Pentecost 2 Term- what will we learn?
Buckets and Spades
Hello Families,
Welcome to Year 2’s class page. I am so excited to be back form maternity leave and teaching in Year 2 alongside Mrs Pyatt. Mrs Brown will be teaching Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and Mrs Pyatt will be teaching the class on Thursday and Friday.
Please read below for an overview of what the children will be learning about this second Pentecost half term and the final term of the school year:
Our topic this term is called ‘Buckets and Spades.
In English we are focusing on using different stories as a theme for different pieces of short burst writing. They will be writing a letter based on ‘Billy’s Bucket’ by Kes Gray and Garry Parsons, a diary entry based on ‘The Sand Horse’ by Ann Turnbull and sequencing based on the silent story of ‘Flotsam’ by David Wiesner. For their main piece of writing, the children will write a story to be read alongside a video of a silent story ‘Bubbles’.
The children will then be writing instruction texts on how to build a sandcastle and finally to end the term, the children will be writing their own seaside poems.
In Maths we will be learning about time, followed by statistics and then finally position and direction.
In RE during this Pentecost Term, we will explore the topic ‘Dialogue and Encounter’.
The other subjects we will be learning as part of Wind in the Willows topic are Science, History and Art.
Our Science topic this term focuses on materials. We will be exploring and comparing different materials in the local area, and at the seaside and looking at their properties.
In History, we will be using our historian disciplinary skills of comparing and understanding chronology to compare seaside towns now and seaside towns in the Victorian times.
In Art we will be creating seaside collages using different materials and textures.
In Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) we will be learning about Living in the wider world and life online where we will be covering online safety.
In PE, the children will be doing Games, focusing on striking and fielding.
You will see below our timetable for this next half term along with the knowledge organiser for this terms subjects.
During this term, the Year 2 children will be completing their SATs. Please work with your child to complete the CGP revision books to support them in preparation for the tests in May.
Look out for up-to-date messages and homework on Class Dojo.
Many thanks,
Mrs Brown, Mrs Pyatt and Mrs Heald.
Year 2 Information
Year 2 Expectations
100 High Frequency Words Word Mat
Year 2 Reading Writing and Maths Expectations STACMAT Statements
Year 2 Curriculum
Extra Resources:
If you find your child needs extra practise in Maths or English – please use some of the workbooks and resources below to recap and revisit prior learning
