Raducanu Class - Year 2

What Pupils will be Learning About

History – What do we know about the Victorians and the way they lived?

Science - Plants

Art – Stick Transformation Project

DT – Vegetable preparation 

PSHE -  Relationships

Music  - On this island: British songs and sounds 

RE – What can we learn from sacred books? Christianity and Islam

Computing – An introduction to quizzes 

This term PE: 

•Hit Catch Run (Unit 2) 

•Send and Return (Unit 2)

Maths

•Fractions

•Time

•Reading Scales

•Direction

•Mass, Capacity and Temperature.

Key Vocabulary

Science:

•stem

•root

•tree

•leaves

•growing

•sunlight

•deciduous

•evergreen

Key Vocabulary

History:

•Victorian

•era

•industrial 

•chimney sweep

•machinery

•modern

•blackboard

•grocers

Reading

The Owl who was afraid of the dark

•Listen to and discuss their class text.

•Discuss, explore and clarify the meanings of words 

•Discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination   

Writing

The Crow's Tale

•Develop narrative story telling.

•Continue to develop use of capital letters, conjunction and accurate punctuation.

•Consider and choose vocabulary to capture the reader's imagination.

Things you could do at home

•Reading with your child everyday; this could be comics, sports pages, magazines, it doesn’t have to be just books.

•Ensure children practice their times tables. This could be using Times table Rockstars.

•Pupils will be bringing spellings home this term; practicing these with your children it could really benefit your child in improving their spelling.

•Use the discussion point images to create a conversation about the topic. 

Discussion points

What Pupils will be Learning About

Geography –  Fieldwork skills and local links

Science -  Plants

Art -  Expressive Painting

PSHE -  Healthy Me

Music  - Musical Me

RE –  How and why do we celebrate special times? (Easter and Ramadan).

Computing –  Pictograms

This term PE, for Year 2 will be Gymnastics and Run, Jump and Throw. 

Maths

Number

Multiplication

Division

Measurement.

Mass

Capacity

Temperature

Reading

•Listen to and discuss their class text.

•Discuss, explore and clarify the meanings of words 

•Discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination   

•Develop comprehension of a range of text including: poetry, fiction and non –fiction

Key Vocabulary

Science

Germination

Roots

Stem

Seed Dispersal

Photosynthesis

Oxygen

Carbon Dioxide

Key Vocabulary

Geography

Map

Key

Aerial 

Scale

Compass

Symbols

Things you could do at home

•Reading with your child everyday; this could be comics, sports pages, magazines, it doesn’t have to be just books.

•Ensure children practice their times tables. This could be using Times table Rockstars.

•Pupils will be bringing spellings home this term; practicing these with your children it could really benefit your child in improving their spelling.

•Use the discussion point images to create a conversation about the topic.

What Pupils will be Learning About

Discussion point

Geography – What's in the World? (Continents)

Science - Everyday Materials. 

Art -  Expressive Painting.

PSHE -  Dreams and Goals.

Music – West African call and response song.

RE – Who is a Muslim and what do they believe?

Computing – Digital Photography.

PE – Multi-Skills (Infant agility) and Attack, Defend and Shoot).

PE for Carr Class will be on a Tuesday and Friday.

PE for Gravett Class will be on a Monday and Tuesday.

Key Vocabulary