Class Teacher: Mr Gomersall

Teaching Partners:  Mrs Chilton, Mrs Verner, Mrs Willis

Learning Support Assistants: Miss Wilkinson and Mrs Mulligan

Welcome to Year 2! 

Our class page is your go-to place for all of the key information about our learning journey together this year. The team can't wait to support you in your progress and learning this year, where we will be exploring lots of exciting new concepts and skills!

Our Timetable - Summer Term

Please note that our PE day is on a Tuesday with KS1 Team. Please come to school dressed in PE kit on these days. Earrings and other jewellery should be removed for PE and hair tied back where possible.

PE Kit includes:

• Red or dark PE hoodies,  black or grey tracksuit trousers or shorts (unbranded)

• Black, grey or white trainers

• Zip-up sports jackets are suitable for colder weather.

 

Curriculum Overview

English - Children will focus on writing to narratives, recounts and instructions. Learning will be centred around the books: The Lost Homework, Super Joe, The Woolly Mammoth and Here I am.

Mathematics - Year 2 pupils are becoming confident mathematicians by exploring how numbers and shapes work in the world around them. We will cover fractions, time, statistics and position and direction.

Science - Pupils will investigate seeds, bulbs, and plants, recognizing the specific conditions required for germination and healthy plant growth.

Geography - Children will locate the seas and oceans surrounding the UK and explore the physical features of the Jurassic Coast.

History - Pupils will explore the theme of flight, a significant focus will be placed on Neil Armstrong’s role as the first man on the moon, the importance of the mission, and how it was achieved.

Computing - Students will learn to create and debug simple programs by selecting and sequencing code blocks. They will use Scratch Jr to program inputs and conditions, practice using loops to simplify programs, and use logical reasoning to predict program behaviour.

Art and Design - Children will engage in a "freeing exploration" of watercolour to understand the medium's properties and how imagery is created. Using clay and carving techniques, pupils will create sculptures inspired by the shapes and patterns used by Barbara Hepworth.

Design and Technology - Pupils will apply engineering skills to design and make a functional "moving monster," specifically learning how to construct and use pivots, levers, and linkages.

Music – This term, the children will be exploring pitch and melody. From the octobass to the piccolo, they will find out about a variety of instruments and learn to describe their pitch and timbre.

RHSE –Year 2 will begin to recognise the characteristics of friendship and discussing how different emotions feel.

Religious Education - Pupils will find out about Islam, key beliefs and ways of living for Muslims. As well as learning about the various places of worship of different religions and why they are important to many believers.

Physical Education - Children will develop and apply their sending & receiving and reaction & response through focused skill development sessions, cooperative and competitive games.

 

Homework

Spellings:

We send home 10 words each week for the children to practise spelling. These words are taken from the list for their year group in the National Curriculum. Spellings will be tested on a Wednesday.

Reading

Please read with your child as often as possible, even if only for a few minutes. 

Mr Gomersall will check the children's reading records each Friday, and for each Year 2 who has read 3 times or more to an adult outside of school during the week, they will be rewarded with Take Care Points! Please date and sign their reading record each time they read to an adult, and encourage them to read a range of text types. Useful documents including key questions to support with hearing your child read can be found below. These will also be sent home with the children at the start of the academic year.

Please note that we encourage the children in Year 2 to take responsibility for changing their own colour-banded books as they come into school each morning. Decodable (Phonics) books will be changed on a Wednesday by Mrs Willis. Please note that children are encouraged to read these books at least twice before being changed.

Key Dates

Parent-Teacher Meetings: 

We offer these termly, dates are included on our weekly newsletters.

Trips and Visits:

Newark Air Museum - Date TBC

Communication

You can contact Mr Gomersall via the contact form (see right panel at the top of the page) via the school office (office@archbishopcranmer.notts.sch.uk or schooladmin@archbishopcranmer.notts.sch.uk).