This half term in Year 2 our topic is Fly me to the Moon.
This half term in Year 2 our topic is Fly me to the Moon.
The children will enjoy a history based topic learning about the first moon landing.
In English we will begin by reading ‘Bob Man on the Moon’ and will learn all about his job as moon keeper. The children will write questions to Bob, describe the aliens Bob finds and then plan a new story featuring one of the aliens! We will also look at instructional writing to develop our understanding of imperative verbs and adverbs.
In Maths we will develop our skill of telling the time. We will focus on o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. The children will then move onto thinking about 5 minutes past and 5 minutes to the hour. After this we will look at measuring capacity, mass and temperature. The children will learn about the different units of measurement. We will also continue to develop our times tables.
In Science our learning will be focused around plants. We will observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants. We will also find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy. The children will enjoy growing plants and spending time observing the plants in the school environment
Our PE lessons will focus on developing skills within athletics and target games. The children will enjoy both indoor and outdoor PE lessons.
During our computing lessons we will be learning about using spreadsheets. The children will develop their understanding of what spreadsheets are used for, the vocabulary they need to use and solve problems.
Within our design technology lessons, we will focus on moving vehicles and design and make a space buggy. The children will follow the process of research, design, make and evaluate.
We continue to assess the children’s reading, writing and number skills, highlighting areas for development through our next step marking and supporting the children to develop these areas.
Please continue to hear your child read and note this in their reading diary.
Also look at our page on Class Dojo for links to areas of the curriculum and examples of work that the children have completed.
Thankyou.
