Year Two

February 2015
Dear Parents/Carers,
The year 2 team thought you may find it helpful to know about what we are planning to
teach this half term and some of our learning objectives with ideas of how you can help
you child at home.

Numeracy

Literacy

We will continue to consolidate the

children's
knowledge of number facts. This half term, we
will be learning about multiplication and division,
problem solving, money and position and
direction. When you are out shopping, please
take every opportunity to ask questions which
will help your child to develop their
understanding of solving problems.
For example: This bag of rice cost
1.30p. I only have a 2 coin in
my purse. How much change
will I expect?

The children will continue to use exciting

vocabulary, connective, openers and
punctuation. We will be planning and writing stories and making notes to
remember ideas. The children will also be
writing riddles, instructions, labels and
captions for cyclical
diagrams.

Geography
Science
In science, we will be learning about
Plants. The children will learn the names
of various plants and their different parts.
As part of their work, the children will be
bringing home a seed to grow and the will
have to keep a report on its
growth. They will be asked to
bring back their plant
occasionally to measure and
compare with others.

In geography, we will be learning about

the British Isles through Barnaby Bear.
You can help childrens understanding by
looking at maps with them and talking
about the different countries in GB. Please
discuss any cities you and your child have
visited, showing them where they were in
relation to London. They will
also be
learning about basic mapping
skills, such as using coordinates
and knowing what some
symbols on maps mean.

Art

P.E.

In art we will be leaning about Line and Tone.

The children will be exploring marks and
shading through drawing.

Remember your child is taught PE every

week and needs to have a full kit in school.
PE days are
Owls- Monday
Penguins - Thursday
Ducks -Thursday
Macaws - Friday

Cooking

It would also be helpful if...

Your child will be cooking throughout the

year in various curriculum areas. In order
for these sessions to take place we would
like to ask you to make a voluntary
contribution of 1 towards the cost of
purchasing resources this half term. Please
give the donation to your childs class
teacher.

You make time to share a book with

your child every day;

You help your child to learn her/his

key words by playing games such as,
pairs, snap, looking for the words in
books, displaying them around your
home etc.

You return the maths game

permission slip (if you havent already
done so). The games are a fun way of
helping your child to develop maths
skills.

We will also be teaching aspects of ICT, music, RE and PSHE as the term progresses. Our
planning is linked across the curriculum and most subjects will be taught alongside each other.

We hope some of these ideas will be helpful to you. If you have any questions, queries or
concerns we are always willing to talk them through with you. If we are unable to answer
your question immediately, we are always willing to make an appointment for a more
suitable time.
Thank you for your support.
Ms T Scott, The Year 2 Team.