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Support Staff: Mrs Praveen, Mrs Edwards, Miss Williams.

Miss Brennan	Mrs Buttery	Miss Williams	Mrs Edwards

Curriculum information for Autumn 2

English:

 In English we will be looking at the text, Peter and the Wolf. Using Talk for Writing techniques we will learn the text off by heart before looking at the features of the text and applying it to our own writing.

Peter and the Wolf 

Once upon a time, there was a little boy called Peter who lived with his Granddad on the edge of a large forest.  

Late one evening, Peter’s Grandad warned, “Don’t go out of the garden, there is a huge, ferocious wolf in the forest. His teeth are as sharp as razors and his claws as sharp as knives!” 

But Peter went through the old, garden gate to play with his friends........ 

Maths - We will continue exploring addition and subtraction, eventually learning how to add and subtract 2-digit numbers. Towards the end of half term, we will start to investigate the properties of shape.  

Science - To answer the question ‘How do living things survive?’ the children will be exploring food chains. 

History - In History we will be learning about The Gunpowder Plot and the Great Fire of London. The children will learn how we are able to find out about events in the past and how we can sequence these events on a timeline.  

Art -  Kapow Scheme - Craft and Design- Map it out.

RE – We will continue learning about Judaism, focusing on how Jewish people live their faith through practices and celebrations. 

Music  -  Kapow scheme- Instruments- Theme Musical Storytelling.

PE – This half term we will be focusing on dance during our indoor PE slot. Pupils will learn how their body can move to express ideas, moods, character and feelings. In our outdoor lessons children will develop their sending and receiving skills using throwing and catching, rolling, kicking, tracking and stopping a ball.  

PSHE – We will continue looking at families and relationships before moving on to health and wellbeing.  

Computing -  Benefits of IT and using IT safely 

Important Information 

PE- Year 2 will have their PE sessions on Monday and Tuesday. 

PE Uniform:  

• Team colour t-shirt 

• Plain black shorts 

• Black pumps for indoor PE 

• Trainers for outdoor PE 

• Tracksuits, sweatshirts and leggings can be worn for outdoor PE in colder weather  

• Ear rings must be removed and long hair must be tied back 

Reading Book Changes 

Expectations 

It is expected that all children will read at home at least five times each week. This can be a mixture of reading with support from an adult and independent reading. It can be their home reader, a magazine, newspaper, library book, or any other book that your child would enjoy reading. All home reading should be recorded in home-school diaries, this can be as simple as individual date and signature and the book that has been read as well as comment about how your child has read. 

All children at Whitby Heath read daily in class whether it be on a 1:1 basis or working within group. As a school, we aim for ‘Strive for Five’. Using our Dojo reward system to celebrate this achievement. As a result, parents will receive a notification of this via the Dojo app as well as children receiving a stamp in their Reading Record indicating their total number of reads each week.  

Each child has an allocated day that their book/s will be changed, linked to their house teams: 

Donaldson- Monday 

Seuss- Tuesday 

Dahl- Wednesday 

Rowling- Thursday 

In school, we use children’s Reading Records to keep a record of what the children are reading rather than a dialogue between parents and school. We love to see parent comments about how they have got on if you have listened to them reading aloud or have asked them some questions about what they have read. We look forward to catching up with parents about children's reading progress in our parent’s evenings.  

Homework Information 

Numbots Tasks: Set every week 

Spelling homework: Bi-weekly (alternating with oracy) 

Oracy homework: Bi-weekly (alternating with spelling)   

ClassDojo 

Should parents need to contact the Year 2 Team please send a direct message through ClassDojo. All communication from school will be shared in this way.  

Other useful websites for learning at home 

• Numbots 

https://numbots.com/  

• Phonics play 

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ 

A place where children can practise their Phonics at home by playing fun games! 

• Newsround 
   

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround 
A place for children to keep up with current events! 
 
 

• National Geographic Kids 
   

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/ 
A lovely website for children to learn more about animals, wildlife and the world around them. 
 
 

• BBC Bitesize 
   

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary 
A place full of information that covers the range of the subjects and topics we study in school.