Year 2
This term our topic will be ‘Into the Forest’. As part of the topic, the children will also take part in a Forest School workshop and learn how to make bird feeders, identify mini beasts and locate a variety of microhabitats.
In English, we will be exploring the text ‘Poppy and the Giant’. We will be learning how to create tension within a story and identify effective language. Within non-fiction, the children will also write a set of instructions about ‘how to trap a giant’. The children will recap adverbials of time and understand how to write commands, using imperative verbs.
In Mathematics, the children will be learning about position, direction and rotation. The children will be learning how to use the language forwards, backwards, left and right and will use this language to describe the position of something to give and follow instructions. The children will also be recapping addition, subtraction and place value.
In History, we will be learning about the Great Fire of London.
We will find out facts about how, where and why the fire started. We will sequence the events of the Great Fire of London and understand who Samuel Pepys was and why his diary was so important. We will learn how the Great Fire of London changed fire safety and re-create the Great Fire of London by burning model houses in a fire reconstruction.
In R.E this term In R.E this term we will be learning about the religion of Islam. We will learn about the five pillars of Islam and how Muslims worship in the mosque. We will learn how Muslims worship at home and show their respect for Allah in everyday life.
In P.E this term, we will be taking part in Gymnastics. The children will: learn how to perform a number of rolls and learn how to jump from a variety of heights. They will complete a routine and perform a routine to others.
If you have any further questions about the content of the Year 2 curriculum please contact the Year 2 Team Leader, Miss Stannett-Daborn, who will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
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