Welcome to Willow Class - Year 2
Summer 2
Class teacher: Mrs Pierce
HLTA's: Mrs Clark (Monday pm & Wed pm)
Mr Price (Friday)
Support Assistant: Mr Beaumont
This is what we are learning this half term...
Maths
Our topics this half term are:
Statistics - tally charts, block charts and pictograms
Position and Direction
Problem Solving
Consolidation and Revision
English
This half term our fiction writing will be a narrative based on the book 'Traction Man'.
We will also be writing a recount and a letter.
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Science
In Science our theme will continue to be 'Plants'. We will be learning to:
- observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants
- - find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy
Throughout the topic we will continue to develop our scientific enquiry skills.
Geography
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Our topic this half term is called 'Food Around the World'. We will be learning about farming in the UK and around the world and what influence climate and physical geography have on what we can farm. We will be linking this to our knowledge of the UK, continents, climate and the equator.
- Design Technology
- We will be learning about food from other countries and using our tool skills to prepare a fruit salad.
Art
We will be studying the work of Frida Kahlo and creating our own art work based on her paintings of fruit.
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PE
This half term our topic is athletics. Within this unit the children will focus on running, jumping and throwing skills.
OUR PE DAYS ARE WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY - PLEASE COME TO SCHOOL IN YOUR PE KIT AND SUITABLE FOOTWEAR.
- Homework
Homework is given on a Friday to be returned the following Thursday.
- Spellings
The children have a spelling book which should be kept in the folder with their reading book. Spellings will be given out on Tuesdays and tested on the following Monday. Spellings will be based on our phonics/spelling lessons in class rather than high frequency words. Please support your child at home to learn their spellings.
- Reading
Please encourage your child to read every day or at least 3 times a week. This can be their school book or a book from home that they enjoy. Share the book with them and ask them questions about what they have read to check their understanding. Children will bring a reading book home every week to share with an adult. These will be changed in school any day but Mrs Pierce will check and change books every Friday if needed.
- Library
The children will choose a library book every Wednesday. Please return books weekly in order to swap them - thanks.
Please bring reading journals, reading books and spelling books to school every day.