Year 2

P.E. days are Monday and Wednesday and we would ask that children bring their P.E. kits in at the start of the half term.

In Literacy, this term, we will be reading Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl! We will be using the story to write about some adventures the foxes go on and to describe the awful farmers in the story.  We will then read The Lighthouse Keeper’s series. 

In school, we follow White Rose Maths. We will be looking at fractions and recapping some of our previous topics such as addition, subtraction and multiplication. We will be continuing to work on our 2, 5 and 10 times table.  

In Science we will be looking at Plants, examining how seeds disperse and what plants need to survive in the local environment. We will investigate how cress grows and measure how quickly it grows over a few weeks.  

We will also look at Living things in their habitats.  We will think about what animals eat and look at food chains. We will investigate how a habitat is different comparing Autumn and Summer.  

In Geography we will find out about places people like to go on holiday.

In Computing we will be looking at Pictograms and programming, using Scratch.  

In DT we are going to be making moving monsters. 

In PSHE we will learning about ‘ Being my best’ . 

In R.E. we will be looking at Buddhism.

We believe that any work you do at home with your child should be simple and purposeful. We would ask you to support you child in the following: 

Reading– Reading any texts with your child will help improve their fluency and knowledge. We will send home a reading book assessed at their current reading level. We will send home a book for pleasure that can be enjoyed with your child. 

Number skills– Basic number skills are a great way to help improve your child’s confidence in math. We would ask that you support them to play Numbots/ Timetable Rockstars as this will really help their basic skills. Could you also use any spare time, i.e. when you are walking or on car journeys, to chant times tables and ask your child questions related to times tables. In Year two, children should know their 2 ,5 and 10 times tables. These skills will support them in all areas of numeracy. 

Spellings– Each week the children will learn a new spelling rule. You could support your child with understanding these rules by helping them to practice them. You could do the look/cover/ write/ check method or even play games such as letter scramble (mix all the letters up and then put in the correct order) or hangman. Please use the spelling sheets on Tapestry each week to practice the relevant ones linked to the week’s work.  

Keeping homework fun helps to engage your child and not add any pressure to home life.  

If there is anything we can support you with, then please let us know. 

Thanks 

Carly and Charlotte