Year 2 General Information

WELCOME BACK!Welcome back to school - I hope you had a

lovely summer holiday! This year there are lots of enjoyable learning opportunities to look

forward to. If you have any questions or would like to discuss anything, please come and let us

know. Mrs. Sefton and Mrs. Pickles

PE lessons are on Tuesday and Thursday.

Please ensure your child has a labelled PE

kit in school.

Reading folders need

to be in school every day.

HomeworkHomework and spellings will be

sent home on Monday and should to be returned on Friday.

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club is open every

morning from 8:00 until 8:45.

Year 2Autumn Curriculum

Information

Helpful Home Activities

Just ten minutes spent each day reading and talking about their book will really help your child to improve their reading.

Support your child in practicing addition and subtraction facts to 10 and 20

Such as 9 + 1, 7+3, 5+5 or 15 + 5, 12 +8

You could research the topic for this half term by using the interest or the library to find information about space, planets and aliens.

LiteracyThis term the children will be developing their knowledge on non-chronological reports. They will have to gather information about night time animals using information books, fact sheets and the internet and then create their own report on their finding. Also the children will be developing their story writing skills by planning their own adventure story in outer space.

NumeracyDeveloping children’s ability to understand place value and number sequences will be our main focus this term. As part of this, we will be counting forwards and backwards from any one or two digit number along with counting in twos, fives and tens. We will also be developing our mental methods so that the children can recall addition and subtraction facts to 10 and 20 quickly.

Art / DTIn art and design the children will learn how to make hand puppets and will design their own scary alien. The children will develop techniques in printing and use their skills to create a solar system.

ScienceThis term we will be looking closely at forces. Discussing gravity and also the different forces used to move objects, e.g., rockets. We will also learn about different light sources, especially the sun and understand why we have day and night.

Social and EmotionalDuring circle time and PSHE lessons, we will be looking at New Beginnings. As part of this we will consider how to create enjoyable and considerate relationships with others.

Physical EducationFor PE this term the children will be developing their skills gymnastics. They will learn different ways of balancing and travelling which will help them create their own sequence. In addition to this, children will work on developing team building skills.

Religious EducationBeginnings will be our first topic this term. As part of this, we will consider the many beginnings each day offers and how God is present in every beginning, such as the beginning of the world in the creation story. In our Collective Worship, children will be choosing and leading their own sessions.

Space what is out

there?

HistoryThis term the children will develop their knowledge of famous people who went into space. We will discuss their significance through understanding why we still remember them today.

GeographyChildren will develop their mapping skills this term and create a map of space and their own imaginary planet. By learning about features of our planet, children will be able to compare living on earth to living on space.