Welcome to Year Two

What we are learning next week

In our literacy lessons the children will be planning and writing a story based on the book 'Ocean meets Sky'. 

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In maths we will be consolidating all of our learning so far in Year Two.

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In science we will be creating a leaflet about plants. We will share our knowledge about germination. 

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In art the children will be creating a clay sculpture of themselves. They will also evaluate their work.

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In history we will be thinking about how we remember Mary Seacole and significant people in history. 

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What we will be learning next week:

In Literacy, we will be continuing our story 'Pig the Pug' and retelling it with our new characters. 

In Maths, the children will be consolidating their knowledge of shape, counting within 100 and number bonds within 20.

In Science, the children will be showing all their knowledge of all the animals they have learnt this half term. They will be writing about an animal's body, diet and the group they belong to e.g. mammal.

In DT, the children will create their own looms to make their placemat using weaving techniques.

The children will also be completing their quick checks to check their understanding of what they have learnt this term.

As half term approaches, please can you practise reading real and nonsense words with your children in preparation for the phonics screening. 

Have a lovely weekend!

What we will be learning next week:

In Literacy, introduced to the story 'Pig the Pug'. They will be writing a character description about the main character 'Pig'. They will then create a new character for the story and write a retell using this character. 

In Maths, the children will be continuing with Fractions. The children will be introduced to quarters  in shapes and finding a quarter of an amount. 

In Science, the children will be introduced to classifying animals via a key. They will look at a variety of classification keys before playing 'Guess the animal' by reading a key. 

In Geography, the children will be learning about the different ways that the land use is used in our country. They will focus on Upton's land use and London's land use. 

In DT, the children will create their own looms to make their placemat using weaving techniques.

Have a lovely weekend!

Welcome to Year Two

What we are learning next week

In our literacy lessons the children will be writing a captain's log describing what they saw at sea!

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In maths we will be consolidating all of our learning so far in Year Two. We will be focusing on coins, partitioning numbers and number bonds within 20. 

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In Science we will be learning about how plants reproduce. We will be looking at the life cycle of a sunflower and an oak tree. We will also use secondary sources to research about plants. 

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In Art the children will be creating a clay sculpture of themselves.

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In History we will be comparing the similarities and differences between hospitals in the 1800s and hospitals now.

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Welcome to Year Two

What we are learning next week

In our literacy lessons the children will be writing a diary using past tense. 

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In maths we will be consolidating all of our learning so far in Year Two. We will be focusing on addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. 

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In Science we will be learning about how plants reproduce. We will be looking at the life cycle of a sunflower and an oak tree. We will also use secondary sources to research about plants. 

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In Art we will be designing clay sculpture.

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In History we will be comparing the similarities and differences between hospitals in the 1800s and hospitals now.

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What we will be learning next week:

In Literacy, the children will adapting the story of 'Lost and Found' by creating their own characters for the story and retelling it.

In Maths, the children will be introduced to Fractions. They will be finding half of a shape and they will be finding half of a quantity using objects to help them.

In Science, the children will be learning about what animals eat and using the terms herbivore, omnivore and carnivore.

In Geography, the children will be comparing the weather conditions in the UK and Antarctica. 

Have a lovely weekend!