Year 2

Year 2 Curriculum Project

Year 2 Project - Land Ahoy!

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum! Get ready to take to the high seas and set sail in search of treasure!

This term, we’ll visit Chatham Historic Dockyard to find out about boats and ships of all shapes and sizes. We’ll write about our visit, read information books, investigate amazing sea rescues and write postcards and poetry influenced by the sea. Our science skills will help us to understand how boats float and we’ll design and make model ships using a variety of materials. We’ll study paintings of boats. Our map reading skills will help us to identify different seas and oceans, and we’ll learn about famous sea explorers. Stories of pirates will inspire us to make pirate flags, treasure maps and fact files. We’ll even find out how to talk and sing like a pirate!

Help your child prepare for their project
The sea is fascinating! Why not take a trip to the coast? Visit the harbour, lifeboat station and beach and take plenty of interesting photographs. You could also make boats from plastic cartons, cardboard boxes and polystyrene trays. Add sails and cargo then see which boats sail around the bath successfully! Alternatively, sing along to some lively sea shanties performed by The Fisherman’s Friends from Port Isaac in Cornwall. Visit their website to access free sample tracks.

 

Memorable Experience: Visit to Chatham Historic Dockyard

Geography: Using and making maps; Locational knowledge; Directions

History: Significant historical people – Captain James Cook, Grace Darling; Famous pirates

 

This project is also supported by mini projects in; 

Science: Human Survival, Uses of Materials 

Art and Design: Flower Heads

Design and Technology: Beach Hut

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  document found below.

Year 2 Key Information

In Year 2, PE is timetabled for every Tuesday and Thursday. We will be doing Gymnastics on Tuesdays and Hockey on Thursdays. Please ensure that all earrings are removed on those days and that your child has their full PE kit in school. Please ensure 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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After Christmas our first topic will be focus around a train ride - if you get a chance to go on a train, over the holidays, please note down (with your child) things they could see, hear, feel and smell  - both inside and outside of the train. This will really support them to provide ideas to enhance their writing.

Any handwriting opportunities that your child has over the break please encourage cursive writing with clearly formed letters with the correct punctuation, grammar and spacing.

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 where their understanding will be checked.

On Wednesday they will write a dictated sentence which uses some words containing these graphemes.

 

Over the Christmas holidays Edshed will focus on tricky words (a mixture of Year 1 and Year 2) as it is very important that all children can spell these words correctly in their writing. Please allow your child some time to learn these.

once

where

there

their

they're

said

they

water

put

pull

were

beautiful

school

would

should

could

because

people

On Thursday (9/1/25) we will begin our new phoneme to grapheme focus:

/air/ as the graphemes are in care and air in hair:

fair

pair

air

hair

chair

despair

impair

bare

dare

care

share

scared

fare

prepare

 

 

 

 

Maths

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After Christmas our 1st focus is on money - please look at different coins and notes with your child. Can they make up different amounts using different coins - e.g how many different ways can they make 46p?

Do they understand that 100p = £1?

If they had 75p, how much more would they need if they wanted to buy something for £1

or if they had £1 and bought something for 37p, how much change would they get? etc

Fluencybee:

Near doubles

Additional Information

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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 (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:

  • write sentences which include a tricky word (from the list) and underline it.
  • write a list of kind things that they plan to achieve over the holidays (underline the subject and the verb)
  • write letters to members of their family or to close friends telling them how much they mean to them
  • take a train ride and write down all the things you could hear, see, smell and feel.

 

Maths:

If you find that your child struggles to name some of the 2D or 3D shapes please continue to work on them together.

Keep writing additions and subtractions which include two 2-digit numbers for them to solve. Add in some simple missing number problems as well - 23 + ____ = 47 so that they begin to use the inverse operation to solve it - 47 - 23 = ______

After Christmas we will be moving on to money - in Year 2 they should be able to recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p), combine amounts to make a particular value - they need to understand that 100p = £1 and that if I had four coins to make 63p I would have a 50p, 10p, 2p and a 1p. They should also be able to find different combinations of coins that equal the same amount of money.

Over Christmas, please have a look at coins and notes with your child and explore making different amounts of money.

ACTS OF KINDNESS TO PROVIDE MOMENTS OF HAPPINESS TO OTHERS - 

If you feel that your child would enjoy spreading joy to others over the holidays here are some ideas:

Make biscuits or a treat and offer them to your friends or neighbours

Offer to help someone with a chore

Write letters telling people how much they mean to you

Tell a joke to make someone laugh

Donate an old toy, book or some clothing to a charity shop

Wish people Merry Christmas as you go about your day

Thank someone who is working somewhere you go to such as the cinema, shop , restaurant etc

Phone a family member and tell them how much they mean to you

Tell your parents, carers, siblings, grandparents why you love them

Ask someone what makes them happy.

Say 'Thank you' to someone who has helped you.

Hold the door open for someone.

Hug a friend or family member.

Write a thank you letter/note for a gift you received.

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