St Oswald'sC of E AcademyChurch, School, Community

Welcome toSt Oswald'sC of E AcademyChurch, School, Community

Year 2

Welcome to Year 2!

Teachers: Mr Bower

Support staff: Miss Rigley (Mrs Roxby - PPA cover)

Weekly Routines

In Year 2 reading books will be changed every Monday. Children are encouraged to read at least three times per week at home to help develop fluency and reading skills. Please ensure you child has their reading record and reading book in their bags every day as adults in the class will read with children throughout the week.

PE will take place on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. As the weather gets cooler a plain, dark coloured tracksuit with a plain white t shirt underneath is recommended. Trainers are acceptable for indoor and outdoor use.

Homework

Children should read at least three times per week at home and this should be recorded in reading records.
Weekly spellings will be posted on DOJO every Friday.

Reading and Writing

We will become writers and avid readers through our phonics programme, which will support our creativity to become fluent readers and writers.

For Phonics and Comprehension, we follow the RWI Phonics programme and the Pathways to Read. Children will continue to access the RWI Phonics programme or Pathways to Read Comprehension scheme, where children will build upon their fluency and understanding of texts studied; including vocabulary in context, retrieval, inference, comparison, prediction and summarising.

In Writing, Year 2 children will create an adventure narrative inspired by the story: The Dragon Machine by Helen Ward.

Maths

In Maths, we will become mathematicians and build upon our previous mathematical understanding through practical and written methods.

This term we will be focusing on:

money
multiplication and division
length and height
mass capacity and temperature

Maths - Quick Recall Facts

Science

As scientists, we will be learning about seeds and bulbs. We will be planting some seeds and bulbs, observing how they change and learning about the difference between a seed and a bulb.

Geography

This half term we will be learning about the United Kingdom. We will study each country of the UK in more depth, identifying capital cities and key geographical characteristics.

History

In the Autumn term, we will be studying the famous explorer Christopher Columbus and examining evidence to find out why he was so influential at the time. We will be suing our historical skills to find out what life was like on long voyages, why Columbus risked his life to explore distant lands and what impact his discoveries have had.

Other topics studied this year will be the Wright Brothers and the Moon Landings.

History revisited!

Follow the links below to explore our previous learning throughout history.

BBC Bitesize KS1 How have toys and games changed over the last 100 years?

BBC Bitesize KS1 Who was Mary Anning?

BBC Teach KS1 Great Fire of London

Art/Design & Technology

Over the course of the Autumn term we will be practicing our drawing skills using line and tone to give our sketches depth and will move on to look at how we can use levers and sliders in books to help make them interactive by utilizing these mechanisms.