• Numeracy
• Literacy
• Science
• ICT

Welcome to Class Two

Mrs Di Franco

Mrs Williams and Mrs Moore

Welcome back to a new term! We hope that you had a lovely Christmas and New Year.

Here is an overview of some of the lovely learning that will take place in Class 2 over the next term.

In English, we have some amazing books to read and study. During this first half term, we will read The Last Garden by Rachel Ip which is such a beautiful story of hope and touches on issues such as conflict and migration. Set within a flourishing garden, there are so many opportunities to develop the children’s language skills from this book. We will also read The Bear Under the Stairs by Helen Cooper, a tale of a little boy with a vivid imagination.

In Maths, we will be focusing on Multiplication and Division for the first part of the term. For Year 2, this includes understanding equal groups and how to calculate the 2, 5, and 10 times tables. For Year 3, we will look at multiplying 2-digit by 1-digit numbers, and continue to practice the 3, 4, and 8 times tables.

Our main focus for this term is History as we have a lovely topic all about Monarchs. We will examine the timeline of Monarchs, and use precise vocabulary such as sovereign and hierarchy to discuss their place and position in history. We will focus on Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror (light touch as discussed again in Class 3), Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria (homework piece) and Elizabeth I. We will challenge the children to discuss the morality of Henry VIII having absolute power, and to examine the differences the monarchs made to the world around them.

This will link nicely to our first art topic which will focus on the portraits of monarchs. The children will examine the poses, clothing, objects and backgrounds of royal portraiture in history to gather an understanding of what the monarch was trying to portray, for example, power and wealth. The children will make their own digital portraits of themselves, using their own objects that say something about them.

To build on our learning in Science about healthy eating and to link with our PSHE topic about how to look after ourselves, the children will study food in Design Technology. They will learn skills, such as safe cutting and chopping, and design their own healthy tortilla pizza which they will create themselves. They will follow the entire design, make and evaluation process to do this. Finally, the children will create their own packaging to promote their product.

Again, this will lead nicely to another art project all about Still Life. We will examine artists such as Cezanne, and create our own still life image of fruit using paints. This will include mixing colours and creating shade through light and dark contrasts.

In the build-up to Easter, we will focus on Jesus in R.E and understand why he welcomed everyone. We will read lots of lovely stories from the bible, such as The Ten Lepers (Luke 17:11-19) and The man lowered through the roof (Luke 5:17-26) and reflect on the character of Jesus. We will then focus on how symbols help us to understand the Easter story.

Computing will focus on safe searching and coding, while our French lessons will be all about ‘I can/Je peux’ and the Seasons.

As you can see, we have a lovely term ahead of us. If you would like to share any information that you have, for example, you have visited Hampton Court and have photos or leaflets, please do send it into school for us to have a look at.

If you have any questions about our learning for this term, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any of the Class 2 team.

Keep an eye on the Class 2 blog, as we will keep you updated with our learning. 

Additionally, please ensure that you check Google Classroom regularly for any updates on learning or any messages from class. 

Please find documents on this page relating to the curriculum which we ensure if fun and engaging to the children. 

In Key Stage 1 we use Monster Phonics to support your child's reading development. 

Our reading schemes are: Oxford Reading Tree, Lighthouse and Pearson  

We are currently using 'Spelling Shed' for those in year two and three which enables them to learn spelling practise and practise at home on the computer or ipad. The link to this is https://play.edshed.com/login. (This will take you to an external website)

Always make sure you have an adult with you when you surf the Net.