• Art Gallery and Emmeline Pankhurst Statue

Meet the Team:

2H - Ms Howell,  Ms Osborne, Miss Howell,Ms Tierney, Mme Lie and Mrs Knight

2B - Miss Bowen, Mrs Dadabhoy, Miss Osborne, Miss Banks 

If you have any questions, please speak to one of our Year 2 staff or email year2@almapark.manchester.sch.uk

Welcome

Welcome to Year 2! This year, children will continue to develop as enthusiastic and independent learners, with opportunities to challenge our thinking, take risks and learn from our mistakes.

Here, you can find an overview of the Year 2 Curriculum. You can use this information to discuss with your child what they have learned and continue to support their learning at home.

What's happening this half term?

Maths

This half term, we are exploring statistics, position and direction and reasoning. We are learning: 

• How to read and represent data in different ways, including tally charts, bar charts and pictograms. 
• How to describe position and direction using rotation and turns.  
• How to solve reasoning questions using the four operations we have learnt.

We are continuing to learn the 2, 5 and 10 times tables, including multiplication and division facts. 

English:

We will be writing a recount of a celebration using the past tense and sentence starters. 

Our Talk for Write text is Kassim and the Greedy Pirate’s Treasure. We will be writing a Rags to Riches Tale. We will be focusing on character and setting descriptions using a range of vocabulary and punctuation. We will continue to focus on our everyday sentence targets of capital letters, full stops and the correct letter formation. We will also write a letter of complaint to the greedy Captain Firebrand!

Science:

We are learning about living things and their habitats. We will learn about animal habitats and food chains.  

Click for the Knowledge Organiser. 

Geography:

We are learning about Saving the Seaside. Children will learnt about what human and physical features of the seaside, local seaside towns and coastal erosion. We will also visit Formby Beach this term.

Click for the Knowledge Organiser. 

Art:

We are learning about monoprinting. We will learn what a monoprint is and how to do one.

Click for the Knowledge Organiser. 

Computing:

We are Detectives. Children will learn about internet and email safety. They will be able to send and receive emails. 

Religious Education:

Children will learn about why caring for others is important. 

Click for the Knowledge Organiser. 

PHSE:

Children will learn about keeping safe and safe relationships. 

Music:

Children will learn how to play the recorder.  

PE:

Remember to come into school wearing your PE kit on the following days.

• Gymnastics - Monday
  

Kit: Black shorts or tight-fitting black leggings and a plain white t-shirt. Please ensure hair is tied back.

• Outdoor Games (Run, Jump, Throw) - Wednesday 

Kit: Trainers, black shorts or tight-fitting black leggings, and a plain white t-shirt (a tracksuit top and joggers may be worn if cold). Please ensure hair is tied back.

Reading:      

Please read with your child every day and comment in their reading record when you do. Reading books should be in school everyday for independent reading and will be changed everyday when required and signed.

Please use the Collins eBooks for Little Wandle books using your child's home logins. These books will be read in groups at school - click here

In class we are reading Stinkbomb and Ketchup Face. 

Homework:

Spellings will be sent out every week on Thursday, which children will learn for a spelling test the following Thursday. 

This half term's BrainBuilder can be found here.

Multiplication Speed Grid

Year 2 children need to be able to read and spell these words - Year 2 Common Exception Words