Welcome to Year 2

We have three classes in Y2. Our teachers are…

Mr Ford Y2F Y1/2 Team Leader

Miss Hole Y2H

Miss Millard Y1/2M

Mrs Armstrong Y1/2M

Miss Stansmore PE Teacher

Miss Ambrosini Music Teacher

Mme Rene French Teacher

Our teaching assistants are…

Miss Willis

Mrs Jones

Miss Edwards

Across KS1, we pride ourselves on the quality and breadth of the curriculum. Our KS1 curriculum is designed to serve the needs of all pupils, using a variety of approaches and stimuli, including visits, visitors, theme days and engaging activities. We are committed to making learning enjoyable in a safe environment protected from harm.

In KS1, every pupil studies subjects prescribed by the National Curriculum, exploiting cross-curricular links where appropriate.

YEAR 2 (YEAR B – 2020-21)
	AUTUMN 1	AUTUMN 2	SPRING 1	SPRING 2		SUMMER 1	SUMMER 2
SCIENCE	Everyday materials and their uses		Animals including humans	Plants		Plants	Living things and their habitats
HISTORY	Gunpowder plot		Queens of England			Local people from history.
GEOGRAPHY	A comparison of Ingleby Barwick & a village in Malawi, Africa		Continents and Oceans UK and map skills			UK Coastal places
ART	Form and Printing		ACADEMY ART PROJECT		Texture and Drawing	Pattern and Colour
DT	Moving pictures		Crown	Clay pot		Food & Nutrition	Potatoes & chips
MUSIC	HANDS, FEET, HEART An integrated approach to learning musical elements	HARVEST / CHRISTMAS SONGS FOR PERFORMANCES	I WANNA PLAY IN A BAND Emphasis on performing together. Focus on The Beatles	ZOOTIME Focus on the reggae genre and the historical context of music styles		FRIENDSHIP SONG Focus on rhythm, pitch and pulse	REFLECT, REWIND & REPLAY Consolidate all learning from the year
COMPUTING	Computer Art	Word Processing	Doink Green Screen videos and iMovie	Programming with Turtle Logo, Scratch and 2Code		Using the Internet	Presentation Skills
PE OUTDOOR	Multi-Skills	Football	Multi-Skills	Hockey		Athletics	Cricket/ Rounders
PE INDOOR	Netball	Gymnastics	Basketball	Dance		Badminton	Indoor Tennis
RE	What is the Quran and why is it important?	How and why do Christians celebrate Christmas?	What is the Torah and why is it important?	What are the key events associated with the Easter story?		Who was Jesus and who were his friends?	Founders and leaders in Sikhism
PHSE	Relationships		Health and Wellbeing			Living in the Wider World
FRENCH	Revision of greetings.	Toys, extending Christmas vocabulary.	Colours, food, clothes Describing colour of our clothes	Easter vocabulary. Traditional French songs and stories.		Places in town, Traditional French songs and stories.	Modes of transport. Traditional French playground games

The following links provide subject specific detail for our curriculum intent, implementation and impact.

Y2F

Wednesday and Friday

Y2H

Tuesday and Thursday

Y1/2M

Monday and Thursday

The homework will be tailored to your child’s individual learning needs and help them to progress towards their end of year objectives. Please read with your child every evening as this has an enormous impact on their progress across the entire curriculum.

Year 2 Maths Homework given every Thursday to be returned by the following Monday.

Year 2 Literacy / Spelling Homework given every Monday to be returned by Thursday. We will have a spelling quiz on Friday each week.

Click to visit our Read Write Inc page. It has videos and printable pages to help support your child at home with phonics and reading.

We are very much looking forward to working with your child and hope that he/she will enjoy their time in Year 2. We work best when there is an effective partnership with parents so, if you have any concerns, or wish to discuss an aspect of your child’s education, please do not hesitate to get in touch. If you wish to pass on a message, we have helpful staff on the entrance to Y2 every morning who will be happy to assist you.

Year 2 staff

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