Welcome to Year 2 Class page
Dear Parents/Carers,
Wednesday 4th September 2019
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum! Get ready to take to the high seas and set sail in search of treasure! This half term, we’ll visit Liverpool Maritime museum and sail across the River Mersey. We’ll write about our visit, read information books, investigate amazing sea rescues and write postcards and poetry influenced by the sea. Our science skills will help us to understand how boats float and we’ll design and make model ships using a variety of materials. We’ll study paintings of boats and draw detailed pictures of our own. Our map reading skills will help us to identify different seas and oceans, and we’ll learn about famous sea explorers. Stories of pirates will inspire us to make pirate flags, treasure maps and fact files. We’ll even find out how to talk and sing like a pirate!
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English |
Stories, information books, descriptions, poetry, postcards |
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Geography |
Using and making maps, using and giving directions |
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Art & Design |
Observational drawing, printing |
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Computing |
Research, programming |
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D&T |
Mechanisms, structures |
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History |
Significant historical people – Captain James Cook, Grace Darling, famous pirates |
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Mathematics |
Place value, money, position and direction |
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Music |
Sea shanties |
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PSHE |
Feeling positive |
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Science |
Everyday materials |
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PE |
Team building skills, gymnastics |
Children have PE every Tuesday and Friday. A full PE kit MUST be in school at all times; yellow t-shirt, black shorts and pumps.
Homework will be given out on a Thursday and should be back in on the following Tuesday. Spellings will be stuck in homework diaries for this half term and the children will be tested every Friday.
At the end of the project, we’ll share our learning with you. We’ll hold a special assembly, set up a maritime museum in our classroom and perform stirring sea shanties. Shiver me timbers; it’s going to be good!
The following websites will be useful this year:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/ - Maths, English and Science
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Hit%20the%20button%20v9.swf – type in HIT THE BUTTON, multiplication and division, doubling and halving
http://uk.ixl.com/math/year-2 - all the skills children learn in Year 2
http://www.mad4maths.com/ - times tables, measuring and telling the time.
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Key-Stage-1.html - Maths, English and Science
We appreciate your co-operation, as we feel it’s important that both home and school work together in order to give your child the best possible education.
Also, if you ever have any comments, questions or concerns, we are available for phone calls and meetings (by appointment please) each day before and after school.
Many thanks
Mrs Maders