Year 2 News Autumn Term 1... Welcome back! We hope you have all had a wonderful summer! This half term our creative topic will be the history of our Royal Family.
ing our own version of this story. Hopefully this will help to develop our key skill of creativity and allow the children to use their imaginations.
In Literacy we will be looking at text surrounding the Royal Family and the new baby and producing fact files. We will also be looking at the fictional tale: The Queen’s Knickers and writ-
In Numeracy we will be learning the 2x, 5x and 10x tables, number sequences and doubling and halving. In Science we will be developing our knowledge of fair
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tests and predictions. In Art we will be looking at colour mixing and collages then going on to evaluate our work. We will do this in the form of creating thrones, outfits and crowns. In Design and Technology we will be designing our own palaces and making them out of 3D shapes.
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Special points of interest: Assembly days for Y2 this term are : Praise Assembly Thursday@ 8:55pm Class Assembly Y2JS: 7th October Library visits will be announced.
Reminder’s… WATER: Please ensure your child has a water bottle in school with fresh water each day
Reading Mornings... We will be holding a reading morning alternate Wednesday mornings 8.35– 8.50 am. This will allow you to listen to your child read their reading book, share a story
book with you or look at non– fiction books to find out more about our topics. We would appreciate as many people as possible coming to support us as we contin-
ue to help the children to develop valuable reading skills.
READING BOOKS: Please encourage your child to change their reading book each morning and fill in their reading diary each evening.