St George's CE Primary School

  1. Classes
  2. Class 2

Mrs Anna Chantrey will be teaching on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Mrs Sarah Brand will be teaching on Tuesday and Wednesday

Mrs Sharon Brand is the teaching assistant and she will be in the class Monday to Thursday

Mrs Oakey is the teaching assistant and she will be in the class on Friday morning

We are each unique and beautiful but TOGETHER we are a masterpiece!

Our curriculum

We have planned a curriculum based on six Global Themes that is creative, fun and focused on knowledge, skills and understanding, which is taught sequentially, building on prior knowledge.

The Global Themes are:

Term 1 - Identity and Diversity

Term 2 - Peace and Conflict

Term 3 - Saving Our Environment

Term 4 - Social Justice

Term 5 - Our World and Beyond

Term 6 - Our Heritage

Take a look at our curriculum plan to see our topics and when we will be learning about them 

Year 2 Curriculum

PE

PE is on a MONDAY and WEDNESDAY

Please make sure your child has their PE kit (clearly labelled with their name) in school.

English

 We read lots of books in Year 2 INCLUDING

Where the Poppies Now Grow

The Little Hen and the Great War

Diary of a Wombat

The Bog Baby

Interview with a Tiger and Other Clawed Beasts

How to Hide a Lion

Tidy

In our writing we learn to use capital letters and full stops; nouns and adjectives and when to use the past and present tense. 

We love to sit in our reading garden to read
We love to sit in our reading garden to read

Phonics

We continue to practise and the sounds we learnt in Year 1.  

We use Little Wandle Letters and Sounds to teach phonics and reading.

Click on the link below to find out more

Phonics

 

 

 

Spellings

We are also busy learning spelling rules.  Click on the links below to see the spelling overviews for each term.

Autumn 1 Spellings

Autumn 2 Spellings

Spring 1 Spellings

Spring 2 Spellings

Summer 1 Spellings

Summer 2 Spellings 

By the end of year 2, we should also be able to read and write all these words!

Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Words 

In Science, we will be learning the following: 

Uses of Everyday Materials

Living Things and Their Habitats

The Environment

 Scientists and Inventors

Animals including Humans

 Click on the links above to read our knowledge organisers. 

Year 2 are currently completing their 'Animals including Humans' topic. They will be looking at how different animals grow and what they need to do so healthily!

To link in with our global theme for Spring 1, ‘SAVING OUR ENVIRONMENT’, Year 2 got stuck into their environment topic in science. Children had lessons all about:

  • reducing, reusing and recycling
  • how to save water
  • climate change
  • saving energy
  • forest animals
  • endangered animals

In our 'Uses of Every Day Materials' topic we looked at the properties of different materials then investigated which one would make the best roof for our Lego houses.

During our 'Living Things and Their Habitats' topic we went on an exciting trip to Conkers which provided hands-on experiences so children could explore the topic in greater depth.

We started the year by thinking about GOD and where GOD is found. Children spent some time painting their own ideas...

During the spring term, Year 2 study Islam in more detail, looking at Mosques as sacred places. 

We also look at the Easter Story in more detail which will be shared with parents during our class assembly at the end of term :)

HISTORY

In Year 2 we will be learning the following

Nurturing Nurses

War and Remembrance

The Great Fire of London

 

We painted pictures of Florence Nightingale (The Lady with the Lamp).  We also used pencils to sketch a portrait of her.  We made lamps out of paper.

GEOGRAPHY

This term in COMPUTING we are learning about Questioning

Take a look at our knowledge organisers

Online Safety

Creating Pictures

Questioning

Your child will soon have a  password to

Times Tables Rock Stars. 

Click on the link

above to log on and practise.

Your child has login details to Seesaw.  There is always lots of work to do on here to support the work your child is doing in class!

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW