Year 2
Brave Nurses
Autumn Term 1st Half
This matrix shows the learning in Y2 across all subjects.
Y2 Lanner Matrix 1 overview 25-26
Class Teacher – Miss Kate Leah
Class Teaching Assistant – Mrs O and Miss Walsh
This half term our focus will be on the people who help us. Below is a brief account of what we shall be covering and some important information for the rest of the term.
English
We will begin by creating our own versions of the ‘The Tunnel’ story by changing the characters and the setting. Our non-fiction focus will be on instructions. We will write a class set of instructions of how to bake a healthy flapjack and then write our own instructions on how to dress a wound. We will then finish the half term with some poetry.
We will have a reading lesson on a Friday where we focus on our fiction and non-fiction books. In these sessions we concentrate on retrieving information.
Your child will continue to attend phonic (RWInc) sessions everyday where they will read to their RWInc teacher. They will also then read with an adult in the classroom every week. Please continue to read with your child every evening at home. The expectation in Year 2 is that the children will read for at least fifteen minutes every night. There will be a reading meeting in the hall for you at 2.45pm on Wednesday 16th September.
Maths
We will begin the half term by focusing on Place Value. We will look at how many tens and ones make up a number and compare them using the more than/less than and equal to signs.
We will then move onto addition and subtraction and continue counting in steps of two, five and ten.
Every Friday the children will have a ’99 Club’ session as part of their maths lesson. The children have ten minutes to work their way through a variety of number sentences. The club begins on ’11 Club’ and then makes it’s way up through the levels as and when they complete the club.
11 Club – 11 questions involving addition within 10 and doubling numbers from one to ten
22 Club – 22 questions involving repeated addition of numbers from one to ten
33 Club – 33 questions introducing the 2x, 3x, 5x and 10x tables
44 Club – 44 questions adding the 1x, 4x and 6x tables
55 Club – 55 questions adding the 7x and 8x tables
66 Club – 66 questions adding the 9x, 11x and 12x tables
77 Club – 77 questions consisting of inverse division facts
88 Club – 88 questions of mixed multiplication and division facts
99 Club – 99 questions of mixed multiplication and division facts
The children will receive a certificate when they have competed a club so that you are aware of which club they are working in. Please remind the children that they are only in competition with themselves and not anyone else. Please keep up the practice at home as being able to compete mental calculations quickly can really help children with many aspects of their math’s work. Any questions please ask.
Science
This half term we will be looking at living things, including humans. We will learn how humans grow, develop and what we need to do to stay healthy.
Y2 Science – Autumn 1st Half Knowledge Organiser
History
We will look at the significant lives of Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell. We will learn how they influenced nursing and how they cared for soldiers during certain wars. If any of you are in the medical profession, please drop me a message as we would love to interview you as part as our Oracy work in History.
Y2 History Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser
Art
We will look at different patterns in our environments and create our own graffiti based upon ‘The Tunnel’ book.
PE
PE will be on Mondays and Fridays. The children do not need to wear their school uniform on these days and can come into school already dressed in their PE kits. This half terms units are Creating Games and Gymnastics (linking).
RE
This half term we will begin to look at Muslims and how they worship Allah. We will learn about the importance of the Shahada and how there are 99 names for Allah.
Computing
This half terms unit is what is IT and how it is used? We will look at the IT that is used all around us and how it can be used safely and in different ways. In our Online Safety lessons, we will concentrate on how people’s identity can be different online and how content on the internet belongs to other people.
PSHE
At Lanner we use a program called the PSHE Association. This half term we will focus on making relationships and what makes a good friend.
Music
This half-term work will be based upon the song ‘Hand, Feet, Heart’ where we will look at different beats. We will also learn to play the recorder this year and how to read some music.
If you have any questions or concerns, then please do not hesitate to come and speak with me at the end of the day. I am really looking forward to working with your child this year!
Miss Kate Leah
We love reading at Lanner! Reading to, and with, your child is one of the greatest gifts you can give as this early acquisition of a love for reading will ensure your children becomes a reader for life. Research shows that reading and talking to your child about stories, information books and poems from an early age benefits them for life.
Sometimes, knowing which book to choose can be a little confusing with such a wide range available, so why not have a look at the recommended reads below for Year 2 children. Many of these books are also available at the local library so, if you’re not already a member, why not take a look at the link below to join up?