We would like to introduce you to our Year 2 Staff

Mrs Brownsword - Classteacher (Mon - Thur)

Mr Bridgewater - Vice-Principal (Fri)

Miss. Foulkes - Special Education Support Assistant 

Welcome back to our final term in Year 2! I can’t believe it’s already the summer term where we have busy weeks ahead full of exciting things to learn as well as completing the end of Key Stage One SATs and preparing for life in Year Three.

Below is a taster of some of the learning that will take place over the coming months in each subject…

In English, we will be reading a variety of texts and will explore different genres of writing:

• Instructions
• Persuasive writing
• Poetry
• Setting description

In our exciting Maths lessons, we will be learning:

• Fractions
• Time
• Position and Direction
• Statistics
• Problem Solving and Efficiency

In RE, we will grow closer to God through the themes of:

• Easter
• The Mass
• Our Church
• Family Life

Science lessons will be focused on Animals including Humans and Plants.

We will learn about:

• Babies
• Growing and changing
• Basic Needs
• Healthy Eating
• Healthy Hearts
• Keeping Clean

Plants

• Observing Plants
• Seeds and Bulbs
• Life Cycles
• What do Plants need?
• Plants we eat?
• Eating Cress

In History, we will be focusing on the local history of Stoke-on-Trent.

We will learn about:

• The 6 towns of Stoke on Trent
• How has our local area changed over time?
• How has the landscape of our area changed over time?
• Change in land use – Festival Park

Geography lessons this term will focus on:

• Introducing habitats around the world like:

-Grasslands, Deserts, Arctic and Rainforests.

• How to save the environment.

In Art lessons, the children will:

• Complete a stick transformation project

In Design and Technology, the children will be making an Animal Den/Shelter. We will design, make and evaluate and be able to suggest improvements which could be made to the original design.

We will also design and make a food product e.g. Healthy Sandwich

We will focus on the skills of:

• Cutting food safely
• Weighing ingredients
• Fine Motor skills
• Stapling, glueing, taping, safety pinning and stitching a selection of fabrics.

In our P.E. lessons, we will:

• Understand the importance of health-related exercise.
• Learn Tennis skills e.g. hitting, handling the racquet, controlling the ball.
• Develop swimming skills.