St.Wilfrid's CE Primary School, Main Street, Calverton, Notts. NG14 6FG
Email: office@st-wilfrids.notts.sch.uk
Tel: 0115 9652775
Learning and growing together; living life in all its fullness
We apply the golden rule ‘Do unto others as you would have done to yourself’ when we consider each of our values. Each half term, a value becomes a focus across school
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Our core values are:
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Kindness, Love, Respect, Faith, Resilience, Joy
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Welcome to Year 2
Autumn Term 1
English
To begin the school term, we are going to be looking at rhyming poems. Studying the book Oi Frog, we will be exploring rhyming words, looking at the features of rhyming poetry and writing our own rhyming poems.
We are then going to look at stories with a familiar setting, where we will study the beautiful book ‘The Tear Thief’ by Carol Ann Duffy. Following this, at the end of this half term, we will be writing information texts linked to our history topic (the history of flight).
Maths
Maths will be taught daily, with a focus on both arithmetic and problem solving. This half term, we are going to be covering place value, addition and subtraction. After half term we will be looking at geometry, height and length.
Science
In the first half term, the children will be taking part in forest school as part of their learning in Science. Sessions will be on a Wednesday afternoon with Miss Morten. Please can you send your child in with a change of clothes to do forest school in (unlike PE days, the children will need to come to school in their uniform).
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After half term, our topic in science will look at the uses of everyday materials and their properties.
History
In history this half term, our topic will be the history of flight, where we will be discovering ‘how we got up there?’ We will be learning about significant people, such as the Wright Brothers and Bessie Coleman. As historians, we will be developing our historical skills by asking questions, looking at a range of primary sources and developing our critical thinking.
RE
We begin our Year 2 RE curriculum by exploring the question, what do Christians believe God is like? We will explore how God is like a father and discuss how Christians can show their love for God.
PE
PE for year 2 will be on a Thursday and Friday this year. Children will need to come to school in their PE kit on these days. On a Thursday, the children will be practicing their throwing and catching skills with Mr Devivo. PE on a Friday will be with Mrs Watson, where the children will be doing dance.
Computing
We are starting the year in computing with online safety. We will talk about how to stay safe online and what to do if something is upsetting us.
PSHE
Our PSHE topic this half term is ‘Keeping Myself Safe’. We will be talking about using medicine responsibly, feeling safe and what to do when we don’t feel safe or feel uncomfortable.
Art
Our topic in art is called ‘Exploring and Drawing’. We will be exploring how artists are collectors and explorers through our artist studies on Nicole White and Alice Fox. At the end of the topic, we will be making our own wax resistant paintings.
Music
In music, we will be looking at African call and response. Using inspiration from animal noises, we will be creating and performing sound patterns with contrasting dynamics.
Please click on the link below to find out what we will be learning in Year 2 throughout the year.
Spellings
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Children will be given a set of spellings to learn and practice each week. Click on the above link for an overview of the words and patterns they will learn throughout the year.
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