Maple
Welcome to Maple Class!
I'm Mrs Starkie the class teacher in Maple Class and we are very lucky to have Mrs Daw and Mrs Norris working with us this year.
What are we learning?
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.
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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
The children will explore changes in technology and how this has changed lives over the past 60 years. The children will also research the important inventors in the history of technology and how these inventions have changed how we communicate and entertain.
Music
In Music, children will continue to build on prior learning by experimenting with sounds and instruments.
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They will use their listening skills whilst exploring different pieces of music and learn how music can be used descriptively for a particular purpose.
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. |
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Computing
The children will use Purple Mash to explore ‘Creating Pictures’ and will research different artists and art styles. |
Using 2Paint, the children will create their own pictures in the style of a chosen artists each lesson.
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.
Homework will continue to be given on Friday afternoon. This will cover topics and questions we have been doing in class that week to further consolidate the children's knowledge.
Homework books are to be returned no later than the following Thursday.
Maple Class have PE on Thursday morning.
Please ensure your child has a PE kit in school.
Please note, earrings must be removed before PE.
Children are expected to read at home each night and reading books will be changed on Tuesday and Friday.
Please note that the children's reading records must be signed three times before their book is changed.
Children will also have a library book that they can read for pleasure.
We will endeavour to change these every week during our guided reading time.
**Thank you for your ongoing support**