Mowbray Class
Year 2
Welcome to Year 2 Class Page!
Welcome to Year 2!
Please see the curriculum overview attached for more details of what we will learn throughout our first exciting term.
Our homework grid is also attached. We encourage you to work through the activities at your own pace.
Please do share these activities with us on your Class Dojo portfolio. In addition, please read daily.
In our class you will find:
Class Teacher:
Miss J Soares
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs S Windsor
Miss E Hunt
Our PE days will be:
Monday & Wednesday
2024-2025 AUTUMN
Welcome to Year 2 - Autumn Term!
Dear Parents and Visitors,
We're excited to welcome you to a fun and engaging term in Year 2! This autumn, we've introduced continuous provision to extend learning through exciting challenges. Children will choose to participate in challenges that will require them to investigate, research, and solve problems, sparking their curiosity and enhancing their learning experiences. Continuous provision is something the children will be familiar with from Year 1 and EYFS.
We're also thrilled to invite parents to our Parents in Class session and Family Cafés later in the term, where you can see the children's progress firsthand.
Mathematics:
In mathematics, we'll begin by partitioning two-digit numbers into tens and ones, finding ten more and ten less, and working on number bonds to 100. The children will explore strategies for addition and subtraction, with plenty of practical activities using objects to deepen understanding. Daily Maths Fluency sessions will continue to build on their core skills.
English:
In English, we'll be exploring warning tales through Talk4Writing, starting with Kasim and the Greedy Dragon. The children will learn its features before writing their own stories, focusing on expanded noun phrases, coordinating conjunctions, and the past tense.
Creative Learning:
This term is packed with creative opportunities. In Art, we'll study artwork by Kadinsky and explore tints and shades. In Design and Technology (DT), the children will design and evaluate their own pizzas and later learn how gingerbread was first made in Tudor times - just in time for Christmas!
Geography and Science:
In Geography the children will participate in fieldwork, creating maps and learning about physical and human features, while in science they will explore the human body and the role of different organs.
We're looking forward to a term full of discovery, creativity, and learning!
Kindest regards,
The Wisbech St. Mary Year 2 Team
Recommended Websites and Apps
A selection of websites and apps used in the classroom to support and consolidate understanding of key concepts.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/ordering
A website with a great selection of maths and literacy based activities for all ages. Place Value Basketball and Funky Mummy are firm favourites for the children! Free to access and a great parent's area.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
A selection of free interactive games to support your child’s developing phonic knowledge (some games do require a paid subscription).
A great website with a range of free to access e-books, support and guidance for parents, a range of maths games and much more!
A selection of free to access interactive games to support home learning in all subjects.
https://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/
A good website with lots of useful resources. It is designed to raise standards of numeracy across the country for both children and adults and it has specific areas for parents who want to help their children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJx1NSineE
A video which clearly models and demonstrates the pure sounds of the English language. A great resource to support parents in modelling the correct articulation of each sound.
Knowledge Organisers
Please see below for our curriculum map and homework menus. Also attached are the knowledge organisers for the foundation subjects.