Class 2

We will be reading and enjoying list poems. We will look at different versions and then practice writing our own, focusing on using lots of description through adjectives, adverbs and similes.

Fiction

Our fiction writing this term will be use Pie Corbett work to learn parts of the story and write our own versions. We will look at setting on detail using the book as our stimulus.

Non-fiction

We will be learning all about non-chronological reports and recounts and then we will write our own.

Adding and subtracting ones’ adding and subtracting tens; adding and subtracting two-digit numbers from two-digit numbers; missing number problems; addition and subtraction word problems.

Multiplication and division

Recognise, make and add equal groups; write multiplication sentences using the ‘x’ symbol and from pictures; use arrays; make doubles; write our 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables; make equal groups by sharing; make equal groups by grouping; divide by 2, 5 and 10; identify odd and even numbers.

Fractions

Parts and wholes; finding a recognising a half, quarter, three quarters and a third; counting in fractions.

We are going to be discussing what makes digital content good or bad and understanding that we can edit and change digital content. Then we will plan our own piece of digital content and select the media we would like to use (images, video, sound) to present our plans. Finally, we will learn how to combine media to present information to each other.

We will name the petals, stem, leaf, bulb, flower, seed, and root of a plant. We will identify and name a range of common plants and trees, and recognise deciduous and evergreen trees. We will also name the trunk, branches and root of a tree.

We are going to look at chronology, firstly by describing memories of key events in our lives and sequencing those key events. This will help us to then sequence artefacts from distinctly different periods, match objects to people of different ages and sequence artefacts closer together in time. We will also use sources to answer questions about the past, use stories to help us to distinguish between fact and fiction and recognise why people did things, why events happened and what happened as a result.

This term we will be looking at location, human and physical geography, direction/location, fieldwork and map work by learning about a small area of the United Kingdom and The Americas. We will start our learning by naming and locating the seven continents and five oceans of the world.

We will know the difference between a straight and curved line and draw these using

different mediums. We will know that there are different grades of pencil and use these to create different shades in our drawings. We will understand what smudging, blending and adding detail means and use these to improve our work. Finally, we will experiment with a range of media: pencils, rubbers, crayons, pastels, felt tips, charcoal etc. and then select the most appropriate media to use in our work.

Over the term we will recognise the words of the Shema as a Jewish prayer; retell simply some stories used in Jewish celebrations (e.g. Chanukah); give examples of how the stories used in celebrations (e.g. Shabbat, Chanukah) remind Jews about what God is like. We will give examples of how Jewish people celebrate special times

(e.g. Shabbat, Sukkot, Chanukah); make links between Jewish ideas of God found in the stories and how people live; give an example of how some Jewish people might remember God in different ways (e.g. mezuzah, on Shabbat). We will talk about what they think is good about reflecting, thanking, praising and remembering for Jewish people, giving a good reason for their ideas; give a good reason for their ideas about whether reflecting, thanking, praising and remembering have something to say to

them too.

We will respond to different moods in music and explain thinking about changes in sound and identify what improvements could be made to our own work and make these changes, including altering voices and instruments. We will identify and recognise repeated patterns and follow a wider range of musical instructions, and understand how musical elements create different moods and effects.

We will be focusing on how we can get better if we are unwell and the safety of medicines. We will think about situations where we may feel unsafe and what we should do or how other people’s body language or facial expressions can give clues about how they are feeling. We will identify when touch makes us feel uncomfortable and how to ask people to stop as well as identifying how an inappropriate touch can make someone feel. We will identify safe secrets and unsafe secrets and how secrets make us feel.