Year 2

Year 2 Curriculum Project

Year 2 Project - Movers and Shakers

In the Movers and Shakers project, your child will learn five statements from Dawson's model that will help them identify people who are historically significant and use the words year, decade and century to describe dates and times. They will study the life and impact of a significant person in the locality and of 10 significant individuals from around the world. They will complete in-depth studies of significant explorers Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong, and significant activists Emmeline Pankhurst and Rosa Parks and think carefully about the impact of their actions. The children will also carry out an independent study of a significant person from the past and learn about people who are significant today. They will also learn how significant people are commemorated and design a memorial for a person they have studied.

Help your child prepare for their project
Research one of the historically significant people listed. Research and write about a more modern significant person such as Barack Obama, Rose Ayling-Ellis, Marcus Rashford etc. Include why you feel they are a significant person - use Dawson's model to support your points.

Memorable Experience: Studying a historically significant person

Geography: Historical landmarks; Significant places

History: Historical models; Exploring significance; Local historically significant person; Historical vocabulary; Chronology and timelines; Historically significant artists, activists, explorers, monarchs and scientists; Facts and opinions; Memorials; Significant people – Captain James Cook, Christopher Columbus, Claude Monet, Elizabeth Fry, Emmeline Pankhurst, Florence Nightingale, Henry VIII, Isaac Newton, Joseph Lister, Mahatma Gandhi, Marie Curie, Martin Luther King Jr, Mary Anning, Neil Armstrong, Paul Cezanne, Queen Victoria, Roald Amundsen, Rosa Parks, Vasco da Gama, Vincent van Gogh, William Shakespeare

This project is also supported by mini projects in; 

Geography: Let's Explore the World

Science: Habitats, Plant Survival

Art and Design: Still Life

Design and Technology: Remarkable Recipes

Computing: lessons derived from D.A.R.E.S

Music: lessons derived from Kapow

PE: lessons derived from TeamThemeKent

PSHE: lessons derived from JIGSAW content

RE: lessons derived from Kent SACRE scheme

 

More information about the Year 2 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 2 Long Term Plan 2024-2025  document found below.

Y2 Movers And Shakers KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER
Y2 Movers And Shakers HOME LEARNING

Year 2 Key Information

Year 2 English Curriculum (1)
Year 2 Maths Curriculum (1)
Recommended Reading List For Year 2

For this term, PE is timetabled for every Tuesday and Friday. We will be doing Fencing on Tuesdays and Cricket on Fridays. Please ensure that all earrings are removed on those days and that your child has their full PE kit in school. Please make sure that your child has a colder weather PE kit in school, including spare socks and trainers.

 

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English  

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Reading - Remember that they do not need to read the entire book in one day. Please continue to hear them read daily and write it in their reading record books.

Spelling by phoneme:

In class, we will focus on a different phoneme each week. The phoneme and its corresponding graphemes will be introduced on the Thursday with different activities running until the Wednesday. This gives them the weekend to practice the spelling with you at home or on Edshed. Their understanding will then be checked by writing a dictated sentence.

 

This is an example:

On Wednesday (.....) the children will be tested on  the phoneme .../ as the graphemes /../ in ..... and /..../ in .....:

 

From Thursday (......), we will consolidate year 2 common exception words and prior graphemes.

 

 

 

Maths

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we will: 

Infinity maths:

The link is 

https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home 

click 'enter code'

They can then add the

School code

SLR - JJW

FluencyBee:

 

Additional Information

Dear Year 2 parents (2024-2025), I have absolutely loved teaching your children - they have been amazing. The last two years have been wonderful. You should be incredibly proud of your child and how far they have come. They are a brilliant class and you have been such kind and supportive parents. This class is full of enthusiastic and emotionally invested children - they have had their ups and downs, as all children (and adults) do, but they have always supported each other and are so accepting of each others' personalities and needs. I am very grateful to have taught them and for the award that they so kindly won for me. I will always hold them close to my heart and know that they will be well looked after. I am looking forward to spending the final two days with them and wish you all a wonderful summer break.

Thank you for everything - your smiling faces, your unwavering support and for nurturing the most loving children I have ever worked with. 

Mrs. Horlock

 

 

Future Dates -
As the weather is becoming hotter, please ensure that you send your child in with a hat and suncream already applied (plus a light coat in their bag).
Please name everything!
Please remove or tape earrings every Tuesday and Friday for PE.
Please hear your child 
read at home as much as possible. This really helps them in all subjects (please ensure that reading books are in school every day)
Show and Tell is only on Fridays and rotates between the houses:

Show and tell:

Friday  =

Team: = 

Future dates:

 

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OUR LEARNING

OUR VISITS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

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        This week's homework is:

  • To read for at least 10 minutes everyday to an adult.
  • spend 20 minutes (over the week) on Numbots, TTRockstars or Infinity (Usernames and passwords are in your child's reading record)
  • spend 20 minutes (over the week) on Edshed (usernames and passwords in reading records)
  • For those wanting additional work -

  • English:

 

         Maths:

     Other:

Enjoy the summer and have fun with friends and family.

 

 

 

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