Year 2 Curriculum Letter

Dear Parents and Carers,

Year 2 - Curriculum Newsletter

Welcome back to the New Term! We hope you find this letter informative. Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher if you have any questions relating to the curriculum.

Homework:

Our expectation at Broadford is that every child should do the following every night:

·         15 minutes reading to themselves or an adult and note in the reading record

·         15 minutes practicing spellings

·         15 minutes rehearsing times tables facts (including multiplication and division)

If children would like to attempt an additional challenge, we have a new Learning Challenge for children to attempt this Autumn term which is attached. All of the activities are based around a significant person, poem or painting relating to our topics. Children do not have to attempt every activity but instead select the activities that they are most interested in and compile a project that reflects the extra time and effort that they have put into their challenge. We hope that children will take their time with the challenge and be proud of the work they produce. They should hand this in to their teacher at the end of the Half Term.

Spellings:

Spellings will be given out on Mondays. The children should practice their words every evening. The test will take place on Fridays.

Trips

Year 2 will have a Great Fire of London workshop on October 12th and will visit Harold Hill fire station (date to be confirmed).

Curriculum Information

We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this term. If you would like to make any suggestions of what you or your child would like to learn in relation to the topics taught, please let the team know. We welcome any suggestions you may have.

Yours Sincerely,

Miss Estall          Miss Hammond          Mr Jackson         

Year 2 Leader                 Cherry teacher                  Cedar teacher

Autumn
	1st Half Term	2nd Half Term
Topic	Bang, Whoosh, Pop	Harold Hill vs Sydney
Literacy	RWI and Literacy and Language	RWI and Literacy and Language
	Please fill in the reading record after hearing your child read. For a good selection of children books visit your local library. Useful web links- http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy/
Numeracy	Number: Place value Number: Addition and subtraction	Measure: Money Number: Multiplication and division
	Please practice the times tables with your children. We complete Rock Stars Maths daily. Children may take home the sheet they are on to practice. It needs to be completed in 5 minutes to move onto the next sheet. Useful websites: www.mymaths.co.uk www.mathszone.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/numeracy.shtml www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html
ICT	Researching the Great Fire of London. Espresso coding.	Purple mash. Interactive maps.
Science	Materials	Materials
	You could visit the Science Museum. Admission is free. Located at Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD.
History/Geography	The Great Fire of London. Samuel Pepys. The Gunpowder Plot.	Countries and continents. Comparing locations. Map skills.
	You could visit The monument or Museum of London both have exhibitions about The Great Fire of London.
P.E	OAA trails	Dance linked to topic
Music	Music lessons Thursday afternoons with a music teacher.	Music lessons Thursday afternoons with a music teacher.
Art/ Design and Technology	Design and make a boat. Houses.	Sculpture. Steven Wiltshire. Australian art.
P.H.S.E/R.E	New Beginnings Diwali	Christianity: stories about Jesus.