Owls
Autumn term
Welcome back!
We hope you all had a wonderful summer, soaking up the sunshine and taking a well needed rest. As we start a new academic year, we wanted to share our excitement of meeting you all and beginning our Year 2 journey together.
Our Year 2 team:
- Class Teacher: Miss Atkinson (Mrs Ray on Fridays)
- Class LSAs: Mrs Ray / Mrs Markwood
- PPA cover: Mrs Ray
Below, you’ll find a sample copy of our weekly timetable. While we aim to stick to it, occasional changes may happen to accommodate special activities or events.
English: Our literacy texts include The Gruffalo... This half-term we will be learning how to write an …. In addition, reading for pleasure is also highly encouraged and a wonderful way to nurture a love for books! This is why we have a class story that will be read at the end of each day.
Maths: We are starting strong with place value, building our fluency and confidence with numbers up to 100. We will then move onto addition and subtraction where the children will explore their number bonds up to 100, exploring 10 more and less of a number and begin adding and subtracting two 2-digit numbers.
Science: This term we focus on all things Habitats. We will explore life processes, food chains and different types of habitats and microhabitats. We will identify and classify mini beasts and complete some scientific enquiries which will have the children observing and planning their own experiments.
RE: We follow the Emmanuel Project scheme. This term the children explore Judaism by thinking about Why Jewish families talk about repentance at New Year. Then the children explore Christianity by thinking about why Jesus was given the name ‘saviour’?
Geography (Autumn Term 1): In our ‘why is our world wonderful’ unit we will be locating famous features of the UK as well as the seven Continents and plotting these onto maps. In addition, the children will look more closely at their local area, thinking about what makes Bures so wonderful.
History (Autumn Term 2): History this term will have us delve into the question ‘How did we learn to fly?’. The children will learn about historical figures such as the Wright brothers, Amelia Earhart and Bessie Coleman and even think about why the moon landing was so special.
Art (Autumn term 1): Art this term will allow the children to explore the secondary colours, using these to then think more deeply about different tones within these colours. Then using this knowledge, they will create a landscape image inspired by the works of Thomas Gainsborough, using the technique of layering to create depth in their work.
DT (Autumn 2): Our topic for this term will be cooking. Within this unit the children will think about the main food groups, describing taste, feel and smell of different foods and consider different flavour combinations.
Music: Our first unit is named Animals: Call and response. Within this unit the children will develop their rhythm and pulse through chanting call-and-response sound patterns and performing with untuned percussion instruments.
PSHE: Over our first term, the children will look at our class and school routines and begin working towards mastering these. In addition, we will look at how we can keep safe and healthy.
Computing: In these sessions, the children will be thinking about technology all around us and how this can help them. They will begin to develop their mouse and keyboard skills as well as considering how to use technology responsibly.
PE: In PE we are excited to begin forest schools on a Monday afternoon (Starting on the 14th September), with our other PE slot on a Thursday morning with coach.
Please ensure correct PE kit is brought in a bag ready for our PE days and a reminder that earrings will need to be taken out as this is part of our risk assessment.
A few reminders for our new school year. Firstly, the children should not be bringing to school any toys, stationary or electronics. This helps manage distractions throughout the school day but also ensures children don’t lose any items either. Secondly, we love to encourage independence wherever we can, this includes walking into our school. We love seeing all your faces at the door, but we do ask that you do try to encourage the children to walk into the classroom so they can organise themselves for the day.
As always, we’re here to support you. Feel free to catch us at the classroom door before or after school for any quick queries or for more in-depth discussions, we’re happy to arrange a meeting.
