The teachers working in year 2 are: 

P.E. will be every Tuesday for 2H and Wednesday for 2A.

Autumn

We will be learning:

Place Value:

* Identifying tens and ones in a number.

* Partitioning number and completing part whole models.

* Reading and writing numbers in words and numerals.

* Finding 1 more and 1 less.

* Finding 10 more and 10 less.

* Coming numbers using < (less than), > (greater than) and = (equals to).

Addition:

* Using the tens and ones grid to help complete a variety of addition problems.

Subtraction:

* Using the tens and ones grid to help complete a variety of subtraction problems.

Multiplication:

* Using groups to help multiply.

* Using arrays and their link to repeated addition to help multiply.

* Using a grid to help multiply.

Division:

* Using groups to help divide.

* Using a grid help multiply.

* Understand that numbers can be multiplied either way eg, 2 x 4 and 4 x 2, but not for division.

Autumn 1 -

Living Things and their Habitats

We are learning:

- to name and identify living things

- talk about where different animals live

- classify animals by their food source

- what a food chain is

- how living things are dependent on each other

- living, dead and never alive things

Autumn 2 -

Animals Including Humans

We are learning:

- understand the basic needs of a animal

- identify animal babies and their adult versions

- explain how animals change when they grow

- understand the life cycle of different animals eg, sheep, frog, butterfly

- identify different animal groups

- understand the importance of hygiene

- understand the importance of healthy eating and exercise

Spring

Uses of Everyday Materials

Children should be able to:

• Describe the properties of different materials

Vocabulary - rough, smooth, bendy, hard, soft, opaque, transparent

Materials - rock, plastic, wood, paper, glass, metal, plasticine

• Identify objects made from the same materials

Materials - wood, metal, plastic, glass

• Know why materials are suitable for a purpose

- Best paper for a drinking straw

• Know why materials are suitable for a purpose

- Know why you cannot use some materials for a specific purpose

• Know why materials are suitable for a purpose

- What material to use for a raincoat

• Know the shape of a solid can be changed

- Recycling paper

Musical Me

In music we are learning about pitch, timbre, dynamics and how to use a variety of tuned and untuned instruments to both play and compose pieces of music.

Summer

Collins English and Maths Targeted Practice Workbooks – one task page per week in English and Maths. This will be sent out on a Thursday and returned on a Tuesday.

Check here for your weekly homework pages

Thursday 01st May

English page 84

Maths page 72

Curriculum Learning Log challenge will be sent out on a Thursday and returned on a fortnightly basis. This will be linked to an area of the curriculum.

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/rood#

https://www.phonicsbloom.com

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p

https://ttrockstars.com

https://www.thenational.academy/pupils

School start time: 8:35am

School finish time: 3:15pm Monday to Friday

Children may not reach the playground until 3:20pm

as lessons do not finish until 3:15 pm

Children must be collected on time from the KS1 playground.

Reminder that healthy snacks should be eaten at break times. 

Thank you