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.
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
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
Show and tell:
Friday =
Team: =
Future dates:
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This week's homework is:
English:
Maths:
Other:
Enjoy the summer and have fun with friends and family.
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