Welcome to the Kingfishers Year 2 25/26 Term 1. 

The summer has flown by and we have had a fantastic start to our new academic year. Mrs Cherry and I are very much looking forward to working with the children this year and we have some exciting and interesting learning planned which will involve some time away from the classroom for some lessons - stay tuned for more info later on in the year.

It's going to be an exciting time.  If you have any questions please just drop us a message on Class Dojo or speak to us at the door.

PE will be on a Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, and we will be looking at invasion games and gymnastics, please come into school in your PE Kit.

Homework

Spelling homework will focus on our Year 2 common exception words this term and will be sent out every Friday. We would like the homework to be  returned on the following Thursday, ready for our spelling quiz on a Friday morning. 

Different sounds and spelling rules will then be introduced later on in the term.

This year we are sending a maths homework home fortnightly in a folder. The homework will reflect the class learning we have done and to allow for retrieval of number facts etc as well as times tables practice.

This will be sent out on a Friday and needs to returned to school the following Friday. 

In maths this term we are looking at place value, numbers to 20, counting in 10's and 1's and this will be reflected within the homework.

In Science… 

We will are exploring animals including humans, looking at the different stages of animal life and the focusing on what we need to survive and stay healthy, as well as how exercise can affect our bodies. As part of this topic we will be inviting parents/carers in to join us for a picnic treat prepared by the children - WATCH THIS SPACE
 

In English...

The River by Marc Martin, is our focus book within English this term. It is a lovely story of a journey along a river and what is encountered along the way. We will be using some drama to help us to think about how the different places the river takes us to might make us feel and we will be creating our own story based upon this text as well as writing a letter later in the term.

Geography… 

Takes us on a tour of the world and allows us to answer our big question “Where in the world is the United Kingdom?" We will start by looking at our school and then moving further out until we get to the location of the UK within the world itself. as well as how the world is sectioned and exploring the continents and seas.
 

In Maths… 

We will be starting the year by revisiting our understanding of place value - and numbers to twenty, and then moving on to recognising 10's and 1', partitioning numbers up to 100 as well as counting in 2's, 5's and 10's.
 

In RE… 

We are thinking about Christianity and developing our thoughts and ideas to our Big Question - "What is the good news that Jesus brings?" Looking at all the different ways Jesus helps us to be a better person/
 

In PE… 

Our PE this term will be looking at invasion games (outside) and gymnastics (inside). 

In PSHE... 

Our learning is linked to our science topic and looking at what helps us to grow and how to stay healthy. We will be discussing the healthy plate and also looking at how exercise can help us to stay healthy.
 

Our British Value focus for Term 1 will be Democracy.  
 

I am very excited about teaching all of these amazing topics and have lots of exciting lessons planned to help the children enjoy their learning.