Welcome to Elm Class -Year 2

The teachers in Year 2 are:

Miss Gomme - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Mrs Leworthy - Tuesdays 

Learning Support Assistants:

• Mrs Ellis - Mondays 
• Mrs Basu - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Important Information

P.E

Wednesday and Thursday

Please ensure you come to school in P.E kit on these days.

Forest School and Music - Tuesdays

For Forest School, please ensure you have waterproofs to cover your PE clothes and wellies.

Reading Books and Library Books - Fridays

Children will be getting 2 reading books each week which will be changed on a Friday.

The children will bring home 1 library book which can be changed on a Friday.

Curriculum Information Autumn 2024

English

This term our topic is Traditional Tales and we are starting with the book Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We will be focusing on using full stops, capital letters and finger spaces. We will be developing our sentences by adding conjunctions and adjectives. We will also be learning to develop our sentence structure skills. We will be writing for a variety of purposes, specifically focusing on extending our sentences and adding more detail. 

Reading

We have a daily story slot after lunch, during which time we read a variety of picture books. Every child in the class is heard read by a teacher over a two week period.

Maths

In the beginning of the term we will be focusing on Place Value using a place value chart and making numbers using tens and ones. We will then look at addition, subtraction with one and two digit numbers. 

Science

This term we are learning about classifying animals and what they need to survive. We will then focus on humans and what they need to keep healthy. We will then explore materials such as wood, plastic, glass, metal and rock and what they are used for. We love to introduce as many practical activities as possible and this will include investigating which ones are waterproof. 

History

This term we are learning about famous women throughout history. We will focus on the lives of Florence Nightingale, Malala Yousafzai, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie. We will look at what they achieved and how this has impacted our life today.

Geography

After half term we will learning about Our Frozen World, looking at the Arctic and the Antarctic.

RE 

This term we are learning about Why some places are important and who they are important to. 

PSHE

This term we are learning about what it means to be yourself as an individual in the world and then moving on to look at celebrating the differences we have. 

Art & D&T

This term we will be exploring Structures in D&T moving on to drawing skills

Computing

This term we will focus on Coding and online safety using Purple Mash. We will then look at grouping and sorting giving the children an early understanding of algorithms. 

P.E

This term we will be learning gymnastics alongside attack, defend and shoot skills. 

Parent Partnership
We are always happy to discuss anything with parents and carers to help to support children in learning or to provide pastoral support. If you would like to meet, please contact the office to arrange this.