Year Two
Welcome to Year 2, Elephant Class!
Class Teacher
Mr J. Frecknall
Teaching & Learning Assistants
Mr Stanley (Mon - Fri AM)
Mrs Hughes (Mon, Weds and Thurs - All Day)
Mrs Trupia (Tues and Fri - All Day)
Mrs Cummines (Tues - PM)
We are very excited to be starting a new year in Year 2. We are a team and are committed to ensuring that all Year 2 children learn, develop and thrive in our setting. The information below is always subject to change but we hope it gives you an understanding of the sorts of things we have coming up this year. Thank you for visiting our class page!
Please bear with us as we update this page full of the important information for the year.
Autumn 2023
Curriculum Presentation:
year 2 curriculum presentation autumn 2023.pdf
Homework Menu:
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| Choose your favourite fairy tale and turn it into a comic strip/story board. Don’t forget to include your characters and draw the boxes yourselves. | Design your own number line that can be used in class. The number line should span the numbers 1-25 and should be small enough to be stuck onto your core space in class. | Only 24 out of the 26 letters of the alphabet are represented by a country. Create a list of countries for every letter of the alphabet that you can and work out which 2 letters are missing. |
| Write a poem about a country of your choice. This might be a country in Africa linked to our art, or even a country that Tom from ‘The Boy Who Biked the World’ cycled through. | Create a home timetable. This should detail what time you get up, what time you have breakfast, leave for school etc. These timetables can then be explored and compared with other children’s. | Create a silhouette of an animal for display in our gallery. This can be any animal of your choice, but perhaps link it to an animal we have discussed in our life-cycle work – Frogs, butterflies or chickens! |
| Create a speech about why you want to be the student council representative for Year 2. Speeches will happen in the week beginning 02.10.2023 | Using weights and measures, create a recipe in grams that Mr. Frecknall can cook at home for his children (they love cake!). | Create a dance to your favourite song. This can be done as a pair/group or individually and could be performed in front of the class if you would like, |
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| Create a list of the 25 things people should do before the end of Primary School. This might be reading a particular story, playing a particular game or even learning a particular topic. | ||
Timetable:
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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8.45am - 9.00am |
Registration & check in (Spellings) |
Registration & check in: (Reading) |
Registration & check in: (Phonics) |
Registration & check in (Times tables) |
Registration & check in: (Reflection) |
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9.00am - 10.00am |
Maths |
Maths |
Maths |
Maths |
Maths |
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10.00am - 10.40am |
Phonics (10.00 - 10.20)
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Phonics (10.00 - 10.20)
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Phonics (10.00 - 10.20)
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Phonics (10.00 - 10.20)
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Weekly Spelling/ Arithmetic tests |
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Handwriting (Spellings) (10.20 - 10.40) |
Times tables (10.20 - 10.40) |
Mental Maths (10.20 - 10.40) |
Handwriting (10.20 - 10.40) |
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10.40am - 11.00am |
Break Time & Daily Mile |
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11.00am - 12.00pm
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English (Grammar) |
English (Reading) |
English (Planning) |
English (Writing) |
English (Writing/Editing) |
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12.00pm - 1.00pm |
LUNCH |
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1.00pm - 2.00pm |
Class Assembly (1.00-1.20) |
PSHE (1.00 - 1.30)
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KS Assembly (1.00 - 1.20) |
PE (Outdoor) |
History/ Geography
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Art/DT (1.20 - 2.00) |
RE (1.30-2.30) |
Science (1.20 - 2.30)
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2.00pm - 3.00pm |
PE (Indoor)
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Guided Reading (2.30-3.00) |
Computing (2.00-2.45) |
Music (2.00-2.30) |
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Leadership Assembly (2.40 - 3.00) |
Singing Assembly (2.45 - 3.00) |
HT Assembly (2.30 - 2.50) |
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3.00pm - 3.15pm |
Read Aloud |
Read Aloud |
Read Aloud |
Read Aloud |
Read Aloud |
Autumn 1 2023 - Medium Term Plan
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Week 1 |
Week 2 |
Week 3 |
Week 4 |
Week 5 |
Week 6 |
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Science Animals, including humans |
Notice that animals, including humans have offspring which grow into adults |
Notice that animals, including humans have offspring which grow into adults |
Find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food, air) |
Find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food, air) |
Describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene |
Describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene |
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History Autumn 2 |
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Geography Where in the world?
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To find and name the 7 continents of the world
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To find and name the main oceans of the world |
To compare the size of the UK to other parts of the world |
To use directional language to explore the area around our school |
To take part in a traffic survey of our schools and local roads |
To create a map of our school, including labels of the different areas |
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Computing Information Technology Around Us |
To recognise the uses and features of information technology |
To identify information technology in the home |
To identify information technology beyond school |
To explain how information technology benefits us |
To show how to use information technology safely |
To recognise that choices are made when using information technology |
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Art Silhouette |
Investigate different kinds of art that can be created inc. different media. |
Create outlines of elephants for silhouettes. |
Create an animal art collage inc. Silhouette of elephants and african animals |
Explain the difference between front on and profile |
Create a profile of a face using photography. |
Use profile portrait to create a full silhouette |
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PSHE Being in my world |
Hopes and Fears |
Rights and |
Rewards and |
Rewards and |
Our Learning |
Owning our Learning Charter |
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RE What did Jesus teach? |
What does it mean to be kind? |
Jesus taught us to be kind to everyone but is it possible to kind to everyone all the time? |
Why do you think Jesus showed kindness to someone he didn’t know? |
What would Jesus want a Christian to do? |
Revisit key question: Is it possible to be kind to everyone all the time? |
Revisit Session 1 - What does it mean to be kind? |
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Music Hands, Feet, Heart |
Sing a song as a group |
Sing a song and play instrumental parts within the song |
Sing a song and improvise using voices and/or instruments within the song |
Sing a song and perform composition(s) within the song |
Start to prepare for the end-of-unit performance |
Perform end of unit song/ performance |
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PE Outdoors- Ball Skills |
Roll, throw and kick a ball to hit a target |
Develop catching a range of objects with two hands. Catch with and without a bounce. |
Consistently track and collect a ball being sent directly. |
Explore dribbling with hands and feet with increasing control on the move. |
Know that it is easier to move towards a ball to track it than chase it. |
Know that stepping with opposite foot to throwing arm will help me to balance. |
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PE Indoors - Team Building
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Work as a team to solve a simple challenge |
Work as small team to undertake team challenges |
Display simple teamwork qualities, considering the abilities of others within their group
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Work as a class to take turns at playing simple parachute games. |
Display good teamwork qualities |
Explore good team work skills working as a whole class. |