Autumn Documents
English
In English we will be reading the book ‘Troll Swap by Leigh Hodgkinson. The book centres around two characters who feel like they don’t belong who eventually learn that ‘home is where the heart is.’ The children will be exploring these characters and creating their own description of two characters who swap places. Later in the term we will share the book ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark’ in which we will be creating a fact file about owls from information we collect from the text.
Maths
Our maths work will focus on place value to 100 and strengthening our knowledge of number bonds. We will progress to adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers. Our 4-a-day maths will continue to help us with number fluency, as will our weekly maths challenges
Science
Within science we are learning about the life cycles of animals and humans. We will focus on scientific skills such as experimenting, observation and recording data. The children will understand the process of how animals and humans grow up to be adults.
Geography
In Geography, the children will be learning all about ‘What Lies Beyond Warrington?’ We will be conducting our own research on the seven continents of the world.
History
Our research question for history this term is ‘Why do we remember people from the past?’. We will be researching Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale and finding all about their involvement within the Crimean war. The children will be using their historical skills by conducting their own research as ‘historical detectives’. You can help your children at home by finding out about nursing in the past and about the lives of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole.
Other Subjects
RE – Christianity -Does how we treat the world matter?
PSHE – Emotions.
Music – Animal sounds call and response.
Art – Craft and Design -Map it out.
Design and Technology Structures -Baby Bear’s chair.
Computing – Computing systems and networks -What is a computer?
Project Evolve – Online bullying, online relationships and privacy and security.
Reading
Class Novels
This term, we will be reading ‘The Twits’ by Roald Dahl.
Reading
Reading in Year 2 continues to be an important focus. We value the progress that children make within their reading and also enjoying the books that they read. We will promote this within school by reading a class novel every day and talking about books that the children are enjoying. Just like in Year 1, the children will bring a book matched closely to the phonics they are learning in school. This phonic book is an opportunity for children to read fluently at home and enjoy success. They should read it several times and get used to hearing themselves read out loud. They will also continue to bring home a sharing book every week to enjoy with their adult. This book is not meant for them to be able to read, but instead to listen to an adult read it and promote our love of reading.
Useful Information
Spellings
The children will continue to be taught a spelling rule for the week and will practise their spellings in our morning 4-a-day work, spelling lessons and homework.
PE kits
PE is every Tuesday and Wednesday. Children need black shorts, our Dallam Primary School blue PE T Shirt and trainers (pumps are no longer worn).
Water bottles
Please make sure that children have a water bottle in school every day. It is really important that they keep hydrated and having a bottle in school the only way that they can access plenty of water quickly.
Useful Websites
Oxford Reading Buddy-
https://www.oxfordreadingbuddy.com/uk
Times Tables Rockstars-
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/7431
Karate Cats English-
Sora-
https://soraapp.com/welcome/login/201910/ils/dallumuk/form/Dallam%20Community%20Primary%20School
