Welcome to Year Two - Mr D Knuckey's Class

Autumn Term 2009

Welcome to a new academic year. Set out below is an outline of the work we shall be doing during the term.

English:

Fiction/Poetry:  Reading stories and poems with a familiar setting.  Understanding time and sequential relationships in stories and using time vocabulary to sequence writing.  Oral stories.
Non-Fiction:  Instructions: writing simple instructions using appropriate direct and impersonal register.
Phonic focus:  Revision of long vowel sounds: ee, ea, ai, ay, ie, igh, oa, ow, oo, ew, ue, ar, oi, oy, ou.

Maths:

Number: Develop knowledge of numbers to 100 to include ordinal numbers and place value with tens and units, introducing odd and even numbers and rounding to the nearest 10. Increase understanding of addition and subtraction and learn multiplication facts for the 2 and 10 times table as well as improve doubling and halving skills.
Shape/Space: Recognise, name and know properties of 2D/3D shapes. Estimating and measuring length and mass using standard units. Reading and writing the time to the hour and half hour. Carrying out data handling.

Geography:

An Island Home: The story of Katie Morag and the imaginary island of the Isle of Struay is used to develop an understanding of geographical features and ideas. Opportunities are provided for the children to express their own views about people, places and environments.

History:

Why Do We Remember Florence Nightingale? Focusing on the life of Florence Nightingale, why she went to the Crimea, and what happened as a result of her work.

Science:

Health and Growth: Focusing on how animals (including humans) grow. Ideas about feeding and growth are used to learn about ways we need to look after ourselves to stay healthy.
Materials:  Extending knowledge of the range of materials we use and of the properties that characterise them, and recognising what needs to be considered when choosing a material for a particular use.

Information & Communication Technology:
Routes – Controlling a floor turtle
The children will learn how to create, test, modify and store instructions to control the movements of a floor turtle. They will learn to programme the floor turtle to move around an area by using single instructions, a sequence of instructions and repeated sequences. Questions and answers: The children will develop their awareness of different types of questions, how they can be asked and how ICT can be used to answer them. They will explore a variety of programs and identify the most appropriate tool for a task in order to find answers.

Art & Design: 

Picture this!: To explore an issue or event in the children’s lives. The children will learn how to use a viewfinder and record their observations and ideas using a variety of methods, including photography and collage.

Design and Technology:

Puppets: (Focus – Textiles) This involves making a textile product by marking out, cutting and joining pieces of fabric. The children will design their own puppet based on investigations into how hand puppets are made and for whom they are designed.

PE:
Dance: Developing movements based on a variety of themes including machines and weather.  Games: Focusing on ball skills through football and hockey. Gym: Developing increased spatial awareness on the floor and small apparatus and learning how to support body weight.

PSHCE: 

Following the ‘SEAL’ scheme of work, we will be discussing ‘New Beginnings’.

General Organisation
Please ring the school on the first day of absence by 10:00 am if your child is away.  Should we not hear from you by 10:00am, someone from school will contact you.  If there is a planned absence, parents are required to complete an Application for Leave of Absence.

Please ensure all items of clothing and PE kit are clearly labelled (preferably sewn-on labels) and ensure children have a warm coat to wear during the morning break and lunch hour.
PE/Games lessons are on: Monday and Wednesday.  Please ensure P.E kit is in school at all times.
If for any reason your child is unable to take part in a P.E or Games lesson, please provide a note.

Library books will be changed on Tuesday and all library books will be collected in during the penultimate week of term.

Medicines
Children must not bring medicines of any kind into school without prior agreement with Ms Hartley.