Year 2
Welcome to Year 2!
Miss Bush is the class teacher and Mrs Smith is the teaching assistant. On this page, you will find information about Class Two, news, pictures of things we've done and more.
Termly Newsletters & Information
Talk For Writing
As a Talk 4 Writing school, we place emphasis on children learning to orally retell different types of texts using story maps and actions. Throughout the year, children will learn approximately 9-12 model texts. We ask all parents to support children with learning these texts at home orally, so that children can use them to create their own versions.
The table below highlights the text types and texts that we are learning in Year 2. The table will be updated and added to throughout the year. Please download the texts and story maps and practise retelling them. Aim to retell the texts with actions and expression!
| Date | Text Type | Text Title |
| Autumn 1 | Journey Story | Whatever Next! |
| Autumn 1 | Recount | The Way Back Home |
| Autumn 2 | Overcoming the baddie | Billy the Brave Knight |
| Autumn 2 | Warning Tale | Where the Wild Things Are |
| Spring 1 | Journey Story | Around the World in 80 Days! |
| Spring 1 | Non-chronological report | Polar Bears |
| Spring 2 | Wishing tale | The Magic Paintbrush |
| Spring 2 | Instructions | How to Make a Healthy Lunch |
| Summer 1 | Newspaper Report, diaries | The Titanic |
| Summer 1 | Instructions, letters | Roald Dahl |
| Summer 2 | Cumulative Tale | Monkey See, Monkey Do |
| Summer 2 | Non-chronological report | Monkeys |
Year 2 Textbook 2A - Maths No Problem
As a school, we place emphasis on teaching Maths using a Maths Mastery approach. We place emphasis on children learning to develop their fluency, reasoning and problem solving skills. We use Maths No Problem Maths Textbooks and Workbooks in school. To find out more, visit https://www.st-lukes.hants.sch.uk/click-here-for-parent-videos-for-singapore-maths/ to watch parent videos all about how we teach Maths at St Luke's.
The table below highlights the textbook and chapters that we are learning in Year 2. The table will be updated and added to throughout the year. If you wish to purchase a copy of the Maths No Problem Textbook A and B and Workbook A and B for your year group for use at home and also find out more about how Maths is taught in school, these are available to order at http://www.mathsnoproblem.co.uk/mathematics/primary-key-stage1-and-key-stage-2/maths-no-problem.html
We ask all parents to support children with learning their number bonds and times tables at home; this is key to children being successful as Mathematicians.
| Date | Focus Textbook Chapter and Title | ||
| Autumn 1 |
Year 2 Textbook 2A - Chapter 1 - Numbers to 100 |
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| Autumn 1 |
Year 2 Textbook 2A - Chapter 2 - Addition and Subtraction |
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| Autumn 1 |
Year 2 Textbook 2A - Chapter 3 - Multiplication of 2, 5 and 10 |
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| Autumn 2 |
Year 2 Textbook 2A - Chapter 4 - Division of 2, 5 and 10 |
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| Autumn 2 |
Year 2 Textbook 2A - Chapter 5 - Length |
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| Autumn 2 | Year 2 Textbook 2A - Chapter 6 - Mass | ||
| Spring 1 | Year 2 Textbook 2A - Chapter 7 - Temperature | ||
| Spring 1 | Year 2 Textbook 2A - Chapter 8 - Picture Graphs | ||
| Spring 1 | Year 2 Textbook 2A - Mid Year revision | ||
| Spring 1 | Year 2 Textbook 2B - Chapter 9 - More Word Problems | ||
| Spring 1 | Year 2 Textbook 2B - Chapter 10 - Money | ||
| Spring 2 |
Year 2 Textbook 2B - Chapter 11 - 2D shapes |
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| Spring 2 | Year 2 Textbook 2B - Chapter 12 - 3D Shapes | ||
| Summer 1 |
Year 2 Textbook 2B - Chapter 13 - Fractions |
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| Summer 1 | Year 2 Textbook 2B - Chapter 14 - Time | ||
| Summer 2 |
Year 2 Textbook 2B - Chapter 15 -Volume Fractions and Time |
Autumn 2:
Investigating the UK
In Year 2, our new Geography-based topic will be ‘Investigating the United Kingdom.’ We will be locating and naming the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom. For our Brilliant Beginning, we will go on a ‘British Adventure’ where we will do activities relating to each of the 4 countries in the UK.
Autumn 1:
The History of Flight
In History, we will be learning all about the history of flight. We will learn about the lives of the Wright Brothers and Amelia Earhart. In Science, we will carryout scientific investigations to see what affects how far a paper aeroplane can travel. In DT, we will create models of planes and helicopters using KNEX.
In Science, we have been working scientifically to investiagte how the size of a balloon affects the distance a balloon car travels. As a class, we decided what we wanted to investiagted, predicted what would happened and then recorded our findings in a table. We found out that the bigger balloon pushed the car further. We thought this was because it had more air.
In DT, we explored KNex to make rotating propellers.
Bournemouth Aviation Museum - More photos to come!
Maths - Hit the Button and Times Table Rock Stars
Design and Technology - Propellers
R.E - Creation Story Art
Science - Balloon Car Investigation
Design and Technology - KNex Propellers
Our Class country is Rwanda!!
We will be learning all about Rwanda. We will investigate where it is in the world and find out facts about what it is like to go to school in Rwanda.
