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 Walt Disney. In Literacy we will be looking at biographical and recount texts. We will be learning to write in the past tense and extend our sentences with adverbs and conjunctions.
In Numeracy we will be learning the 2x, 5x and 10x tables. We will also explore number sequences and develop addition and subtraction strategies. In Science we will be exploring the use of everyday materials. In Art we will be explore the work of Walt Disney and create a silhouette
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of a Disney character. P.E lessons will focus on developing Fundamental sport skills such as throwing, catching and reaction skills. We will be learning Spanish as part of our whole school MFL curriculum.
September—October 2014
Special points of interest: Shine Assembly Thursday @ 8:55pm Educational visits will be announced. Y2JS Class Assembly 15th October
Reminder’s… WATER: Please ensure your child has a water bottle in school with fresh water each day.
Biography Boxes As we explore the life of Walt Disney, we will be encouraging the children to explore their own pasts. Please could you
start collecting together baby photos, favourite toys, personal artifacts, baby clothes etc, for the children to put into
a biography box. We will be using these boxes to support our literacy work.
READING BOOKS: Please encourage your child to change their reading book each morning and fill in their reading diary each evening.