Class 5 with Mrs Church
Welcome to Year 2!
How have we got to summer 2 already! This year seems to have flown by. In our last term as year 2 children we will continue to work hard and get ready for year 3. We will enjoy Sports Day and fingers crossed for some lovely weather. It will also be arts week where we will spend a whole week immersed in everything art, including music and sports.
Summer 2 2025
English
In English we will continue to practise using capital letters and the correct punctuation correctly. We will also be focussing on improving our writing by using adjectives, adverbs and similes. We will be continuing to learn different spelling rules and using these words in our writing. The genres we will be looking at are narrative, non-chronological reports and poetry.
Maths
In maths, we will be looking at splitting numbers and shapes into fractions. The fractions we are looking at will be halves, quarters, thirds and three quarters. We will be continuing to learn our 2, 5 and 10 times tables. We will also be looking at adding and subtracting 2 2-digit numbers.
History
Our History lessons will be ‘What is a monarch?’ The children will look at the life of Queen Elizabeth II and what the role of a Monarch / the Queen was. They will look at how the Queen’s seventy year reign was celebrated around the world and the legacy Queen Elizabeth II left behind.
Science
In Science we will be observing different plants and seeing how they grow. We will also see which plants we can eat!.
DT
There will be excitement in DT where the children will be designing and making their own chocolate bars! They will test out different flavours and see what combinations they want to put together..
RE
In RE the children will be looking at different communities and how people within the Christian, Jewish and Humanist celebrate special occasions.
Music
In music the children will know that the word pitch is used to describe high and low sounds. They will match the pitch, tempo and dynamics of a piece of music accurately.
Computing
In Computing, the children will learn how to copy, cut and paste in a spreadsheet. They will also know how to create a table of data on spreadsheet.
P.S.H.E
In PSHE the children will continue with the My Happy Mind programme. This term is all about setting goals and feeling good about ourselves.
P.E.
Hopefully the sun will shine and in our outdoor PE lessons we will be learning different skills in athletics to get ready for sports day. In our indoor lessons we will be learning yoga.
Please can children come to school in their correct PE uniform. PE days are not non-uniform days. No football shirts are allowed.
Please make sure all children have their correct PE uniform in school. No football shirts are allowed.
We have PE on Wednesday and Fridays.
PE Uniform:
Plain T-Shirt the colour of your child’s House (red, blue, yellow, green) - No football shirts
Plain tracksuit bottoms (light grey, dark grey, black)
Plain hoodie / sweatshirt (light grey, dark grey, black)
Shorts (light grey, dark grey, black)
Suitable trainers
Please make sure that everything is labelled clearly with their names.
Children with long hair should have it tied up please.
Homework
We send out all homework on a Wednesday. The children will have a maths book and a comprehension book. Please make sure all their homework is returned for marking by Monday. Please note down the reading your child does at home each day in their diary. This will be checked by the class teacher. Remember that we are aiming for 4 reads a week. It is important that you continue to help your child to learn the 2, 5 and 10 times tables as well as the division facts that go with these.
Click here for information about Year 2 Mastering Number at Home
Uniform Reminder!
Please make sure that all of your child's uniform is clearly labelled, especially their jumper and their coat as they are the items of clothing most likely to get lost! Thank you.
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If you would like to speak to me, please come and have a chat with me at the end of the school day or send me an email:
kchurch@thewilmslowacademy.co.uk
Curriculum map for Summer 2
Click here for more information about the subjects being taught this half term