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Year Two at Littleborough

Class 5 Teacher - Mrs Tremills
Class 6 Teacher - Mrs Mager

YEAR TWO - Spring Term Overview

Numeracy
This term the children will be learning to order numbers to 100, count forwards and backwards in ones and tens. They should recognise odd and even numbers. They will also be focusing on adding 9 and 11 to numbers. They should be able to recognise all coins and find totals of money up to £1. They need to name and describe 2D and 3D shapes. In time work they should know o'clock, half past and minutes past the hour. They should know by heart the 2 and 10 times tables. They should also be able to add and subtract numbers to 20 in their heads. They are beginning to do work on measurement, weight and capacity using standard measurements.

Literacy
This term children will focus on fiction writing, poems and comprehension activities. They will be developing their knowledge of sounds and focusing on spelling patterns. Our shared and guided reading sessions will focus on instructions and traditional tales.

Science
During science lessons children will be focusing on living things and their characteristics. After the half term they will focus on forces including pushes, pulls and gravity. The children will have the opportunity to investigate and learn from first hand experiences.

Religious Education
During these sessions children will be given the opportunity to discuss and reflect on their learning. Religious festivals will include Resolutions, Holi, Chinese New Year, Mothering Sunday, Passover and Easter. The children will also be studying the patron saints of Britain.

Information Communication Technology
Year 2 children will focus on data collecting and representing information graphically, they will be entering and editing numbers. They will also be looking at directions, controlling a floor robot. They will program the robot by entering instructions.

Geography
Children will be focusing on contrasting localities. They will study Antarctica and Littleborough. They will also be contrasting life in the town and country. After half term they will focus on the story of Katie Morag and will explore life on an island.

Art and Design & Design and Technology
Children will be completing observational drawings using a variety of medium. They will be designing and making their own dragon masks and Willow Pattern plates. They will be making Easter cards, fridge magnets and daffodil pictures. They will also have the opportunity to make pancakes and biscuits.

Physical Education (Class 4 - Thursday, Class 5 - Tuesday)
Children will be focusing on dance and movement. During the sessions they will be developing their skills of co-ordination, direction and interpretation.

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YEAR TWO - Summer Term Overview

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YEAR TWO - Winter Term Overview

Numeracy
This term the children will be learning to read the number names to 100, read and write whole numbers to 50 and to partition numbers into tens and units. They will also be focusing on adding 9 and 11 to numbers. They should be able to recognise all coins and find totals of money. They need to name and describe 2D and 3D shapes. In time work they should know o'clock, half past and minutes past the hour.

Literacy
This term children will focus on non-fiction writing, poems and comprehension activities. They will be developing their knowledge of sounds and focusing on spelling patterns. Our shared and guided reading sessions will focus on poetry and rhyming words.

Science
During science lessons children will be focusing on materials and electricity. Children will explore the terms natural and made. They will also be made aware of the dangers of electricity. The children will have the opportunity to investigate and learn from first hand experiences.

Religious Education
Children will listen to Bible stories from the Old Testament including Moses, The Creation, 10 Commandments. During these sessions children will be given the opportunity to discuss and reflect on their learning. Religious festivals will include Diwali and Christmas.

Information Communication Technology
Year 2 children will focus on word processing, they will be entering and editing texts. They will also be using the Paint programme to produce Bonfire Night Pictures, Christmas Card designs and paintings in the style of Georgia O'Keefe.

History
This term children are learning about Famous People and events in the past including The Great Fire of London, Louis Braille, Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole, Samuel Pepys, Guy Fawkes and Remembrance Sunday.

Art and Design & Design and Technology
Children will be exploring shape, form and space. They will focus on work by Kandinsky, Georgia O'Keefe and Monet. They will be creating a Fire of London frieze looking at the style of Tudor Houses.

Physical Education (Class 4 - Thursday, Class 5 - Tuesday)
Children will be focusing on gymnastics. During the sessions they will be developing their skills using the floor and apparatus.

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Year 2 Work

Here is a selection of the work from Year 2
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Key Stage 1

General information

Key Stage 1 comprises of four classes. Class 3 and 4 make up Year 1, whilst class 5 and 6 make up Year 2. Each class has approximately 30 children of mixed ability. During the school day the children in Key Stage 1 are provided with a range of practical and first hand experiences. Whilst engaging in such activities and other lessons the children are provided with the opportunity to work with other children. They are also provided with opportunities to work closely with a teacher.

Subjects covered

The children in Key Stage 1 are taught the subjects outlined in the National Curriculum. These subjects are Science, Religious Education, Art, Design and Technology, Geography, History, Information Communication Technology, Music and Physical Education. Since September 1998 the school has implemented the National Literacy Hour. Speaking and Listening, Reading, Writing, Handwriting and Spelling are the main aspects of the English Curriculum, taught during the National Literacy Hour. The children are also taught Mathematics during the Numeracy Hour. This year the children have been introduced to Circle Time. This is a time set aside each week when children and their teacher sit in a circle and take part in games and activities designed to increase self-awareness, awareness of others, self esteem, cooperation, trust and listening skills.

The children also attend the school library once a week and are able to choose a book to take home and read.

Resource Area

One afternoon each week the classes in Key Stage 1 have access to the Resource Area. The Resource Area is run by Mrs Legge (NNEB). The Resource Area provides the children with further opportunities to explore at first hand a variety of creative activities, including sculpturing, painting and weaving. In the resource area the children also have the opportunity to make models out of various materials including mobilo and lego. Each term a different role play area is set up. This may be in the form of a post office or a travel agents. These role play areas allow the children to interact and develop speaking and listening skills and their writing skills.

Support Staff

As well as organising and teaching in the resource area, Mrs Legge also works with groups of children in all four classes in Key Stage 1. Mrs Legge supports the children when they are working in the ICT suite and when they are engaged in Literacy and Numeracy activities.

Mrs Quinn supports the Year 1 Literacy lessons and works with small groups of children, assisting them with their writing and reading. Mrs Quinn also organises ELS sessions. This is a government initiative which clarifies and reinforces the Year 1 Literacy objectives.