Year 2
This half term, our Year 2 theme is 'Wild Wild West'. We will be stepping back in time to explore the exciting world of cowboys, cowgirls and the Wild West! The children will be using this theme to inspire their writing, creating their own cowboy adventure stories filled with daring journeys, exciting challenges and unexpected surprises. We will also be exploring a range of cowboy-themed activities across the curriculum, developing our knowledge and understanding through creative projects, investigations and practical learning. We are looking forward to an exciting half term full of adventure, imagination and plenty of Wild West fun!
PE days:
Class 7 – Wednesday and Friday
Class 8- Tuesday and Thursday
Class 9- Monday and Tuesday
Maths Mastery
At St Georges School, we follow Maths Mastery. This half term, we will be revisiting areas of learning that we found tricky last year. After that, we will be securing the fundamentals of mathematics, including place value, addition and subtraction. We love to use manipulatives to support our learning and to deepen our understanding of mathematical concepts.
We have also started an exciting scheme called 'Mastering Number', aimed at further developing our fluency and mastery of maths.
Reading
We love reading in Year 2. This half term, we will be accessing a number of high quality texts including 'The Wild West: Cowboys', 'Outlaws and Pioneers', 'The Wildest Cowboy', 'American Wild West Adventure: Stories for Kids', 'Max & Katie’s Wild West Adventure', 'Tornado Slim and the Magical Cowboy Hat', 'The 50 states', 'Ravi’s Roar' and 'The Great Big Book of Families'
Alongside this, we love to read at home, aiming for at least 5 reads a week!
For those of us who still require phonics support, we will continue to develop this through targetted phonics lessons and interventions.
Our Bansky exhibition visit
At the end of Autumn 1, Year 2 visitited the Banksy exhibition at The Minories. We looked at over 20 original Bansky's and had an amazing time exploring the gallery.
Writing
In Year 2, we are continuing to build on the skills learnt in Year 1. This year, we are following the St Georges writing structure. We start by analysing similar texts before moving onto practicising the core skills required through modelling and shared writing. After this, we plan our text and use this to write our first draft. We continue the writing process by editing and refining our work. Finally, we publish our writing. This half term, we will cover a range of genres, including instruction writing, descriptive writing and poetry.
Wider curriculum
We access a broad and balanced curriculum at St Georges School. This term, we are continuing to develop our skills in Science, Music, PE, Art, History, Geography, DT, PSHE, RE and Computing. Stay tuned for more photos of our learning in these areas throughout the term!.
