Welcome to Year 2’s class page. Mrs Rayit, Miss Walker, Miss Mason, Miss Begun and Mrs Kaur welcome you to Autumn Term! We hope you enjoyed the summer break and enjoyed spending quality time as a family. This half term promises to be exciting and jam packed, full of interesting and fun activities for the children to take part in. This half term the children will be studying ‘Living Things and their Habitats’. We will be looking at which things are living, not living or used to be living. We will also look at different habitats around the world and what makes a micro habitat. The children will also study what a food chain is and will have a go at creating some examples of food chains. This half term the children will be learning about ‘A World of Festivals’. We will discuss and share examples of festivals that we may have celebrated ourselves and we will learn the ways in which different religions celebrate festivals. In Computing the children will be developing their understanding of what information technology. They will discuss where they have seen IT both in and outside of school. The children will also investigate how IT improves our world and they will learn the importance of using IT responsibly. In PSHE the children will be learning about ‘Rights and Respect’. The children will be able to talk about their family, and people in the community. The children will understand why they need to take care of the school environment. In Year 2 the children will be taught how to play the glockenspiel. They will build up their musical skills around performing and composing together. They will sing songs to gain an understanding of pitch and use their bodies to recognise and show pulse through listening exercises. 

Key information:

• PE days: Tuesdays and Fridays
• Homework and spellings are given out every Friday and should be returned by the following Friday .

Expectations:

• New spellings to learn each week
• Reading 5x per week
• English and Maths homework

Thank you for your continued support. 

The Year 2 team!