Welcome to Year 2 and Polar Bear Class!
My name is Mr Ryan and I am the class teacher in Polar Bear class. Mrs Pearson is our CSP and supports us with our learning. We also have Mrs Ashmead and Mr Mason providing 1:1 support to some members of our class.
Summer Term
In English this term, we will begin by reading Leaf, by Sandra Dieckmann. As readers, we will be developing our fluency, as well as our ability to retrieve, infer, predict and summarise. As writers, we will learn how to extend our ideas using co-ordination and subordination, leading to an amazing diary entry which will showcase our fantastic skills!
As mathematicians, we will begin this term by examining fractions, consolidating how to find halves and quarters. We will explore how to find fractions of shapes but also begin to look at how to find fractions of numbers. Later in the term, we will improve our understanding of time and we will learn to plot and read data from a variety of formats.
As scientists, we will be learning about materials. We will be considering the properties of materials so that we can evaluate suitability for specific roles (e.g. would chocolate not be a good material for a teapot to be made from?).
Spring Term
This term we are looking at a range of subjects across the curriculum (see parent planner above).
We will be exploring ‘The Incredible book eating boy’ by Oliver Jeffers and ‘Snail and the Whale’ by Julia Donaldson, during our English writing and reading lessons to support our learning. We will be expanding our skills around retelling stories as well as developing our ability to write to inform.
Science
In Science we will be looking at Materials and their use in everyday life. We will be exploring what is a suitable material for different objects as well as their different properties that make them suitable.
Art
In Art, we will be looking at Jamaican Printing and making patterns using prints.
In Geography we are revisiting our knowledge of the UK, as well as continents around the world. We will be looking closing and learning all about Jamacia as a country, then comparing the different human and physical features of the UK to this.
PE
During our PE lessons we will be developing our dance skills and looking at balances with the aim of creating small group pieces to perform to the class. In Gymnastics we are look at turns and rolls including the teddy bear roll, forward roll and a pencil roll.
Music & Computing
In Music we are looking at retelling old fairy stories through sound and using instruments. We are looking at the instrument families and different instruments we may not have come across before.
In computing we are looking at algorithms and coding using a programme called Scratch. This is available to download for free so feel free to encourage your child to use it at home and showcase what they are learning! 🙂