Welcome

Within Year 2, we grow not only in our learning but also in our values that shape who we are as people. In our classroom, we are resilient learners, who preserve through any challenge we may face. We understand mistakes are part of our learning journey and use this to build on our confidence as learners. In Year we are kind and respectful members of the classroom, treating others with care, listening to different ideas and working together as a team. Our Year 2 classroom is a community where everyone feels safe, valued and ready to shine.

Curriculum

Our learning starts near the equator, where we learn about the climate within different hot places within the world before travelling to the poles to explore cold climates. Within our Autumn Geography unit, we develop our map skills and understanding of the world. During our Autumn History unit, we will blast off into space, to discover who the first man on the moon was to compare him to a Yorkshire aviator named Amy Johnson. Once we return in the Spring term, we will use our geographical skills to locate South Milford train station using a map and develop an understanding of how travel has changed since our grandparents were our age. During the Summer term, we finish by setting sail on the Titanic, to understand what life was like aboard the ship as well as develop further knowledge on our county - Yorkshire. Throughout the year, we will develop a further range of skills within computing (such as learning how to programme within scratch), using mixed media within Art to develop a range of final products and developing a better understanding of who we are as a person and how our brain works through Thrive, Jigsaw and Metacognition.

Reading

In school, we have daily guided reading sessions where the children can explore the key reading skills of using inference, retrieval, making predictions and understanding vocabulary.  We also enjoy reading a class book. Additionally, we visit the library once a fortnight where the children select a book which needs to be returned on their next visit. In the classroom, we read for pleasure twice a week.

Homework

• TTRS and Numbots - We strongly recommend that children practise their Times Tables as regularly as possible please.
• Reading to an adult three times a week(please log reading in reading records).
• Spelling shed - information and games for general spelling patterns and lists that we are looking at in school.

PE Days

We show great sportsmanship in Year 2 and love taking part in PE no matter if we are indoors or outdoors!

Please ensure you have both indoor and outdoor kits with them as we will try to continue our sessions whatever the weather. 

Our PE days are Mondays and Fridays. We ask that PE kits are brought in on a Monday and taken home on a Friday in case the weekly timetable changes. 

Useful websites

TT Rockstars

All the children have a TT Rockstars account which we would encourage them to access for 5 minutes each day to develop their knowledge of the multiplication tables.

Spelling Shed

All the children have a Spelling Shed account, with access to games and information linked to the spellings and spelling patterns covered in class.

BBC Supermovers

The children in our class love singing, dancing and moving! We use Go Noodle and BBC Supermovers to allow them to be active more frequently, while being relevant to their learning. We link this movement to key areas of learning within the curriculum.