Year 2

Termly Curriculum Information

for my class

 

Date:  April 2008

Teacher:  Mrs. Bell/Miss Gostling

Other adults who work in my class are:  Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Jackson

 

In English we will be looking at:-

• Shared/guided reading.
• Punctuation.
• Different stories by the same author.
• Extended stories/significant authors.
• Poetry - humorous poems - tongue twisters.
• Non-fiction  - non-chronological reports.
• Learning letter sounds.

In mathematics we will concentrate on:-

• Number
• Place value
• Addition and subtraction.
• Mental strategies.
• Money and "real life" problems.
• Measures
• Multiplication and division.
• Shape and space

 

In Science we will be learning about:-

• PLANTS, ANIMALS AND VARIATION.  We will be:-
• Identifying plants and animals that live in the local environment.
• Learning that there are similarities and differences between themselves and others.

  

In Art and/or Technology we will be:-

• Exploring line, shape, colour and texture in natural forms and using observations to design and make a collage.
• Designing and making a simple coat linked to the story of Joseph's coat of many colours.

In other subjects we will be learning about:-

• The main features of a place of worship.
• The life of Florence Nightingale.
• A contrasting locality overseas - Tocuaro (a village in Mexico).
• Exploring sounds in music.
• Controlling a floor turtle in ICT.

 

You can help me by:-

• Listening to your child read, daily if possible.
• Learning key words.
• Practising joined handwriting.
• Completing weekly homework and signing or commenting in homework diaries.
• Helping your child to learn spellings.
• Practising letter sounds.

 

Special days for my class are:-

• P.E. -  Monday and Friday - Please remember your PE kits on these days.  Your child may bring trainers/pumps/tracksuit/jogging trousers for games when we are outside this term.

• Homework - Handed out on a Wednesday and to be returned by the following Monday.

• Spelling Test - Friday

• Show and Tell - as part of "Golden Time" every other Friday.

      

 

Other special days or events this half term are:-

• Florence Nightingale workshop - Thackwray Medical Museum - Thursday 19th June
• Methodist Church visit - To be arranged.
• Training Days - Friday 23rd May, Monday 2lst and Tuesday 22nd July, 2008.