"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela (South African first black President, anti-apartheid revolutionary and philanthropist)
Welcome to Year 2
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This term our learning has a history focus. We are going to be historians and will be finding out how toys have changed over time. We will be scientists by investigating materials and their properties leading to an experiment where we will find out the best material in making our puppet. We will be engineers when we create our puppets.
We will be fully immersing ourselves in the fiction book, ‘Room on the Broom’ by Julia Donaldson. The children will develop their narrative writing skills, during this topic, and will be writing their own version of this story. We will continue to introduce the children to new learning, in line with the Year 2 objectives from the National Curriculum, alongside allowing lots of opportunities for physical or mental activities, calmness and positive thinking, to promote wellbeing.
Our Big Ideas this term are Innovation and Imagination. We will be asking Big Questions such as:
- Why is imagination important?
- How can we develop our imagination? How can we become innovators?
- What innovations might happen in the future? How will these impact our lives?
Inspirational People we will be looking at are:
- Julia Donaldson – Popular children’s storyteller, poet and songwriter; English Children’s Laureate.
- Axel Scheffler – Illustrator and animator; German based in London; long-time book partner of Julia Donaldson.
- Walt Disney - Animator, writer, film producer and entrepreneur; American responsible for creating Walt Disney Productions.
- Steve Jobs - Creator of Apple; American inventor, designer and business magnate.
Year 2 Curriculum Overview
Year 2 Curriculum Newsletters:
Year 2 Learning Organisers:
Term 1: Science - Animals inluding humans / Geography - What makes me special?
Term 2: History - 20th Century Toys / Science - Materials
Term 3: Science - Materials / Geography - We Are Britain
Term 4: Science - Plants / History - The Great Fire Of London
Term 5: Science - Living things and their Habitats / Geography - Seas and Oceans
Term 6: Science - Living things and their Habitats / Geography - Weather around the World
How can I support my child?
Numbots -Children use their same log-in details as for TTRS.
Online phonic comics to read http://www.phonicsplaycomics.co.uk/comics.html