Year 2
This term our topic will be ‘Into the Forest’. As part of the topic, the children will also take part in a Forest School workshop and learn how to make bird feeders, identify mini beasts and locate a variety of microhabitats.
In English, we will be focusing on writing explanation texts this half term. The skills we are learning will be the 4 sentence types (statement, exclamation, command and question) and we will be recapping the subordinating conjunctions (because, if, that, when) and coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or).
In Mathematics, we will be learning about fractions of shapes and amounts and begin to explore equivalent fractions.
In History we shall be continuing our learning on explorers. The children will be using different primary and secondary sources to research Sir Francis Drake’s expedition. We will visit the Golden Hinde as part of our learning.
In R.E this term we will be learning about the religion of Sikhism. We will learn about Sikh values and about how Sikhs worship in a Gurdwara. We will understand the importance of Langar and identify ways in which Sikh beliefs are similar to other religious beliefs.
In P.E this term, we will be focusing on handball and cricket. When learning about handball we will be learning the rules of the game and different passes within the game. In cricket, we will be learning how to bowl and strike a ball with a bat.
If you have any further questions about the content of the Year 2 curriculum please contact the Year 2 Team Leader, Miss Stannett-Daborn, who will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
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