• Numeracy
• Literacy
• Science
• ICT

Welcome to Class Two

Mrs Di Franco

Mrs Williams, Ms Stringfellow and Miss Hart

Welcome back to a new term! We hope you had a lovely Summer break.

Here is an overview of the learning that will take place this term.

English – For the first part of the half term, we will be focussing on spelling, handwriting and grammar. This means that your child will have the opportunity to revisit things from the previous year that they might have found tricky, or embed and develop some of their existing skills. This ensures a strong foundation for the rest of the year, where children will enjoy applying their knowledge through the wonderful books that we will be reading.

We will continue to have guided reading every week which ensures that your child will read in a group with an adult at their level and beyond. At home, it is important not only to read and work on fluency with your child, but to ask them lots of questions about what they are reading too.

Year 2 children will receive a phonics book for their home reader. Please make sure that you don’t read this straight away, but work on the fluency, comprehension and also the spellings of these words through the week. Spellings will relate to the phonics books that they have read so they are familiar with the sounds.

Year 3 children are benchmarked at their level and will continue to bring home a book of their choosing. Please remind them to read and change their book regularly.

Maths – For the first part of the year, we will be working on place value. This means that your child will grasp the basic fundamentals of what a number is, and how to create it. Year 2 children focus on 2-digit numbers while Year 3 children will move onto 3-digit numbers to 1000. Once the children have a good understanding of this, we will move onto addition and subtraction. Year 2 children will learn how to apply their number bonds to mentally add and subtract over a tens boundary. They will also learn how to add and subtract 2-digit numbers including exchanges. Year 3 children will work on addition and subtraction with 3-digit numbers including exchanges and column method. Please refer to the calculation policy for any guidance on our teaching methods or speak to one of our Class 2 team if you are unsure about anything.

Geography – Our main topic of teaching for this term will be Geography. For the first half of the term, the children will explore the Amalfi coast. They will learn about the geography of the area, including the human and physical geography, as well as how tourism impacts the area. We will then move onto examining mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. The children will learn about the features of all three, and how they are formed. They will learn about the Alps and the Appenines in Italy and what life is like in these places.

Science – For the first half term the children will learn about Rocks. (From the amount of rocks and stones we have during our 'Show and Tell' sessions, I know that this is going to be a popular topic!) The children will learn about sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks and how these were formed. They will also learn about weathering and fossil formation.

Art – Our focus for this half term will be clay. The children will have the opportunity to create their own ammonite fossil from clay, using basic structures and joins.

DT – In the second part of the half term, the children will be using the 3D printer to design and create a name tag keyring for their bag or Chromebook case.

R.E. – The children will think about how people of faith say thank you for the Harvest. We will then move onto examining what it means to be called by God, as well as how Jesus impacts our lives. Our approach to school and our daily lives are impacted greatly through our Christian Values. This ensures that God is at the heart of our choices. 

Music – The children will start by examining orchestral instruments, then move onto learning songs for their Christmas production.

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 photos or leaflets regarding any of our learning, 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. 

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.