Autumn 1 - Wolves

Welcome to Year 2! 

We are really excited for the year ahead and all the adventures to come!

This half-term our topic is Wolves. In English, we will be focusing on the traditional story of Little Red Riding as well as alternative versions of the tale. We will be using adjectives to describe the wolf, to create a wanted poster and to write a character description.

In maths, place value is our first focus, ensuring children are secure in recognising tens and ones for numbers up to 100. We will be revisiting number bonds to 10 and develop our knowledge of number bonds to 20. We will then move on to addition and subtraction and apply these skills in the context of measures, including money.

We will be starting our longitudinal study, looking at how the weather changes through the seasons in science as well as learning about the different habitats. 

Our focus within Geography this half-term is to identify human and physical features in the local area as well as exploring maps and the symbols used.

 

Autumn 2– It’s Cold Out There

This term, Year 2 will be exploring areas of our world that are cold. We’ll be learning about different significant people, throughout history, that have explored the North and South Poles. 

In English, we will continue to look at using different conjunctions with our writing, as well as expanded noun phrases and the past tense. We will be using these skills to write a letter and a setting description. We will also be looking at festive poetry. 

In Maths, we will be learning how to use a ruler to measure in centimetres, as well as comparing different lengths. We will then introduce multiplication and division, counting in 2s, 5s, and 10s. We will be doing this practically with concrete resources to support our learning. Later in the term we will introduce fractions, shapes and statistics. 

Linking to our wider curriculum, in Science we’ll be learning about animals, including humans, and what they need to survive. This will also cover personal hygiene and how to stay healthy. In Art, we will be studying Vincent van Gogh, focusing on the painting ‘Starry Night’. We will be investigating blending colours using oil pastels to create our own artwork inspired by ‘Starry Night’.