Year Two

Mrs Senior is the teacher in our Year Two class. Mrs Hinchliffe teaches on a Tuesday morning or afternoon and all day Thursday. Our PE day is Thursday.

Class Saint

St Francis of Assisi. The Patron Saint of Animals and Ecology. Feast day is 4th October. 

St Francis was a man of wealth and business who had a dream that God told him he had it all wrong. St Francis became a man of God who gave up all his possessions and began to preach. Others joined his simple life. St Francis had a deep relationship with nature - he felt all of God's creation was part of his brotherhood. He wrote the beautiful Canticle of the Sun that expresses this brotherhood with creation. 

St Francis of Assisi, pray for us.

Summer Term Curriculum Overview

Maths

Recognise halves, quarters and thirds. O'clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past. Tell time to nearest 5 minutes. Minutes in an hour. Hours in a day. Tally charts, tables, block diagrams and pictograms. Describe movement and turns. 

English

The Wolves in the Wall (diary entry, persuasive writing)

The Enchanted Wood (diary entry, letter writing, narrative)

RE

To the ends of the Earth

· Sequence the events from the Resurrection of Jesus to the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

· Retell the story of the Conversion of Saul

· Recognise that Christians believe the Holy Spirit opens their heart to God, helping them to pray and develop habits of good behaviour towards themselves and other people

· Name the fruits of the Holy Spirit and make simple links between the lives of some saints or holy people and how the fruits of the Holy Spirit were shown in their lives

Dialogue and Encounter

· Say what the story of the Good Samaritan teaches about how Christians should live

· Describe an initiative Christians work on together locally and globally in the service of others.

·Make simple links and connections between some Jewish religious laws, beliefs, worship, and life

· Talk about respecting the beliefs of people from different communities in their local area

Art

Y2 will be studying sculpture. Key learning includes:

- Know the work of Andy Goldsworthy

- Identify and create different types of line

- Give an opinion on artwork

- Printing

- Use of natural materials

- Organic and geometric shapes

Science

Living things and their habitats

Explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive

Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other

Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats

Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food.

Design and Technology

Mechanisms - Sliders and levers

PE

Striking and fielding games and Athletics

Computing

Programming 

Music

We will create action patterns in 2- and 3-time and listen actively and mark the beat by tapping, clapping, and swinging to the music. We will listen and move, stepping a variety of rhythm patterns (‘walk’, ‘jogging’, ‘skipty’).  We will understand and explain how beats can be grouped into patterns and identify them in familiar songs.

PSHE / RSE

There are natural life stages from birth to death, and what these are. What ‘death’ means. Feelings connected with grief. What the Christian faith says about death and eternal life. Ways to support themselves and others when grieving. Change is a part of life. Managing our feelings about change helps to prepare us for future changes. The internet connects us to others and helps us in lots of ways. Our feelings matter – both online and offline. Understand safe and unsafe situations, including online. Ask for adult help with anything that worries them or makes them feel unsafe. Know what a community is, and that God calls us to live in community with one another. They belong to various communities such as home, school, parish, the wider local community, national and global community. That they should help at home with practical tasks such as keeping their room tidy, helping in the kitchen etc. A duty of care for others and for the world we live in (charity work, recycling etc.) About what harms and what improves the world in which we live. That money is valuable and is used as an exchange for needs and wants. That wants and needs are different. About spending and saving choices