our DT project this term is to make a chair for Paddington. We have completed our investigation about how to make the chair stable today and the result was a fabulous and exciting lesson! We tested some different shapes to see how many books they could hold. Once we realised the best shape, a cylinder, we set to work making one that would be the most stable. We then tested these with books to find that a slightly wider cylinder would hold many more books. Then all the cylinders were taped together to see how sturdy they would be - they were so strong altogether that they could even withstand the being sat on!
Nell Bank Trip
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
Year 2 had a fantastic day at Nell Bank exploring the benefits of senses for different animals. The day linked with our science learning about habitats and animals. The big hit of the day was definitely the pond dipping with every group being able to find at least one newt among other fascinating creatures that live in our ponds. The children’s behaviour was excellent! Thank you to everyone who came with us and made the visit possible.
Collective Worship and Algorithms
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
Year 2 have had a very busy week! They did a super job present their class Collective Worship with some really thoughtful comments. Thank you to everyone who managed to attend.
They have also been creating algorithms for the beebots in computing. This involved creating a map, planning a route and giving the beebots instructions to get to their destination. If there was an error, they had to debug to algorithm too.
Habitats Trail
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
To round off our science learning from last half term, we have completed a habitat trail around the school grounds. We searched for things that were living, dead or never alive; micro habitats and dependent pairs.
