Year 2 2020 - 2021

Mrs Malkin

Mrs Lagonegro

Welcome to Year 2

Teachers: Mrs Lagonegro & Mrs Malkin

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Stanier & Mrs Green

Here is an outline of the interesting and fun activities we have planned for the year.

Our first theme is ‘Remember Remember!

It is a Geography and History based topic. The children will be exploring the questions:

• What is important to remember in the UK?

• What is the UK?

• Could the Great Fire of London happen today?

• Why do we celebrate Bonfire night?

• Why do we wear poppies?

In Spring Term the theme is ‘Where would you prefer to live?’

It is a Geography based topic. The children will be exploring the questions:

What are villages like?
What are towns like?
What are cities?

In the Summer Term the theme is ‘Who explored the world and how did they survive?’

It is a Geography and History based topic. The children will be exploring the questions:

Why are the Polar/Desert/Equatorial regions like?
What is the longest journey you have been on?
What was the sea race? What was the space race?

Homework

In Year 2, the children are working towards becoming confident, fluent readers, who show a good understanding of the texts they read. Please read 10 minutes every day and make a comment in the reading journal.

Please see the attached the homework grid with further information about our homework this year.

Timetable

Our timetable for Year Two is as follows:

Mrs Lagonegro teaches Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Mrs Malkin teaches on a Wednesday.
PE is delivered by our specialist coach on a Tuesday afternoon. Outdoor kits with trainers will be needed for this session. Please name all items.
We will be doing outdoor learning on a Thursday morning so please bring appropriate old clothes,wellies/walking boots, hat, gloves, waterproof trousers and coat.
English, Maths and Phonics/Spelling/grammar taught every morning.
Foundation subjects taught in the afternoons.