Year 2
Welcome to Year 2
Miss Moran and Miss Stewart welcome you to our class page. We’re excited to inform what the class will be learning this half term, as well as showing you all the fun they are having on their learning journey.
This term's value is Attentive and Discerning.
We are attentive when we listen to our calling from God to love and serve one another in all that we do. We are discerning when we decide to do the right thing in the interest of the needs of others.
Spellings
Spellings are given out weekly and tested every Monday. Please ensure spelling booklets are in every Monday. It is important to practice spelling regularly at home with your child.
Reading
Please ensure that you listen to your child read at least 3 times a week and record it in their diary. Childrne who read 3 times a week will receive a gold star.
Homework
Homework and times tables is handed out every Friday and collected back in on the following Thursday. Please ensure that only one page in each booklet is completed every week.
Water bottles
Please ensure that your child has access to a water bottle in school throughout the day.
Clothing
Please check that all your child’s belongings have been labelled with their names. We are encouraging more responsibility and independence this term so this will help your child greatly.
PE
PE lessons are on a Tuesday and Thursday. Please ensure that children have their full PE kit (white T-shirt, black/blue shorts and pumps) in on those days and that it is labelled with their names.
Many thanks
Miss Moran
Autumn term 1
This half term, we’ll find out how to look after plants, ask the experts questions and appreciate the flowers. We’ll write an information report about plants, follow instructions, enjoy the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and write stories of our own. We’ll also learn about the different parts of a plant and create our own ‘planting and growing’ action rhyme. Our senses will help us describe and sort a range of smells as we explore the herbs found in everyday life. We’ll look closely at a wide variety of plants to create detailed, observational drawings.
At the end of our project, we will have become plant experts! We’ll create a presentation about plants, share the reports that we have made and design our own garden.
In RE, we are examining the Bible in closer detail as our first unit is the OLD TESTAMENT. Through our lessons and reading of the Bible, the children will learn the stories of Noah’s Ark, Jonah and the Whale and Daniel in the Lion’s den. They will understand that these stories show of God’s love and care for us all.