What will your child be doing in Year 2?

Literacy

It is our aim that by the end of the year the children will:

Oral

·          Convey ideas, opinions and stories to others in a clear and concise manner, using relevant vocabulary

·          Question appropriately as well as answer questions comprehensively

·          Widen their vocabulary and be able to use new words appropriately

Writing

·          Join their handwriting correctly and fluently

·          Use a dictionary as well as a personal word book, when necessary

·          Build up their knowledge of spelling rules and patterns through weekly spelling lists and tests

·          Apply knowledge of phonics and spelling rules to tackle the spelling of some unknown words

·          Use punctuation, including full stops, commas and capital letters

·          Write factually and imaginatively demonstrating a clear understanding of the sequential nature of stories and forms of poetry

Spelling – spellings given weekly, with a follow up test

·          Learn the spelling of commonly used words (from the Literacy Strategy) and some relevant to topic work

·          Recognise and learn spellings in word families e.g. er, ir, ur

Reading

Children will read every day, in some shape or form, in class work.  Each child will have a personal reading book.  These will either be selected by the teacher from a structured reading scheme or selected by themselves from the fiction library where there are carefully graded selections of books appropriate to their level of ability and understanding.  We aim to hear children read from their book 3 times a week in order to develop confidence, fluency and expression. They are encouraged to show awareness of, and use punctuation to enhance expression.  When tackling unknown words, children will be encouraged to implement a range of strategies including whole word recognition, application of phonic skills to word build, visual and contextual clues to make informed guesses and understanding of sentence structure to make sense of text.

Numeracy

We will continue to build upon and extend understanding of mathematical concepts.  Any additional reinforcement with the following is invaluable:

·          Time

·          Mental Maths and number bonds

·          Money

·          Times Tables

It is our aim that by the end of the year children will:

·          Add, subtract, multiply and divide using numbers up to 1000

·          Understand place value – thousands, hundreds, tens and units

·          Solve simple problems using all coins in daily use

·          Recognise, name and describe the main attributes of 2D and 3D shapes

·          Understand the need for standardised units of measurement in weight, capacity and measure

·          Read a clock face, both analogue and digital

·          Begin to learn formal tables for 2, 5, 10, 11

·          Understand fractions – half, quarter, third and sixth

·          Use the following to handle and record data – Venn, Tree and Carroll diagrams and block graphs

SCIENCE- Magnetism, Light and Dark, Properties of Metals, Food and Eating, Forces and Growth.

I.T – The children will use the computers in the classroom and also have access to the computer suite

R.E – Traditional Old and New Testament Bible stories will be studied along with key celebrations and festivals.

The following subjects will be taught through specific topics as follows:

History – Romans, Tudors , Homes Through the Ages and The Great Fire of London

Geography – Reasons for settlements, Compare a New Zealand school and way of life with ours, Differences in urban and rural life styles

During the year the children will take part in Sport, P.E., Swimming, Dance and Drama, Music, Recorder, French and Art all taught by specialist staff.