Welcome to Class 2
Class Teacher: Mrs Hickey
Teaching assistant: Mrs Graves
PPA cover: Miss Crawford
Our Class Saint
Our Class 2 Saint is St Carlo Acutis. Carlo was an ordinary boy who loved computers, football and playing. He used his computer skills to share his love of Jesus with others and made websites to help people learn about God and the miracles he had performed. Carlo went to mass every day and always tried to see the best in everyone, always treating them with kindness. He is our class saint because he shows us that even young people can do great things for God by using their talents, being kind and helping others. In our class, we will try to be just like Carlo by being kind, sharing our gifts and talents, and living like Jesus wants us to.
Sum
Summer Term
English
In English we will be using the text 'The King who banned the dark' by Emily Haworth-Booth to write a persuasive letter and a narrative. We will then use the text 'Tidy' by Emily Gravett to write a narrative about the environment. Finally, we will use 'Sportopedia' to create a guide about an Olympic sport.
Maths
This half term, Class 2 will be developing maths skills in the following areas:
Mass, capacity and temperature
Fractions
Time
Statistics
Position and direction
as well as continuing to strengthen arithmetic through addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Visit White Rose Maths Primary school maths resources | White Rose Education to see a breakdown on the maths lessons for year 2!
Religious Education
In year 2 we will be following the Source to Summit: Lighting the Path programme.
Our first topic is 'To the ends of the Earth'. In this unit, we will look at the appearances of Jesus after the Resurrection, the conversion of St Paul, Pentecost and the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
Our second topic is 'Dialogue and Encounter'. In this unit we will look at the parable of the Good Samaritan and how it demonstrates how Christians can be good neighbours. We will also learn about the faiths of Judaism and Islam.
Spelling
Class 2 will begin using a spelling scheme called Read, Write Inc. spelling.
Science
This term, Class 2 will be looking at living things and their habitats.
Geography
Class 2 will be looking at the knowledge and skills needed to answer the question: What is life like on the other side of the world?
Children will find out about how Australia is similar and different to the UK.
History
Our history topic this term is The Industrial Revolution. Children will look at the question 'Why is the Industrial Revolution important to Bradford?' Year 2 will learn about the changes to the textile industry and how this helped to create cities. We will also look at what life was like for children at this time.
Physical Education
Our PE topic this term is 'Attack, defend, shoot' where class 2 will learn to send a ball using feet and can receive a ball using feet, refine ways to control bodies and a range of equipment and recall and link combinations of skills, e.g., dribbling and passing.
We will then focus on 'Send and return' where children will learn to track the path of a ball over a net and move towards it, begin to hit and return a ball with some consistency and play modified net/wall games throwing, catching and sending over a net.
PE is on a Friday. Please ensure children arrive wearing a suitable PE kit.
PSHE
Children will be following the SCARF programme. Our units are 'Being my best' and 'Growing and changing'
Art
This term’s theme is 'In the Jungle' with a focus on the artist Henri Rousseau. We will look at the techniques he used to and try to copy that in our own work.
Music
We have singing lessons with Mr Whitmore every Tuesday morning.
Phonics Books
Our chosen scheme of learning is called Read, Write, Inc. Your child learns following a repetitive reading strategy that is required by the Department for Education. Each day your child reads and is read to within this scheme. Each book lasts for three days and then it is changed. The changeover day is clearly displayed on the ‘Class 2 Noticeboard’ – please check this for any changes. Please note this is only for children who are continuing with the phonics scheme in Year 2 so will not be every child in class.
Library
Our school has a fantastic library. We aim to take the children every Friday afternoon. When your child has read the library book, please ensure they return it so it can be exchanged for another one.