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.

Spring Term Curriculum Overview

Maths

· Count in 2s, 5s and 10s

· Double and halve

· Introduction to division—grouping and sharing

· 2D and 3D shapes

· Addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers

English

· Identify adverbs

· Join sentences using and, but, or, so

· Use capital letters and full stops consistently

· Write coherent narrative and clear information texts

· Form letters correctly and spell common words correctly.

RE

Galilee to Jerusalem

  John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus.

· Recognise parables and how Jesus uses them to teach people about God.

· Everyone is tempted to make bad choices, but that God loves and forgives all

· The miracles of Jesus are signs that he is the Son of God.

Desert to Garden

· God always forgives us.

· Lent is a time for reconciliation and forgiveness.

· The Sacrament of Reconciliation

· The symbols of light and water in the Easter Vigil Mass

Geography

Y2 will be comparing Sheffield and Goa, India. Key learning includes:

· Describe direction

· Name and locate continents

· Know the terms equator and hemisphere

· Name physical and human features

· Use symbols and keys on map

Science

Describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants

Describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow

Notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults

Describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival

Describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene.

Design and Technology

Food - Preparing Fruits and Vegetables - Design products based on simple criteria. Generate and communicate ideas. Use simple utensils and equipment to peel, cut, slice, squeeze, grate and chop. Select from a range of fruit and vegetables according to their characteristics. Taste and evaluate a range of fruit and vegetables. Evaluate ideas and finished products against design criteria

PE

Dance - Explore space and how their body can move to express an idea, mood, character or feeling. Use travelling actions, dynamics and expression. Keep in time with music and a partner. Explore pathways, levels, shapes, speeds, directions and timing.  

Computing

Digital Music

Music

Duration (crotchet, quavers, crotchet rest), unison, round

Personal Development

Emotional Wellbeing -  we all have different ‘tastes’ (likes and dislikes), but also similar needs (to be loved and respected, to be safe etc), we have a language to describe our feelings, feelings and actions are two different things, strategies for managing feelings, choices have consequences, forgiveness,

Life Cycles - natural life stages from birth to death, feelings connected with grief, change is part of life. 

Personal Relationships - special people who they love and can trust, coping with various social situations and dilemmas, and the importance of saying sorry and forgiveness

Life Online - we can feel joy and upset in the different places we go digitally, the importance of feeling safe when using the internet, recognising safe and unsafe situations online, and beginning to develop an understanding that not everything presented to them online is true.