Staff
- Alison Brien – Class Teacher /Assistant Head with responsibility for Years 1, 2 and 3
- Caroline Webb – Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Curriculum overview – Spring 2
| Topic |
Our whole school topic this half term is Our World. In Year 2, we will be learning about Australia. We will learn about the hemispheres on our planet and the equator. We will investigate natural and manmade landmarks in Australia and compare Manchester to a city in Tasmania. See the Topic intended knowledge map for further details. |
English |
We will continue to complete our work in English through different texts. This half term, we will read the classic text ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ by Roald Dahl. Using this story, we will read a daily chapter and then complete short writing activities, comprehension and grammar activities. The children will also have the opportunity to complete a longer piece of writing using a plan, write, edit sequence of lessons. We will also be completing a study of the poem ‘Heard it in the Playground’ by Allan Ahlberg. Guided Reading, handwriting and phonics will continue throughout. We have increased the frequency of our short and fun handwriting sessions to help those that need it more. |
Maths |
This half term we will start with our statistics unit which the children always love. We will then be continuing our work on multiplication, division and fractions. We will also be looking at solving different types of problems. In other lessons, such as science and PE, we will be applying our measurement knowledge. |
Science |
Firstly, we will be deepening our ‘Life Cycles’ knowledge from last half term by inviting 10 chick eggs to live, hatch and develop within our classroom for 2 weeks! They arrived on Monday. Year 2 will be finishing this Science unit, Animals including Humans, by investigating food groups and a healthy diet. We absolutely loved measuring our heart-rate through our exercise investigations last half term. |
Other Curriculum Areas |
RE – How and Why should we celebrate special and sacred times? DT – A Balanced Diet (Cooking Unit) Music – Charanga unit: Friendship Song PE – Games (Monday), Dance (Tuesday), Games (Friday) PSHCE– Why is it important to keep active? What communities and groups am I part of? What is my responsibility for keeping myself and others safe? Computing – Digital Photography |
Important Dates |
Monday 24th February – School opens Monday 24th February – Chicks Arrive Wednesday 26th February – Year 2 at Local Mosque linked to RE work Thursday 6th March – Wold Book Day – details to follow Friday 7th March – Biggest Football Competition, Sports Event WC 10th March: Science Week – Many exciting activities happening in school this week including science visitors and Mad Science Assembly by Ms Brien Wednesday 19th and 26th March – Pupil Progress Meetings Thursday 28th March – School finishes for Easter holidays (2pm finish) Wednesday 2nd April – Class Photos Friday 4th April – Yellow Day and 2pm finish |
Empowering learning skills
Self manager
- Organise themselves and work out goals and priorities
- Show personal responsibility, initiative, creativity and enterprise
- Anticipate, take and manage risks
- Commit themselves to learning and self-improvement
- Respond positively to change
Effective participator
- Engage actively with issues that affect them and those around them.
- Play a full part in the life of the school
- Take responsible action to bring improvement for others as well as themselves
- Discuss issues of concern, seeking resolution
- Present a persuasive case for action
- Propose practical ways forward
- Try to influence others, negotiating and balancing diverse views
Resourceful thinker
- Think creatively by generating and exploring relevant ideas, and making original connections
- Find links and see relationships
- Explore & experiment with resources and materials
- Ask ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what if’ questions
- Apply imaginative thinking to solve a problem
- Try different ways to tackle a problem
- Work with others to find imaginative solutions and outcomes that are of value
Reflective learner
- Evaluate their strengths and limitations as learners
- Review their work and act on outcomes
- Set themselves realistic goals and criteria for success
- Monitor their own performance and progress
- Invite feedback and deal positively with praise, setbacks & criticism.
- Make changes to improve their learning
- Communicate their learning in relevant ways to different audiences
Independent enquirer
- Gather, process and evaluate information in their investigations
- Plan what to do and how to go about it
- Draw conclusions and evaluate outcomes
- Take informed and well-reasoned decisions, recognising that other have different beliefs and attitudes
- Use range of techniques to collect and organise information
Team worker
- Work confidently with others, adapting to different contexts and taking responsibility for their own role
- Listen and take account of others’ views
- Form collaborative relationships, resolving issues and reaching agreed outcomes
- Adapt behaviours to suit different roles and situations
- Show fairness and consideration towards others
