Year 2 2024 - 2025

Mrs Sanderson

Mrs Halsall

Welcome to Year 2

Spring Term- 2025

This term our topic is 'Coastline'

This project is geography based and teaches children about the physical and human features of coastal regions across the United Kingdom, including a detailed exploration of the coastal town of Whitby, in Yorkshire.

We will also be learning about:

Science: Human survival- this unit looks at the basic needs of humans for survival, including the importance of excercise, nutrition and good hygiene. We will learn how human offspring grow and change over time into adulthood.

RE: Jesus

Through this unit we will explore the question-' Why did Jesus welcome everyone? we will explore how Jesus was an extraordinary person who welcomed everyone as a friend.

We will develop our knowledge and understanding that Jesus had the power to miraculously heal people.

Art: Flowerhead

This project teaches children about the visual elements of flowers, including shape, texture, colour, pattern and form. We will also explore various artistic methods, including drawing, printmaking ad 3-D forms using paper and clay.

Design Technology: Beach Hut- this project teaches children about making and strengthening structures including different ways of joining materials to produce our own beach hut model.

PSHE: Keeping Safe: through this unit we will explore and discuss ' safe and unsafe secrets' Are secrets safe? Do all secrets need to be kept secret? Who is a safe person to talk to.

We will also discuss and explore Medicine Safety- are medicines always helpful?, Why can a medicine be harmful? How ca we stay safe with medicines.

PE: Gymnastics- We will explore different ways to travel, roll adn jump. developing these skills into a sequence.

OAA- To work as part of a team to journey around the school grounds.

Music: The children will learn about how the different dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc), singing and playing instruments.The material presents an integrated approach to music where games, the interrelated dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc), singing and playing instruments are all linked.

Computing: Questioning- using concept maps.

For more information on our curriculum, please see the curriculum tab on our homepage.

Pick and Mix

Your child will bring home their Pick and Mix linked to their topic. Pick and Mix projects are suggested activities that help to inspire children beyond the classroom. Each activity provides an opportunity for children to explore their topic further using a number of different skills. When children have finished a project, they can bring this into school where each class will have a designated time to celebrate the learning that has taken place. Projects can stay in school and be displayed on each class’s working wall or can be taken home.

If you have any questions about how to further support your child's learning at home, please contact your child's class teacher via Class Dojo or the school office.