Year 2 Autumn Term

Staff Miss Holland Mrs Oliver/Mrs Steven – Tues to Fri/Mon Mrs Davidson Mrs Pick – group work and Tuesday afternoon

Timetable Before bell – handwriting 9.00 – assembly 9.30-9.50 – Phonics 9.50 – 10.05 – ERIC 10.05 – 10.45 – Literacy 11.00 – 11.50 - Maths

Afternoons Monday – Topic and ICT Tuesday – Sciences and DT Wednesday – Topic Thursday – Swimming and Music Friday – PE in morning, Maths in afternoon

Topics Me Sandwiches – instructions My house – addresses and stamps Lowry, Monet, Picasso The Wizard of Oz Fire – Guy Fawkes and Great Fire of London

Literacy Descriptive writing Information texts – bullet points, instructions Poetry Letters Big Writing once a week

Big Writing Taught by VCOP - Vocabulary – wow words Connectives – to join sentences together Openers – words that start sentences Punctuation – different types

ERIC Every child reading in class Heard by an adult Encouraged and helped with both strategies and understanding

Maths Understating place value – splitting 2 digit numbers Addition and subtraction – using the splitting to help Multiplication and division – lots of and sharing

Outdoor Learning Cooking Maths Literacy Phonics Gardening Art Drama

Reading at home At home every night Talk about the book - What does this word mean? What other word could you use instead? How is this character feeling? How do you know? What do the pictures in the book tell you about the story?

Reading at home Identify any unfamiliar words in the title. Who is the author? Illustrator? What does the title tell you about the story? Is it fiction or non-fiction? Predict what will happen in the story. Summarize the story. Find a describing word.

Reading at home Stuck on a word? Use pictures to help Miss out the word stuck on and go back Look at the sounds that are in the words

Reading at home Punctuation Pause at full stops Encourage expression in voice Uses different voices for people

Reading at home Great to read the same book over and over! Read their books to them All children love to be read to

Writing at home In learning logs encourage – Children to write about what interests them. Neat handwriting – on the line, clear finger spaces. Start sentences with a capital letter, use full stops. Exciting vocabulary.

Maths at home 1 more, 1 less 10 more, 10 less Odd/even Add 5, take away 5 etc Ty and teen numbers

Maths at home Careful of numbers written and formed correctly – not back to front Writing 37 for 73 etc

Maths at home Time Weight Height Money Coin recognition

Timetable Monday – Learning Logs in Tuesday – Outdoor day Thursday – Swimming Friday – PE, Reading books changed

SATs May