Class 2

Our fiction writing this term will be writing ‘beating the monster’ tales. We will read some stories involving beating various monsters, such as bullies, dragons or bears and we will use Pie Corbett’s work to study the genre. We will then innovate our own stories inspired by our reading.

Non-fiction

We will be learning all about writing letters to inform, as well as writing recounts.

Length and height, mass, capacity and temperature, time and money.

Statistics

Tally charts, tables, block diagrams and pictograms.

Geometry

Position and direction.

Number

We will continue to practice recall of key number facts, such as number bonds to 10 and 20, and 2-, 5- and 10-times tables.

Through a range of coding activities, we will explore how to ‘code’ a variety of simple games. Through this process we will also practise skills such as using a QR code to log in to a website, changing avatars and logging out of an account.

We will name, draw and label the parts of the human body that we can see, identifying which of the senses are associated with which body part. We will name a range of common animals (birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, invertebrates) and some of the parts of some animals’ bodies. We will also learn to describe how an animal is suited to its environment. We will identify and classify a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. We will identify some of the differences between different animals, and sort photographs of living things and non-living things.

We are going to conduct a case study of a town in a country in the ‘Americas’. We will compare it’s location, physical/human geography and weather patterns in relation to our local area. Through this, we will also develop simple fieldwork and observational skills such as using basic compass directions, interpreting aerial photographs and devising a simple map/key.

By exploring famous landscape paintings of ‘The Americas’, the children will create a series of their own landscape paintings in a range of styles, utilising several different techniques. Through this process we will explore the colour wheel, with the children experimenting mixing secondary and tertiary colours. They will also experiment with creating and matching colours, shades and tints. They will paint in several mediums including watercolour and poster paint, and experiment with the different aesthetics that can be created with different thicknesses of brushes. The children will also explore texture, tone and scale.

We will learn how simple 3-D textile products are made, using a template to create two identical shapes. We will begin to understand and use the term fabric, textile and material correctly when describing and designing products (textile rather than material when using fabric). We will learn how to join fabrics using different techniques e.g. running stitch, glue., over stitch, stapling. Finally, we will discuss and identify what gives a product a good quality finish.

Fundamental Skills

Find and clap rhythms:

Copy back rhythms heard.

Make up our own rhythms.

Play instrumental parts:

Play accurately in time.

Play notes E and G (and maybe B and A).

Improvise in lessons and as part of a performance.

Create a simple short repeating musical idea.

Choose suitable instruments to represent objects /moods/feelings.

Create a simple rhythmic part with others playing (e.g. ostinato, drone).

Perform and share:

Perform a song.

Listen back and explain how we felt during the performance.

We will be following a series of lessons to lean about the four zones of regulation. We will learn the names of many different emotions, and learn to categorise them into green, blue, yellow or red zones. We will learn the importance of self-regulation when in each zone, as well as finding out about some tools we can use to help with this.

Growing and changing