Year 2
In Year 2, there are two classes, 2M, taught by Mrs Monroe and 2BS, taught by Mrs Seaward and Mrs Butler. The children are also supported by Mrs Taylor, Mrs Stone and Mrs Heffernan.
We are Pathfinders.
Through our LEARNING MEANS THE WORLD curriculum lessons, we are teaching our children to be:-
- Innovative
- Decisive
- Creative
- Independent
Autumn Term 1
Our first topic is “INTER-NATION MEDIA STATION”
This unit is all about media and broadcasting. The children will learn about how people communicated in the past leading to the invention of television, the internet and radio. We will be working on our communication skills and learn to present information in role as broadcasters.
At the end of September we will be taking the children to visit Kennet Radio in Newbury where they will learn to make a broadcast and edit their work.
For more information, please click on our Year 2 Knowledge Organiser (WHISK sheet).
Last week, as part of our 'Internation Media Station topic, Year2 went on an adventure to Newbury on the train to visit Kennet Radio.
During our visit , the children had a tour of the studio and we're excited to hear a 'shout out' on the morning show.
They also got to record their voices on the professional equipment ( the microphone was huge) and played back to them so they could actually hear what their voices sounded like whilst watching the sound waves recorded on to a screen.
We walked to the station, and all the way to the clocktower in Newbury- and back! We had lunch in the bandstand in Victoria park and managed to escape the downpours .
We had a great time and the children really enjoyed their trip.
Autumn Term 2 - Record Breakers and Paddington's Passport
Our next topic in the second part of Autumn term is called RECORD BREAKERS.
This topic has a history focus and tells the inspirational story of Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
The children will learn why he is famous and about his record breaking expeditions.
The pupils will learn about his life story, his achievements and what he hopes to accomplish in the future.
Please click on the image below to see the WHISK sheet for details about what the pupils need to learn.
Our second short topic is Paddington’s Passport.
As Paddington Bear came from Peru, the children began to learn some key facts about the country and its geography.
They have learned to name the seven continents of the world and the five oceans.
The children then explored London, learning about some of the key tourist attractions; Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, the River Thames and London Bridge, the London Eye and Buckingham Palace.
The children have learned to name the countries that make up the UK and to name their capital cities.
For more information, please click on the image below to see our WHISK sheet.
Summer Term 1 - Medicine Woman
The Year 2 children start off the Summer term with a short three week topic in which we will be learning all about Elizabeth Blackwell’s life story.
Click on our knowledge organizer link to find out more.
The children will also be learning to use the laptops to access Purple Mash’s programming software. They will also be learning how to make a short Powerpoint Presentation where they will find out how to create new pages, write some text and insert some pictures.
In PSHE, they will be learning all about dental hygiene and the importance of keeping their teeth clean and healthy.
In science, we will be learning about different life cycles and watching our caterpillars, grow, change and develop into butterflies.
Read our Knowledge Organiser.
Spring Term 1 - Zero to Hero
Our first topic is “ZERO TO HERO”.
In the first half of the Spring term, the Year 2 children will be learning about heroes – sporting heroes, environmental heroes, and about ordinary people who have jobs that require determination, courage and resilience.
In our Literacy lessons, we will be learning about the events of the Great Fire of London, how heroic people worked in a team to put out the fire and how lessons learned from the destruction of part of London, changed the way houses were built. We will learn to write diary events and non chronological reports about the Great Fire.
In maths, we will be learning about multiplication and division and reinforcing and strengthening our quick recall of addition and subtraction bonds within 10.
As scientists we will be exploring how electricity works by using batteries, wires, lamps and switches to make circuits.
For more information, please click on our Year 2 Knowledge Organiser (WHISK sheet).
Spring Term 2 - Land Ahoy
During this topic we will be learning about floating and sinking. We used a ball of plasticine and predicted whether it would float or sink and then carried out an experiment to find out. We discovered that if we spread out the plasticine and pulled up the sides, we could make it float. We tried to find out how much cargo our boats would hold before they sank!!
As scientists, we will learn about sound – sources of sound and how sounds get fainter over time.
Our topic has lots of opportunities to teach music – singing pirate songs, drawing sound pictures, using instruments to accompany our music. We will also be building on our DT skills from last term.
In geography, we will be learning about compass points, remembering the names and location of the five oceans of the world and making treasure maps.
In literacy, we will be finding out about life as a pirate, reading pirate stories, describing characters and settings and writing diary extracts imagining we are pirates.
For more information, please see our WHISK sheet.