Bathampton Primary School
EverybodyBelongs ~ Aspires ~ Thrives
Year 2
Harriet Tubman Class
Welcome to Year 2
In Year 2, Ms Ovigne and Mrs Wood are the class teachers and we will be supported by Mrs Wang.
Our PE days this term are Monday and Friday. Please come to school wearing your P.E kit on these days.
English: In English we will be learning a persuasive text about a papaya that wanted to be bought. We will be using emotive language, rhetorical questions and persuasive language This will be followed by a Zealous Zoo Poem where we will focus on adjectives and alliteration.
Maths: We will be learning about:
Multiplication and division revision for the 2,5 and 10 times tables, applying our knowledge to word problems, introducing the three times table
Fractions finding half, quarter and thirds of shapes and amounts
Time Revisiting quarter past and to the hour, moving onto five minute intervals and solving problems involving time
Mass and Weight
Practically explore 1 kg, 1/2 kg, ¼ kg, 10kg,5kg. Reading scales, comparing mass
Science: In Science our new topic is Animals and their Habitats. We will be having a close look at the animals we can find in our school grounds. We will be learning about animal life cycles and microhabitats. We will also find out about how animals are grouped and what characteristics each group has.
Our topic in Term 4 is Coastlines
This term we will focus on the history of the coastline. Learning about what seaside towns, jobs and people would have looked like.
We will be finding out about the great explorer Captain James Cook.
We will innovate our knowledge of the coastline to design our own costal town; We will then plot our designs as a map with a key.
PSHE: Our focus will be Healthy Me
RE: Christianity
Big Question: How important is it to Christians that Jesus came back to life after the Crucifixion?
Music: In music we will be learning how to compose our own pieces of music. We will learn simple musical notation to record our ideas and then work in small groups to perform the music we have written.
Art and DT: Beach Huts
ICT: Data bases
PE: Monday- ball skills feet with Ms Ovigne
Friday- ball skills hand with Mrs Wood.
Library day is Tuesday.
Come in to read Thursday
Key Dates
Forest School Thursday 27th Feb
Forest School Thursday 27th Feb
Holbourne Trip - 6th March
STEM visit with Babcock International - 13th March
Year 2 Timetable
Talk 4 Writing Texts
Year 2 Spelling Words
Spelling Punctuation and Grammar
In spelling children will revisit some of the spelling patterns from year 1 and start to learn year 2 spelling rules as well as tricky words.
The list of spellings for this term can be found below.
Children will be given logins for Spelling Shed where they will be able to practise their spellings using the activities on the Spelling Shed site.
Karate Cats- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdp4pg8
Spelling shed - https://www.edshed.com/login
Reading Resources
Maths Resources
Karate Cats- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjkphbk/articles/zf4sscw
White Rose Maths Workbooks
Year 2- Addition and Subtraction workbook
Year 2- Multiplication workbook
Year 2- Division workbook
Year 2- Statistics workbook
Kindle versions (Free)
Homework
Homework is set each week on Thursdays and is due the following Tuesday. It is completed online (login details found in reading record books).
Reading
In Year 2 children should read daily using the book set in school. Please use the comprehension questions at the back of the book. They will also have the opportunity to change their library book every Tuesday.
Spelling
Spelling Shed - children will have access to Spelling Shed’s online platform where weekly spelling lists, set by the class teacher, can be found as well as games and activities to learn the spellings learnt in class. There will be a spelling test every Friday beginning from week 2.
Maths
DoodleMaths – pupils are set 2 assignments each week to complete, based on in-class learning that week and the learning they will complete the following week. They should also do additional practice to stay in the green zone. The recommendation is 10 minutes 3/4 days a week.
Doodle Tables- By the end of Year 2, pupils are expected to know their 2s, 5s and 10 times tables. They should also be able to count in 3s. This will help them to know all times tables by Year 4.
If you would like some additional Maths resources, please see white rose workbooks below which can be printed.