Maple
Welcome to Maple Class!
I am Mrs Thomas and I am your class teacher.
We are also very lucky to have Mrs Egan and Mrs Ahmed working with us this year.
Summer 2
'The Modern World'
English & Grammar
This half term, the focus text for Year 2 is ‘Rosie Revere, Engineer' by Andrea Beaty. The children will use varied sentences to generate interest within a written piece of work. They will continue to progress their grammar skills and use their knowledge to write an accurate, extended story. The children will also write up a well-structured discussion, using the word ‘however’ to show contrasting ideas and thoughts.
Maths
The children will consolidate their place value knowledge to support their mental Maths and apply this further when working on problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Children will begin a statistics topic, interpreting simple pictograms, tally charts, block graphs and tables. They will continue to explore measure, by using the appropriate standard units to estimate, measure and record results. They will also compare numbers using the greater and less than symbols.
Science
The children will begin their topic on ‘Growing Up’ by studying the human lifecycle, followed by the lifecycle of different mammals. The children will then investigate and compare the lifecycles of different animals and discuss any patterns which are discovered.
History
In History, the children will be learning about ‘Technology through the Ages’ and will explore how technology has changed over time and how this has impacted the way we live.
DT
In Design Technology children will begin a creative topic around ‘mechanisms’, exploring wheels and axels and how these help vehicles to move. They will research, design, create and evaluate a moving vehicle of their own. |
PE
In PE the children will build on prior learning of throwing, catching and running. They will participate in athletics games in preparation for Sports Day and also learn how to play Tri Golf.
R.E
The children will follow the Questful R.E curriculum and continue their learning about Jesus and Christianity. They will begin to explore the events of the Ascension and Pentecost, understand the concept of God as three in one and emphasize the importance of these events in the life of Jesus, the Church and now. The children will listen to stories, explore art work and participate in group discussions to broaden their knowledge of these events.
P.S.H.E
The children will explore their role within the wider world and focus on growing up and changing. The children will discuss how to respect each other’s personal space and privacy, growing older to link with the Science topic, and how they can be helpful to those around them.
P.E.
Maple Class have P.E. on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please ensure your child has a full P.E. kit in school fully labelled with their name. Kits will be kept in school until the end of term.
Reading
Children will be given new reading books on Tuesdays and Fridays once a book has been read twice. Please ensure you read with your child every night and leave a comment in their reading records to enable us to see how they have got on :).
Homework
Homework will be sent out each Friday, to be returned by the following Thursday. If you require any support with this, please let me know.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any worries/queries you may have.
Thank you for your support.
Mrs Thomas