Mrs Hayles
assisted by Karen & Jemma
CURRICULUM
OVERVIEW
Click here for Year 2 overview
HOMEWORK & SPELLINGS
Your child’s homework is set on a Wednesday afternoon on Google Classroom and needs to be uploaded by the following Wednesday morning (before 9am)
Weekly homework will be spelling based and 1 or 2 tasks set relating to the spelling words set.
In terms of the spelling homework, please assist your child with this valuable part of their learning by ensuring they complete all homework to the best of their ability and provide them with support when necessary.
The spelling words should be revisited throughout the week to ensure your child can remember to spell them for their test on Wednesdays. You will receive your child’s spelling result in their reading record each week (these need to be in school every day).
Children will be expected to complete Maths homework using NumBots. They should be spending at least 5 minutes on it every weekday. All children need to have completed a total of 25 minutes, which will be checked every Monday. It is very important that children use NumBots little and often rather than all at once. Repeated practice is vital to commit new knowledge to long term memory.
USEFUL NOTICES
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Reading packs must be in school every day.
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Bring a water bottle to school each day
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Swimming lessons take place on a Monday so make sure your swimming kit is in school then
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PE will be on a Wednesday and you are to come to school wearing your PE kit.
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Our library session is on a Tuesday so please have your library book in school to renew or change.
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Homework is set on a Wednesday and must be uploaded on Google Classroom by the following Wednesday.
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Spelling tests will take place each Wednesday and results recorded in reading records.
WRITING
We will continue a book-based approach to the teaching of our English. For the first half term we will be reading the book Ocean meets Sky. It centres around a boy and his grandfather and the stories they read together and in particular a magical place where ocean meets sky. In the second half of the term, we will move onto the book The Journey Home.
MATHS
Throughout Year 2, children will continue to develop their confidence and fluency with numbers to 100, with a particular focus on understanding tens and ones, comparing and ordering numbers, and counting fluently in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s.
Children will develop a range of mental and written methods across all four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. They will also have regular opportunities to apply these skills through problem-solving and reasoning activities.
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to confidently recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2-, 5- and 10-times tables.
Please find the Year 2 Maths Methods Handbook here.
SCIENCE
This term, we will be learning about Animals including Humans. This will build on from children’s learning in Year 1 and children will look at how young animals and humans compare to adults and how they change as they grow. Children are introduced to the three basic needs of animals for survival (water, food and air). Children look at healthy lifestyles, including the importance of exercise, healthy eating and hygiene. In the second half of the term, we will move onto Living Things and Their Habitats.
PE
During the Autumn Term, our focus will be on developing children’s personal and social skills, including perseverance, working well with others, encouraging and supporting one another and responding positively to challenges.
Children will also develop their fundamental movement skills, with a particular focus on coordination, footwork, jumping and landing and balance. Through a range of activities and games, children will be encouraged to improve their confidence, control and overall physical development.
Swimming will take place on Mondays. Children should come to school wearing their normal school uniform and bring a separate swimming bag containing their swimming costume/trunks, goggles, towel and swimming hat. Swimming and water safety form a statutory part of the National Curriculum for PE in England.
PE will take place on Thursdays. On this day, children should come to school dressed in their PE kit and do not need to bring their school uniform to change into.
Please ensure that all items of swimming and PE kit are clearly labelled with your child’s name to help us return any misplaced belongings.
PE kit is as follows:
-plain white t-shirt or polo top
-navy blue jogging bottoms, leggings or shorts (no logos)
-school navy blue jumper or cardigan
-suitable trainers for PE
PSHE
At Boutcher School, we teach Personal, Social, Health Education (PSHE) and relationships as a whole-school approach to underpin children’s development as people and because we believe that this also supports their learning capacity. We use the Jigsaw Programme which offers us a comprehensive, carefully thought-through Scheme of Work which brings consistency and progression to our children’s learning in this vital curriculum area.
Autumn 1:
Being Me in My World.
Autumn 2:
Celebrating difference
HUMANITIES
Autumn 1:
Geography – Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?
Autumn 2:
History – How was school different in the past?
READING
Please make sure your child's reading pack is in their book bag every day and hear them read at home as often as possible, signing their reading record at least 3 times a week. Our library visit is on Wednesdays so borrowed books need to be in school that day to be swapped.
RE
In RE our topics this term will be:
Autumn 1:
Why do Christians make and try to keep promises before God?
Autumn 2:
What can we learn from the story of Noah?
What does the ‘Light of the World’ mean for Christians?
RECOMMENDED READS
Please click here to see our Recommended Reads for Year 2. All of these books are available to borrow from our school library.