Calderbrook Road, Littleborough, Lancashire, OL15 9HW

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Littleborough Community Primary School and Nursery

Bringing Out The Best In Every Child

Year 2 Summer Term

English

Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation and Phonics 

This summer term we continue to cover Phase 6 phonics. This involves looking at different rules for adding suffixes and prefixes to root words. Weekly homework covers the spelling rule that is being taught in class each week ready to be tested on 6 of them in full sentences on Friday.

Those children that did not pass the phonics screening at the end of Year One will continue to practise their sounds and blending linked to the phase most appropriate for them. They will resit their phonics screening this year when the Year 1 children do. 

Children should be practising the spelling of words that are sent home each week. These include Year 2 key words.

Year 2 key words to spell.

We will continue to embed knowledge of nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs ensuring that the children can recognise each of these word groups and use them in their work when developing sentences. We will also recap statements, commands, questions or exclamations. The children will use commas to list words, apostrophes to show possession and for contraction. We will explore past and present tense.

Writing

This term children will be writing poetry, narratives and non-chronological reports that link to the seaside. They will be encouraged to read through their writing to check that it makes sense. Children should be including plenty of detail and description in their writing and should extend their sentences using a variety of conjunctions (and, but, so, because, if, when, etc.). Children will be encouraged to include adjectives, verbs and adverbs and a variety of fronted adverbials to open their sentences. They will be using exclamation marks, question marks, commas in lists and inverted commas. There will also be an emphasis on presentation and handwriting, ensuring that all letters are formed correctly and they are correctly orientated. The children will also be given the opportunity to self-assess their work and edit it to make improvements.

Reading

Each child will be provided with at least two reading books a week. They also have weekly Guided Reading sessions where the children focus on predicting, building on prior knowledge, developing language skills, improving comprehension skills and scanning a text to locate information. To help embed the children’s reading skills and build confidence, we recommend that children read at home at least 10 minutes every day. This could be their school book or a book they enjoy to read at home. It is also important to ask your child questions about the text to ensure that they have understood what they have read. Please see attached our list of recommended books for Year 2. These are all high quality texts that have been chosen specifically for their suitability for children in Year 2.

Recommended reading list

Maths

This term we will be looking at; Money, statistics, Geometry, measure, position and direction, time and problem solving.

Fortnightly, homework tasks will be set for how you can support your children learning in maths.

We practise mental calculation daily during operation challenge in the mornings, and do ‘reasoning challenge of the day!’ We will continue to be a focus on problem solving and reasoning across all areas of the maths curriculum.

 

Learning Challenge

Our new topic is ‘Oh I do like to be beside the seaside’. During this topic we cover lots of Geography knowledge and skills. We study the physical features of the seaside (cliffs, beach, shore etc..) and look at likes and dislikes of the beach. We use books and the internet to find out about different seaside locations and what facilities they have to offer, and then compare the facilities of our local area to that of the seaside.

During this topic, we will also cover lots of history knowledge and skill as we go back in time to see what it used to be like past and make comparisons to what it is like now.

See our knowledge organiser for further information and the key vocabulary we will cover.

 

Science

Science this term will focus on Plants. The children will look and compare seeds and bulbs and will investigate what these needs to grow into healthy plants/flowers. They will look at the life cycle of a plant and how seeds are dispersed - who helps them too. 

See the knowledge organiser for more information.

 

RE (Religious Education)

Over the year Year 2 discover and explore the religious beliefs, traditions and customs linked to; Christians, Muslims and Jewish people. This Summer Term we will start to look at the holy books linked to the religious previously taught and compare how they are similar and how they are different. we will look at how they are treated and what messages their stories teach us. 

 

Computing

This term we focus on communicating and the way we do this using a computer. The children will learn how to send, read and reply to emails. They will also learn how to attach pictures. They will learn how to create slideshow presentation with text, pictures and animation. Alongside this, they will learn how to keep them safe on the internet using our SMART rules.

 

PSHRE

This term the children will be learning about the human life cycle and labelling the parts of our bodies. They will continue to look at what humans need to survive and stay healthy; and how to keep themselves safe.

 

PE

Over the year the children will take part in gymnastics, team games, ball skills and dance. They will be developing their fine and gross motor skills, balancing and moving at different levels and linking movement together. The children will also practise working together in teams, listening to and supporting each other, and develop their ball skills. They will be practising using their listening skills during PE lessons in order to follow simple instructions and rules. They will learn the rules for a variety of warm-up games which they can then adapt and use on the playground during play times. Over the year the children will also be allocated PE sessions with outside coaches.

Due to COVID-19, Edstart session will be provided for our year group where they will provide lots of fun sessions linking to ‘well-being how we feel and what we can do to help.

 

If you require any further information regarding the curriculum for Year 2 please speak to your child's class teacher.