Reading

This term, we will be studying the story of Hotel Flamingo in guided reading lessons. 

Writing 

During English lessons this term, the children in Year 2 will use the strategies in Talk for Writing to learn the text Kassim and the Greedy Dragon. The children will then use this story to inspire their own adventure story. 

During this term, year 2 pupils will learn about the life of Amy Johnson and write a biography to share their understanding of this local hero. The children will learn how to write a biography by studying a Mary Seacole biography in Talk for Writing lessons. 

Maths

This term, we will study the following maths topics: fractions, 2D shapes, 3D shapes, length, mass and written calculations for addition and subtraction. 

Science

In science this term, we will be studying 2 topics. Our first will be Animals Including Humans. During this topic, we will learn about what animals need in order to survive, the classifications of the different animal groups, how some animals offspring change as they grow into adults and some do not and the importance of a healthy diet, exercise and good hygiene.

Here we are carrying out a variety of activities to see the effect exercise has on our heart rate. 

During our Plants topic, we will observe how seeds grow into plants and investigate what plants need in order to grow and stay healthy.

During our plant investigation this term, we noticed that the seeds given water, sunlight, air and soil grew well. These are the conditions that plants need in order to survive. The plant with no air also grew well. We think this is because the plastic bag acted like a green house and kept the seed warm. The seeds grown with no sunlight were white/yellow which shows that they are not healthy. The plants with no soil and no water did not grow.

History

Our history topics are enquiry-based. This term, our topic focus will be the significant individual Amy Johnson. Through this topic, we will focus on finding out the answers to the following questions:

What do we mean by a significant person?

Who was Amy Johnson?

What is Amy Johnson remembered for?

Geography

This half term, we will be studying the United Kingdom and Australia. We will be using atlas’ to locate them on a map and their capital cities. We will also make comparisons between these 2 places. 

Art

In art, we will experiment with paint by mixing primary colours to create secondary colours and by creating tints and tones using black and white paint. We will then use our knowledge of paint to create paintings inspired by the work of David Hockney.