RE: Chosen People

This half term the children will learn that God chose us all and we his gift. The children will know they are chosen and gifted by God to do him some definite service: to help others. It also develops the children’s knowledge of Abraham, Moses and Daniel and gives some understanding of faith and trust in God. 

English

This half term we will be reading ‘Dear Greenpeace’ by Simon James, 'Can a whale swim to the moon?' by Camilla de la Bedoyere and 'The Storm Whale' by Benji Davies. The children will be writing our own letter to Greenpeace & WWF and write story to entertain. We will also learn about writing non chronological reports about bears. In our punctuation and grammar lessons we will improve our use of full stops, capital letters, question marks and exclamation marks. 

Maths

In place value this half term we will be learning

• Count objects to 100 by making 10s
•  Recognise tens and ones
• Partition numbers to 100
• Write numbers 100
• Estimate numbers 
• Count in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s

Science: Living things and their habits

Through a range of practical investigations and experiments, the children will consider the life processes that all living things have in common, pupils classify objects into alive, was once alive or has never been alive. They name plants and animals in a range of habitats and recognise how living things depend on each other. Pupils create food chains to show the sequence that living things eat each other.

Geography: Mapping the UK

In this unit, the class will develop key map skills through a range of engaging geographical skill based activities. Children will explore a range of maps at a local, national and global level, developing their understanding of how to navigate around an atlas to find key countries, continents, oceans and seas along with devising their own maps and routes. They will learn how to ‘view from above’ looking at aerial photographs to spot human and physical features, understand simple map symbols, compass directions and develop key geographical vocabulary throughout the unit.

DT: Food – A balanced diet

The children will learn to name the main food groups and identify foods that belong to each group. Describe the taste, texture and smell of a given food. Think of four different wrap ideas, considering flavour combinations. Construct a wrap that meets the design brief and their plan.

PE:

This term Year 2 will be learning Football on Mondays and Health and Wellbeing exercise with a specialist coach on Thursdays.

Music:

This half term we will be singing a South African song and developing our musical skills by learning to use their hands and feet to create music.

Computing: Word Processing

By the end of the unit children will be able to:

• Know what a Computer is.
• Access the internet safety at an age appropriate level