1. Norman Class and Viking Class
Welcome to Year 2
Norman Class and Viking Class

2. Routines PE - Monday and Wednesday
The children we begin to take more responsibility for belongings and changing reading books.
Tuesday afternoons – Normans are taught by Mrs Peace
Vikings are taught by Mrs Branch
Show and tell – as and when, not scheduled this year

3. Reading We aim to read twice a week ‘one to one’ with the children
Children are still reading on other days in a curriculum context
More independence changing so may have teething problems
Oxford Reading Buddy – tool for encouraging and developing comprehension skills, there will be an expectation to use this at least once a week at home. We will be monitoring their use and children will be developing a reward system to encourage them to use.
Comprehension is a key area to develop, reasoned thoughts, linking knowledge and themes from other stories.

4. Spelling
Spelling expectations in the National Curriculum are challenging.
Whole class spelling sessions in classes to try to embed the tricky spelling patterns.
SPELLING SHED – online spelling practice activity for use at home and in school.
Despite the high expectations, children will always be encouraged to have a go or use their phonic knowledge and pressure to spell correctly will not be passed to them in school.

5. Maths Large focus is on reasoning – being able to explain why…..
How do you know?
Understanding place value
Addition and subtraction, mental and written methods
Multiplication and division
Time – to 5 minutes
Money – giving change and making amounts in different ways

6. Number and place value, addition and subtraction.
Harvest Term
Christmas Term
Epiphany Term
Lent Term
Easter Term
Trinity Term
YEAR 2
Literacy
Africa
Fire and Dragons
Space
Under the Sea
Enchanted Lands
Famous People
Mathematics
Number and place value, addition and subtraction.
Subtraction, money, multiplication and division.
Multiplication and division, statistics, shape.
Fractions, length and height.
Position and direction, problem solving.
Time, mass, capacity and temperature. Investigations.
Science
Animals including humans
Materials
Plants
Animals and their habitats
Computing
Graphics on the screen
Combining text, images and sound
Internet Safety
Algorithms
Scratch Programming
Data handling – sort, capture and present data
Religious Education
Christianity
Theme:
What did Jesus teach?
Concept: Gospel
Christmas - Jesus as gift from God
Concept: Incarnation
Islam
Prayer at home
Easter - Resurrection
Concept: Salvation
Community and Belonging
Hajj
History
Great Fire of London
Events within living memory
Famous People from the past
Geography
Continents of the world
Contrasting locality
Oceans of the world
Four countries of the UK
Art
African art
Colour
Space art
Sealife art
Imagination
Famous Artists
Design & Technology
Musical instruments
Sewing
Recycled materials
Homes
Physical Education
Games
African Dance
Gymnastics
Swimming
Dance
Athletics
Music
Specialist Music Teaching
Topic based music
PHSE
Being me in my world
Celebrating difference
Dreams and goals
Healthy me
Relationships
Changing me
Food Technology
African Gumbo
Baking bread
Fairy Cakes

7. Government Testing - SATs
Summer Term
Assessments carried out with a very low profile
ALL assessments are used to supplement teacher assessments