Rowan Year 2

Mrs McGlone and Mrs Proctor

This term we will be learning about....

Maths:

Place Value - counting to 100, estimating.

Addition and subtraction - within 10 and 20

Measures - measuring weights and capacities

Multiplication and division- recognising patterns, understanding doubling and halving to 20. Measures- understand hours minutes and seconds. Tell the time in 5 min intervals.

Shape and data- tally charts, block graphs, pictogram's and 3D shapes

English:

Fiction: Fergal is Fuming by Robert Starling The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle

Non Fiction: Ivy and the Lonely Raincloud by Katie Harnett. Little Red by Bethan Woolvin. Poetry: Repeating Patterns

Art and Design:

‘Can I design and create a map?’ To investigate maps as a stimulus for drawing. To learn and apply the steps of the felt making process To experiment with a craft technique To develop ideas and apply craft skills when printmaking.

Geography:

‘Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?’ Name and locate the seven continents on a world map Describe some similarities and differences between the UK and Kenya. Recognise the features of hot and cold places. Locate countries with hot and cold climates on the map.

Physical Education:

Fundamental Movement Skills

Attacking and Defending

Tennis

Circuit Training

Design and Technology:

Can I constructs a fairground wheel? Design a fairground wheel Plan to build a fairground wheel Build the frame and the wheels. Survey design options.

Music 'Can I learn a West African call and response song?':

Recognising timbre changes in music they listen to. Recognising structural features in music they listen to. Listening to and recognising instrumentation. Beginning to use musical vocabulary to describe music. Listening to and repeating a short, simple melody by ear.

History 'How was school different in the past?':

To find out how schools were different in the past. To look at how schools have changed within living memory. To find out how schools were different in the 1900's To look at how schools have changed. To see what is similar and different about schools now and in the past.

Personal, Social, Emotional Health:

What do I know about family and relationships? The role of family in our lives To understand the range of families we may encounter. To recognise how others show feelings in different ways. To understand how friendships can make us feel.'

Religious Education:

How and why do we celebrate significant times? Understanding the festivals of Christmas and Eid, who celebrates them and why they are important. What makes them sacred to believers? Why these celebrations are so important, how they are celebrated and why.

Science:

'What are habitats?

Identify characteristics of living things Classify objects into groups Identify plants and animal’s habitats To recognise how animals and plants depend on each other. To recall how animals get their food from plants and other animals.

Class Homework

• Daily reading
• Weekly spellings to learn
• Homework book - to be completed every half term. 

Home Learning Support

Useful information

• Book bags need to be brought into school every day.
• PE is on Wednesday and Friday. Please ensure your child wears their named, correct PE kit in school on these days. Long hair should be tied back and hoop earings should not be worn. 
• The children have access to their water bottles in the classroom during the day. Please ensure that your child has a named water bottle in school which is taken home regularly to be washed
• A healthy snack of fruit or vegetables can be brought into school and there we be time after break time for children to eat this. Fruit and vegetables are also available daily in the classroom. 
• Reading books will be changed as regularly as possible. Your child will be responsible for changing their own book - they will record the date and title of the book that they have chosen in their reading record. Please also make sure that your child’s reading record is signed to say they have finished their book and read as regularly as you can with them at home. 
• Our library day is Wednesday, please bring library books in to change on this day. 
• Any questions, please come and speak to us!

Please note that our timetable is flexible and may be subject to change!