Year 2

Staff

Mrs Woodman (Monday-Wednesday)

Mrs Hatfield (Thursday-Friday)

Teaching Assistants:

Mrs Patel, Miss Clapham, Mrs White, Mrs Lim, Mrs Stephenson

Our topic this half term is:

The Great Fire of London

Our topic for Spring Term 1 will be ‘The Great Fire of London’. We will be learning about the key events of the Great Fire of London and what caused the fire to spread so far and so quickly, as well as learning about the impact it has had on our lives today.

Weekly Spellings

Here are the spelling lists for Year 2. There will be weekly tests on a Friday:

Children should also be able to read and write the Common Exception Words by the end of Year 2. Please find a full list of these here:

Termly Letters

English

We will be learning about the Great Fire of London through the story of ‘Toby and the Great Fire of London’ initially before moving on to writing a non-fiction report about the fire.

Science

This half term we will be completing our unit of work focusing on ‘Animals including humans’. We will be following on from our thinking about how humans change as they grow and will be carrying out a handspan investigation, exploring answers to some key questions. We will then learn about animals and their habitats and find out about things which are living, dead or have never been alive. We will discuss food chains and talk about producers and consumers.
 

 
 

This half term PE will take place on a Monday afternoon and a Thursday morning. Please send your children in wearing their PE kits on these days.

There will be no Forest School this half term.

Maths Games

Topmarks is a website with lots of good games children can play to hep them with their maths. Hit the Button is a great one for times tables.

Hit the Button – Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

Times Table Rock Stars is also up and running. All children will receive a username and log in.

The children have been enjoying learning to count in 3s using this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0uqrB01zus

Take a look at our photos!