Year 2 curriculum overview Summer Term

Week Ending 26th March

What a busy week! The children are back in full swing and back to finding fractions of numbers and shapes. In English, they have written their diary entry as Mrs Twit and are beginning to think of a new trick to play on Mr Twit for their innovated chapter. They have produced some wonderful sentences this week focusing on using a range of different sentence starters.

In History, we have learned the different between famous and significant people. They have looked at significant events and people in history and how they have impacted peoples lives. In art, they have began to design their clay houses and have thought about how they are going to make the designs.

They have been looking at the inside of bulbs in science and identifying the differences between seeds and bulbs. On Thursdays, the children are lucky enough to have outdoor learning and have enjoyed exploring and planting outside of their science lesson.

Week Ending 19th April

This week, the children have continued with our topic on fractions and have been recognising and finding unit fractions.

In English, we have started our new book ‘The Twits’ and the children are thoroughly enjoying the gruesome pranks in the story. They are working towards writing a diary entry as Mr Twit.

We have began our new plant topic by planting our own seeds and we have set up an experiment for us to observe and record over the next few weeks. The children have each made predictions about what conditions are going to allow the seed to germinate.

We have learnt about the lives of the Wright brothers and how they were significant in the history of the aircraft.

Finally, they have enjoyed experimenting with clay this afternoon. They have been manipulating it and learning different techniques ready to create their models.