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
Voting!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
What a great final full week we’ve had in Year 2. We cast our votes in the House Captain elections yesterday. We had a trip to the polling station set up in the entrance and did a secret ballot.
Today we have done a mini DT project to make a moving monster! The children have brought these home today. They look fab and move really well!
Busy week!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
We’ve had another busy week in Year 2. We started the week with an investigation in maths where we were finding out how big the classroom is. We measured the length and width of the room using metre sticks and then multiplied the measurements by 2.
We have also finished our DT project the make memory pouches. These are all sewn and decorated and look fabulous!
In geography we have been recapping labels for the world map. We labelled the continents, oceans, equator and poles.
Finally, we have ended our week with a PSHE session about perseverance and had a challenge to build the tallest tower possible using only 6 sheets of newspaper. It was a challenge too!
A busy week!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
Year 2 have had a very busy week! We have finished our science investigation to prove what we know about how plants grow best, we have been looking at animal offspring and sorting them into groups, we have used the VR headsets to look at sacred places in RE and we have been continuing to sew our memory pouches in DT.
Sewing!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
This week, Year 2 have started their final DT project of the year. The project is to sew a memory pouch to keep precious items in. We began by trying out sewing running stitch and then drew and cut out our template from felt.
Healthy Living Week 2023
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 2 Class Blog
This week has been Healthy Living Week and Year 2 have been learning all about how to be healthy in body and mind. We started the week with a skipping workshop and shared our skills with the rest of the school at the end of the day. We have had daily mindfulness and guided meditation sessions. We took part in sports day, yoga and the school running challenge. We learnt about how to eat healthily and made a wrap which included a variety of foods from the Eatwell Guide. We have learnt about the importance of exercise, rest, sleep and hygiene. It has been a full on week, but everyone has thoroughly enjoyed it! Below are just a selection on photos from the week.
