8th January 2025
Dear Parents and Carers,
Year Two - Curriculum Newsletter
Welcome back! We have planned lots of exciting topics and stories to engage the children over the course of the Spring Term and we have explained the curriculum we will be following 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
· 15 minutes rehearsing times tables facts (including multiplication and division)
Spellings:
The children will receive spellings each Friday 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.
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.
Visits and Trips
Date tbc - Discovery Centre
Date tbc- Shopping trip to a supermarket
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 about what you would like your child to learn or you would like any guidance about how you can help your child at home, please speak to your child’s class teacher as we welcome any suggestions you may have.
Thank you for your continued support, we look forward to the year ahead and are sure it will be full of fabulous learning experiences!
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Fayefunmi Mrs Nur Miss Harman
Mulberry Class Teacher and Year Two Lead Pine Class Teacher Rowan Class Teacher
Curriculum Area | 1st Half Term | 2nd Half Term |
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. https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources This is a good website with a variety of games to practise phonics skills. If you want more information on the best level to start with your child, ask their class teacher.
Reading Books As reading is a huge priority here at Broadford, we will do our best to encourage the children to change their books regularly and every child will read 1:1 with an adult at least once a week. Please remind the children to let any adults know if they need to change their book and that it is their responsibility to bring any old reading books back to school.
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Writing | Children will be using the focus text ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers.
The children will be writing character descriptions, setting descriptions, alternative endings and posters. | Children will be focussing on the text 'Meerkat Mail’ by Emily Gravett
The children will be focussing on letter writing and post cards. |
| Some skills we will focus on this term will be: using phonic knowledge to identify the sounds in unfamiliar words and using syllables to divide longer words beginning to use a variety of punctuation correctly including capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks and full stops planning and discussing the content of their writing and writing down ideas writing a coherent narrative based on a familiar text using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
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. |
Maths | Money Multiplication and Division Length and Height | Mass Capacity Temperature |
| https://ttrockstars.com/ (This is a great way to practice times tables) Please find your child’s TT Rockstar login in the front of their reading record. |
Science | Plants (Light and Dark) The children will explore different plans, identify part of a plant and what they (plants) need to grow. Finally, they will plant their own seeds and investigate the effects of light and dark on plants.
| Living Things and their Habitats
The children will learn about habitats in their local environments and other habitats like deserts, polar and oceans. |
Computing | Programming - Robot Algorithms | Data and Information |
RE | Who is a Christian and what do they believe? | Who is a Muslim and what do they believe? |
PE/ Forest School | Rowan Class - Forest school on Tuesday Pine & Mulberry -Music and PE When participating in Forest School sessions (whatever the weather), the children are required to wear tracksuit/jogging trousers and welly boots (with their school polo shirt and jumper). These should be left in school to change into each week.
PE Spring 1- Dance | Spring 2- Invasion Games |
Children are required to wear their PE kits to school on their PE day. The children will have PE on the following days. Wednesday - Pine Class Thursday - Rowan Class (in addition to their Forest School session on Tuesday) Thursday- Mulberry Class |
Music | I Wanna Play in a Band I Wanna Play In A Band is a Rock song written especially for children. In this song we will learn about singing and playing together in an ensemble. | Zootime Zootime is a reggae song written for children. The material presents an integrated approach to music where games, the interrelated dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc), singing and playing instruments are all linked. |
History/Geo | History Significant individuals nationally/internationally Rosa Parks Martin Luther King | Geography Australia |
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