Year 2

Staff

Mrs Woodman (Monday-Wednesday)

Mrs Hatfield (Thursday-Friday)

Teaching Assistants:

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

Our topic this half term is:

Africa

Our topic for Summer Term 1 will be ‘Africa’. We will be comparing life in Cheltenham with life in Africa and identifying where Africa and the UK are on maps, as well as learning to identify the continents of the world. We will also be looking at some examples of African art.

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 reading some of the ‘Just So’ stories initially in English this term, before moving on to write one of our own. We will then move on to reading the ‘Bog Baby’.

Science

This half term we will be carrying out an investigation to find out about what plants need to grow well. The children will have the opportunity to plant their own beans and take responsibility for caring for their plant, monitoring its growth each week. We will also look closely and observe the insides of seeds to identify which parts will grow into a new plant. The children will also learn how plants look when they don’t get the things they need to grow healthily.

 
 

This half term there are some changes to our PE timetable. The children will be starting swimming on Tuesday 21st April. Please see the Topic overview above for information regarding dates of PE lessons. We will endeavour to send email reminders each week.

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

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