Year 2 – Owls - Year 2

Welcome to Year 2 – Owls Class

Hello and welcome to Hedgehogs class.

I am Miss Clegg and the Teaching Assistant is Miss Cook.

Year 2 Summer 1:

This half term our topic is ‘Historical Heroes.’ In History we will learn about the significant individuals; Mary Seacole and Neil Armstrong and explore how their actions from the past have had an impact on life today. In Science we will learn about a range of historical scientists and inventors, including Charles Macintosh, Louis Pasteur and Rachel Carson and how their discoveries and inventions have had an impact on our lives today. In DT this half term we will be exploring structures. We will be creating a chair for Traction Man and will look at the different ways we can make our designs strong and stable, using everyday materials. In RE we will be focusing on people that we admire. We will link this to people in our community and identifying inspiring people in different religions. Our outdoor PE lessons will be Striking and Fielding and our Dance unit is focusing on how to link movements in order to the create a sequence. We will work towards choreographing a class routine to the Superman theme tune. In PSHE we are looking at relationships within our family and amongst our friends and discussing people in our lives that we can trust. The children will have fun in our Music lessons as we will be creating our own theme tune for Traction Man. We will listen to and appraise a range of superhero theme tunes exploring body percussion and Kodaly Rhythms. In Computing this half term, we will be learning about Data Handling on the International Space Station. Within this unit we will collect and input data into a spreadsheet. In Art, we will be exploring line and colour to help us create our own self-portraits using photographs of ourselves. We will also be learning about the artist Nancy Willis and how she explored self-portraits through a variety of mediums, including film, printmaking and illustration.

Year 2 Summer 2:

Our topic for this half term is ‘Beside the Seaside.’ In Geography, the children will learn about the human and physical features of the seaside. We will compare different seaside resorts and develop the children’s geographical skills through map-based activities. For our Science unit, we will learn about animals including humans. The children will explore the three basic needs of all animals to survive and will look at different life cycles. Our DT work will focus on mechanisms, as the children will design and make their own Ferris wheel. In RE, we will explore the idea of how we should care for the earth and discuss reasons why it matters. For PE, the children will be taking part in athletics and gymnastics, developing the skills they have learnt throughout the year. In Music, we will be composing our own piece of music based on a journey through Britain using a variety of instruments and our voices. In Computing the children will explore the use of coding via the code.org platform. In Art, we will be creating clay sculptures linked to our Seaside topic, focusing on the coil and pinch techniques.