Autumn Term in Class 2
This term our topic is
To infinity and beyond
Our essential question is
What would be your ideal planet?
Writing
During the Autumn term, children in Year 2 will continue to develop their writing skills with a strong focus on handwriting, sentence structure, and punctuation. They will practise writing sentences from dictation, paying close attention to the accurate use of capital letters, finger spaces, and a range of grammar features, including nouns, adjectives, expanded noun phrases, verbs and conjunctions. The children will also learn how to expand their sentences, helping to build writing stamina and confidence as they grow into brilliant writers.
Reading
We will continue to apply our phonic knowledge and skills to confidently decode words. We will learn to read words with contractions (for example, I’m, I’ll, we’ll) and understand that the apostrophe shows where letters have been omitted. As our reading develops, we will deepen our understanding of stories by introducing new vocabulary and drawing on what we already know.
We will also enjoy reading our core texts, including Beegu, The Darkest Dark, Bob The Man on the Moon and Space poetry to inspire discussion, comprehension, and a love of reading.
Maths
In maths, we will be building our skills in place value, addition and subtraction and shape. We enjoy using a variety of practical maths tools, such as: cubes, numicon, part–whole models, 3D and 2D shapes, Hundreds square, number lines and much more. These tools help us to better our understanding and help bring our learning to life.
Science
We are scientists!
This term, we’re diving into the exciting world of biology and Chemistry! We’ll be exploring seasonal changes and learning all about Animals need for survival, Humans and Materials.
We will explore the differences between different animal groups, what makes us human and looking at different types of materials. We’ll discover how materials are used, how animals differ from each other and what group they belong to.
Get ready to observe, question, and discover—just like real scientists!
Other Learning
History, Geography and Art will be taught mainly through provision. The children will be able to explore this topic through their own learning and curiosity. In Geography we will be exploring the difference between human and physical features. We will be learning about different land marks, creating maps and investigating the world we live in.
In History we will be learning about past exploders including Emilia Earhart, Neil Armstrong and Mae Jamison.
In Art and DT we will be learning about a range of artists. We will develop our skills and learn to evaluate our products.
Home Learning
Please read every week and write it in the Reading Record these will be checked every Monday. All home reading gets a super cool sticker. All children have a reading pack that includes a reading book for them to read to you, a sharing book that they can enjoy with you or listen to you read, and their reading record. Reading records also contain their CEW spellings.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
KS1 Curriculum
Below is an overview of our KS1 curriculum that shows everything we will be covering this academic year.
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KS1 Curriculum - Cycle A | [pdf 440KB] |
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