This half term Year 2 are learning all things Rainforest. We launched our topic by learning all about Earth Day and the importance of looking after our planet.

In English, we will be looking at writing a persuasive letter about climate change to our Prime Minister. We will also be making a non-fiction booklet about rainforest animals.

In Maths we have been adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers and have introduced division as the inverse of multiplication. We have been using this to help us solve word problems. We will be investigating the properties of 2-D and 3-D shapes and introducing positional language and rotational turns including full, half and quarter turns over the next couple of weeks before returning to focus on number and place value in the last week of term.

In RE, we will be exploring journeys and learning about the Muslim journey of Hajj. 

In our topic work, we will be exploring the Amazon Rainforest, and where in the world rainforests are located. We will also be exploring human and physical features.

Our Science focus this half term is on plants and we will be exploring the structure of plants. We will also be investigating what a plant needs in order to grow.