Welcome to Year 2 

Key information:

Amsterdam Class Teacher: Miss Hillard

Helsinki Class Teacher: Mrs Culshaw

Teaching Assistant: Miss Valente 

Year 2 Weekly Timetable

Updated: 24/04/2025 34 KB

PPA cover/support staff: Sports coaching (PE) and Miss Friesner will be working across Year 2 for PPA cover.

PE Days: Monday and Tuesday PM every week.

 Children should come to school in their PE kit suitable for outdoor weather.

 

Curriculum overview for the Summer term:

English – Writing

This half term we will be looking at the books ‘The last wolf’ during summer 1 and ‘Grandad’s secret giant’ during summer 2 . We will be using various genres of writing to explore new vocabulary and learn new writing skills such as:

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We will be using various genres of writing to explore new vocabulary and learn new writing skills which are outlined below.

 

Summer 1

 

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Writing outcome: To write a letter in role persuading characters to save the trees

Greater depth writing outcome: To write a letter as themselves persuading local people to save the trees

Summer 2

 

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Writing outcome: To write own version of the story with a focus on morals and acceptance of others

Greater depth writing outcome: To write own version of the story including the point of view of the giant character

 

English – Reading

Our book for guided reading this term is called ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ and for summer 2 is called ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales’.

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We will work on many reading skills which are outlined below.

Summer 1

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Summer 2

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Our lesson sequences follow the structure below.

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Class read:

Our teachers are reading ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ to us daily.

Maths:

The Maths units we will cover in the summer term are fractions, time, statistics and position and direction:

  • Fractions – we will be able to recognise, write and find groups of halves, thirds, quarters and two quarters.
  • Time – we will be able to tell the time to the hour, half hour, quarter to and past and in five minute intervals.
  • Statistics – we will be able to use and create tally charts, tables and pictograms.
  • Position and direction – we will be looking at movements and turns, such as left or right turns, incorporating fractions, such as ‘one quarter turn right’.

Times tables focus: 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.

Useful website: Hit the button, times tables rock starts, times tables speed tests, BBC bitesize and top marks.

 

Topic – ‘Great British Coasts’

The focus of our topic the summer term is Geography. We will be looking at the human and physical geography of the UK and then the world. We will then ‘zoom in’ on coasts around the UK, making comparisons to the Australian ‘Great Barrier Reef’ and how it differs from the UK coast.

 

Science:

This half term our topic in science is ‘Materials’. We will be focusing on understanding the properties of different materials, such as absorbency or flexibility and how this impacts their purpose or use. We will also consider what materials can be recycled and how this should impact our decision making. During Summer 2 we will be looking closely at the environment, how to look after our environment and how pollution affects our world.

 

Design and technology:

This term our D&T project is to create a ‘moving sea monster’ using card, pens, crayons and paper fasteners. We will need to investigate different mechanisms and their use. We will also design, create and evaluate our finished product.

 

Art:

During the summer 2 term we will complete our final art project. We will be looking at and creating art using sticks. Our final project will be a ‘Stick transformation project’.

 

Music:

Mrs. Friesner will be teaching us music, using a variety or percussion instruments and different songs.

 

PSHE:

In PSHE we will be looking at ‘relationships’ and ‘changing me’. We will cover: different types of families, good physical contact (hugs, etc), friends and conflicts, secrets, dos and don’ts and trust and appreciation in summer 1.

In summer 2 we will cover: lifecycles in nature, growing from young to old/changing me, boys and girls' bodies (scientific body parts) and how to be assertive with boundaries (hugs and physical contact, etc).

Computing:

Our computing unit is around creating pictures, making music and presenting.

Reading and homework:

The homework for Year 2 is to practise spellings ready for our spellings test on Fridays, practise the 2’s, 5’s and 10 times tables and to read with an adult.

The expectation is that you read with your child 3 times per week, ensuring they are reading their coloured book. A quick note to say reading has taken place in the reading journal is fine.

 

Long term Plan

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