Year 2 Curriculum Newsletter – Summer Term 2008

LITERACY  -  We will be looking at:

fiction and a variety of poems by significant children’s authors,

non fiction books including non-chronological reports,

turning statements into questions,

matching verbs to nouns/pro-nouns, using standard forms of verbs and using capital letters and full-stops correctly.

NUMERACY  -  We will be describing and extending simple number sequences.  To recognise odd and even numbers and to order whole numbers to at least 100.  To use knowledge that addition can be done in any order and to state the subtraction corresponding to a given addition and vice versa.  To estimate, measure and compare masses using standard units.  To use mathematical vocabulary to describe direction and movement. To explain how a problem was solved.  To choose and use appropriate operations and efficient calculation strategies.

SCIENCE  -  We will be looking at plants and animals in the local environment.  Variation – recognising similarities between plants and between animals.

ART  -  We will be exploring the idea of Nature as a designer and will be investigating using natural objects. 

HISTORY  -  We will be looking at the lives of several famous people and examining the effects that their inventions have had on the lives of others.

MUSIC  -  We will be exploring timbre tempo and dynamics. The children will be ordering sounds to achieve certain effects like heavy rain or thunder sounds.

PE  - Athletics. We will be practising the skills of running, jumping and hopping. 

ICT  -  We will be examining how to find information both from CD ROMS and from the internet. We will be looking at the most appropriate search techniques to suit our purpose.

PHSE  -  Our topic for this term is “Medicines and Drugs” and we will be looking at what goes into our bodies, where they go, feeling ill and feeling better, injections and how we can feel good without using medicines and drugs.

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Other Faith - Judaism

Holidays/Holydays.  We will be exploring holidays and holydays that are special to the children and for people they know.  The children will learn about, know and understand about the feast of the Holy Spirit for the first disciples and for all Christians.

Building Bridges.  We will be exploring the ways in which relationships can be spoilt and renewed.  The children will know and understand that Jesus says always be ready to forgive.

Difference.  We will be exploring that it’s good that people are different from one another and learning  that difference is a gift from God.  The children will know and understand that it’s good that people are different from one another and that difference is a gift from God.

You may like to visit the library or use the internet to support your child’s learning. 

The BBC Education Website is also a useful resource for all curriculum areas.