​Dear Parents / Carers

Welcome to year 2! I hope you all had a lovely summer break and ready to embrace the new school year. We are going to have a very exciting year ahead with lots of new topics to learn about, as well as growing in confidence and developing as individuals. Your child’s class teacher this year is Miss Giles and TA’s are Mrs Thomson (Tuesday- Friday), Miss Hayward and Ms Woodward (Monday). Below you will find everything that your child will be learning about in our first term back. 

Literacy: In Literacy we are going to be using Talk4writing, which the children are familiar as they used this in year 1. We will be looking at a text called ‘The story of pirate Tom’. The children will be focusing on certain grammar aspects such as adjectives, nouns, and adverbs. 
 

Numeracy:  In numeracy the children will be expanding their learning on place value and will beginning learning about addition and subtraction. 
 

Science: This term in science the children will be learning about Living things are their environments. The children will be learning about what a habitat is and the different types of habitats.  
 

Geography: This half term in geography our topic is Spatial Senses, and we will be learning all about maps. This will include how to gather information from a simple map, be able to draw a simple map and why maps are important. 
 

Computing: Computing will be taught on a Friday by Mr O’Neon. 
 

RE: This term we will be studying the Creation and year 2’s key question is ‘Who made the world’.
 

Art: In art year 2 are going to be learning all about colour and shape. 
 

PSHE:  The topic for PHSE this term is ‘All about me’, which will include understanding right from wrong and PANTS rule. 
 

Music:  We will be singing playgrounds. 
 

PE:  This term in year 2 the children will be learning Target games and also yoga. 
 

REMINDERS
Please make sure your child always has their FULL PE kit in school on Monday. However, we will send your child’s PE kit home on a Thursday, as they will need to come into school every Friday’s wearing their FULL PE kit ready for their Friday PE lesson.
A letter will be sent out showing you what your child is expected to do for homework each week. The letter will include reading, weekly spellings and maths. Please read with your child every night to help their progression. 
 

Please ensure your child’s uniform and PE kit is clearly labelled with their name in it so if misplaced it can be easily returned. Your child should also come to school with a water bottle every day. 
I hope this will give you a further insight into your child’s education. If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
 

Yours faithfully
Miss Giles