Year Two
Our Class teachers are: Mrs Clarke and Miss Flynn
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Price
VALUES DRIVEN LEARNING
At Litherland Moss we have a values-driven approach to learning. Below is the ‘Rainbow Pathway’ for our current curriculum focus on Science, Art and Geography.
This half-term in Science we are learning about Uses of Everyday Materials.
In Geography, our new topic is a comparative study between our town of Litherland in England and the city of Nairobi in Kenya. We will understand the geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area of Kenya.
We are looking forward to painting in Art this half term and using mixed media to explore 'Life in Colour'. This unit focusses on teaching primary and secondary colours, colour mixing, and creating textures using different tools. It also covers collage techniques, encouraging pupils to experiment with materials and evaluate their artistic choices and aims to develop children's understanding of colour, texture, and composition in art.
In English, our Ready Steady Write text for this half-term is 'The Bog Baby' by Jeanne Willis. We are discussing new language features and writing techniques found within the book to help the children mould their own story which they will write at the end of the half-term.
Important information
This half-term, children in Year 2 will have PE on Monday afternoons. Please ensure that children are prepared with all of their kit for this day.
Class Novel
This term, we are reading 'George's Marvellous Medicine' by Roald Dahl.
Regular reading helps children to develop their fluency and comprehension skills, and in turn, allows them to access the rest of the curriculum. Reading books will be changed on Fridays. We will send home a reading book each week to match their phonic ability. Please bring your child's reading book into school each day so that we can continue to read with them in school also.
Spellings will also be given out on a Friday and need to be learnt for the following Friday when the children will do a spelling test. The children will also be told about a times table test each week - these will either be 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
Working at home
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