Year 2
Summer 1, 2024!
Welcome back to our class! Another inspiring half term of learning and fun is planned for you all!
Start time – 8:40am Pick-up time- 3:15pm
If you have any questions, concerns or worries, please contact us at year2@cpa.dsat.education and we will do our best to respond as soon as we can.
Please ensure that your child brings a labelled water bottle to school each day as well as ensuring that all items of your child's uniform is clearly labelled too. A healthy fruit snack is provided for all our Year 2 children.
Arithmetic and comprehension homework will alternate and will be given out on a Friday to be returned by the following Wednesday. All returned homework will receive a golden ticket!
Please access our recent End of Key Stage 1 Assessment powerpoint by clicking on the link below.
Please access our recent Meet the teacher powerpoint by clicking on the link below.
We are continuing to deliver the program to all year groups at school called myHappymind. myHappymind is all based around helping children to understand how their brain works and to support them in developing positive skills and habits to be their very best selves!
Please click on the link below to access an overview of what the program entails.
myHappymind Parent information
Please click on the links below to find out about how we teach Reading, Writing and Maths at Canon Popham C of E Primary Academy.
KS1 Reading Information For Parents 2022
KS1 Writing Information For Parents 2022
KS1 Maths Information For Parents 2022
Year 2 Expected Writing Word Mat
Curriculum
Our History theme this half term is 'How did Emily Davison and Rosa Parks make a difference to how people are treated?‘
Our theme this half-term will focus on developing our historical knowledge, skills and vocabulary. Through our study, we will learn about Emily Davison and the suffragette movement and who became a heroine for all women who struggled for equality. We will also learn about the life of Rosa Parks, who helped start the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. The study of these women will help us understand and explain the impact of their actions on our society today.
Writing
Our writing this half term will be based on the book The Last Wolf by Mini Grey.
Once upon a time, Little Red set off into the woods to catch a wolf . . .
But the woods aren't all they seem - and are there even any wolves left? Mini Grey re-imagines the classic Little Red Riding Hood fable in an entirely new way. Can Little Red help her new friends in need and recover the wild days of the past?
This is a powerful, moving and funny picture book holding an important message.
In response to the book, we will engage in a variety of writing opportunities, including character descriptions, instructional writing, writing fact files and letter writing.
Phonics and Reading
As a school we follow the Read, Write, Inc programme to deliver our phonics teaching. During this half term, we will continue to work hard embedding our knowledge of phoneme / grapheme correspondence, as well as continuing to segment and blend. We have lots of information on our schools phonics page.
For those children who have progressed from the RWInc phonics lessons, we will continue with our whole class reading lessons which are taught in the same style as KS2. We will focus on different skills throughout the week (vocabulary, retrieval, inference and sequencing) and how to answer different styles of questions.
Maths
This half term we will be further developing our mathematical knowledge of fractions, mass and shape. We will also be extending our place value knowledge of numbers to 1000 as well as revising our methods of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
This half term we will also be focusing on knowing and remembering our Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) for Summer. Please click on the link below for Year 2 Summer KIRFs.
If you have any questions about these areas of Maths please don’t hesitate to come and speak to us.
R.E.
In RE, we will study Judaism and explore the question 'How important is it for Jewish people to do what God has asked them to do?' We will learn about the festival of the Passover and understand how celebrating Passover helps Jews show God that they value their special relationship with Him.
Science
Our science theme this half term is Changing materials. In this module, we will:
● find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.
Art and Design - Textiles
We will be using Henri Rousseau's painting Tiger in a Tropical Storm. This learning builds on weaving techniques and we will use stiches to join fabric and use applique to add depth to creative designs.
Design and Technology - Food
In our learning, we will explore a range of common fruit and vegetables, undertaking sensory activities i.e. appearance taste and smell. We will further develop our chopping and cutting skills using soft fruit and vegetables using appropriate utensils. Using the Eatwell plate guide, we will design and make our own fruity pizzas!
P.E. - Tennis
In PE our focus is Tennis. In this unit, we will focus on In this unit, children will learn how to hold a tennis racquet, perform a forehand
and back hand stroke and return a ball with one of these strokes.
Our PE day is Friday. Please ensure that your child comes to school in the correct P.E kit and brings their school uniform to change into after their lesson. If your child wears earrings, these must be removed or provide tape to cover them.
P.S.H.E.
In P.S.H.E. we will focus on – Relationships - Family.
Computing – Digital Imagery - Stop Motion
In our learning, we will understand that an animation is made up of a sequence of photographs as well as know that small changes in frames will create a smoother looking animation. We will learn about software that creates simple animations and some of its features e.g. onion skinning as well as plan and create our own stop motion animations.
Music
Our musical theme is Exploring improvisation. Throughout our learning, we will experiment, create, select and combine different sounds using the interrelated dimensions of music. We will create our own rhythmic and melodic patterns and understand that rhythm is a pattern of long and short sounds performed over the pulse of the music. We will also understand the difference between
creating a rhythm pattern and a pitch pattern.
NUMBOTs – Every day 10 minutes
NUMBOTs is an on-line programme to boost addition and subtraction skills. It is available on a range of devices, including mobile phones. You can play online at NUMBOTs Game or download the NUMBOTs app. Playing little and often will significantly improve your child’s recall and understanding of number bonds and addition and subtraction facts. These are critical foundations in maths so we are excited by the impact NUMBOTs will have. In order to get the best out of NUMBOTs children should regularly play for short bursts of time over the week, there are 18 stages to complete!
If you have misplaced your log in details or are having trouble accessing the website, please email me to let us know.
READING – Every day 10 minutes
Please continue to enjoy your reading each day. Reading is fun and a great way to spend time together with your family, as well as developing our imaginations. Encourage your child to talk about what they have read and ask them a question or two about the book. This will help consolidate their comprehension work in school. Adults please remember to record what your child reads at home in their reading record. We will count all entries in the reading diaries weekly and award golden tickets to those who have read 20 times or more in a month.
Our book change day is Friday.
OXFORD OWL – One book a week
Oxford Owl is an e-book library to boost reading skills. Once your book has been read there is a short fun quiz to complete afterwards. Children will receive a golden ticket for every book they complete. Click on the link below to access Oxford Owl;
Oxford Owl for School and Home.
If you have misplaced your log in details or are having trouble accessing the website, please email me to let me know.
As always, thank you for your continued support with your child’s learning.
Mrs Milnes, Mrs Margetts, Mrs Jones, Mrs Stewardson and Mrs Watson