Year 2 Curriculum Newsletter

 

Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls

Dear Parents and Carers,

Year Two - Curriculum Newsletter

Welcome back to the new academic year! We are enjoying spending time with the children and returning to school life. We have planned lots of exciting topics and stories to engage the children and we have explained the curriculum we will be following for the first half term below. If you would like any further information please email year2@broadford.havering.sch.uk. 

Homework:

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

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

·         15 minutes practicing spellings

·         Rehearsing times tables facts (including multiplication and division)

Spellings:

The children will receive spellings each Monday in a spelling book. These words will usually be either ‘red words’ (words that cannot be sounded out) or ‘high frequency words’ (words that they will use in the writing frequently). Please practise these spellings with your child each night. To start with we will revise Year 1 spelling words in order to put the children into spelling groups.

 

Please ensure that your child brings their red spelling book to school every Friday. They will complete their test in the book as this allows you to see their results. We will then send new spellings home in the book each Monday.

You may find that some words come up in the tests more than once. 

Curriculum Information

We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this half 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 get in touch through our Year Two email . We welcome any suggestions you may have.

year2@broadford.havering.sch.uk

Yours Sincerely,

 

    Miss Tynan               Miss Hamilton                    Miss Davis 

     Mulberry  Class Teacher Rowan  Class Teacher                     Pine  Class Teacher

     Year Two Lead 

Curriculum Area	Focus
Reading	Phonics‌ ‌ Children‌ ‌will‌ ‌be‌ ‌assessed‌ ‌and‌ ‌grouped‌ ‌across‌ ‌the‌ ‌year‌ ‌group‌ ‌according‌ ‌to‌ ‌their‌ ‌needs for the teaching of Read, Write, Inc our phonics scheme.‌ ‌It‌ ‌is‌ ‌really‌ ‌important‌ ‌children‌ ‌have‌ ‌a‌ ‌good‌ ‌phonic‌ ‌knowledge‌ ‌ and‌ ‌learn‌ ‌to‌ ‌be‌ ‌fluent‌ ‌readers‌ ‌this‌ ‌half‌ ‌term.‌ ‌We‌ ‌ will‌ ‌revise‌ ‌Set‌ ‌2‌ ‌sounds‌ ‌and‌ ‌Set‌ ‌3‌ ‌in‌ ‌class.‌ ‌Please‌ ‌practice‌ ‌reading‌ ‌regularly‌ ‌with‌ ‌your‌ ‌child,‌ ‌this‌ ‌will‌ ‌help‌ ‌them‌ ‌to‌ ‌access‌ ‌the‌ ‌whole‌ ‌curriculum.‌    https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources This is a good website with a variety of games to practice phonics skills. If you want more information on the best level to start with your child.
Writing	Children will be using the focus text; Egg Box Dragon. Some skills we will focus on this half term will be: Using phonic knowledge to identify the sounds in unfamiliar words and using syllables to divide longer words. Begin to use a variety of punctuation correctly including capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks and full stops.  Plan and discuss the content of their writing and write down ideas.    https://www.bbc.co.uk/games/embed/small-town-superheroes?exitGameUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fbbc.co.uk%2Fbitesize%2Farticles%2Fzncgvk7 This link has some useful games for punctuation.
Numeracy	Number & Place Value Addition & Subtraction https://login.mathletics.com/ https://ttrockstars.com/ (This is a great way to practice times tables) You will have a login from Year 1. We will also stick these in the children's spelling books as a reminder.
Science	We are looking at Materials and the uses of every day materials.  Children will be taught how to identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for different uses.  They will find out how the shape of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.
ICT	Whilst being taught to use the technology available in class we will be focusing on E-Safety this half term. Children will: Describe the rules for staying safe online Use the rules to discuss a story Describe positive behaviour on the internet
RE	We will start to look at Christianity and learn about what Christians believe.
PE	On Friday's Year 2 should come to school in their PE kit. Each half term one class will have a Forest school session on this day, Pine will have this session first. All children, including those at forest school sessions should wear school PE kit appropriate for outside.  Their kit should consist of the following: Navy jogging bottoms White t-shirt School jumper Trainers
Music	We will start with the unit Hands, Feet, Heart  which is inspired by music from South Africa.
Geography/ History	Before we begin to study the Great Fire of London we will begin by looking at the location of London. Some of the skills we will focus on are; Using basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key human features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, shop. Use maps, and globes to identify the United Kingdon and its countries, continents and oceans. Use simple compass directions to describe the location of features and routes on a map. Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features. We will start to look at ‘The Great Fire of London’. In the first half term the children will be focusing on these history skills:  Using phrases and words like:  ‘before’, ‘after’, ‘past’, ‘present’, ‘then’ and ‘now’; in their historical  learning?  Using  the words ‘past’ and ‘present’ accurately? Using a  range of appropriate words and phrases to describe the past?