Year 2 2024 - 2025
Miss Bowen
Ms Howell
Meet the Team:
2H - Ms Howell, Ms Osborne, Miss Howell, Ms Mohamed and Mrs Knight
2B - Miss Bowen, Miss Turner, Miss Osborne and Mrs Knight
If you have any questions, please speak to one of our Year 2 staff or email year2@almapark.manchester.sch.uk
Welcome
Welcome to Year 2! This year, children will continue to develop as enthusiastic and independent learners, with opportunities to challenge our thinking, take risks and learn from our mistakes.
Here, you can find an overview of the Year 2 Curriculum. You can use this information to discuss with your child what they have learned and continue to support their learning at home.
What's happening this half term?
Maths
This half term, we continuing to add and subtract and we are finding out about shape. We are learning:
- Add to the next 10, add by making 10
- Subtract across 10 and subtract from 10
- Solving problems which use addition and subtraction.
- Recognise 2D and 3D shapes.
- Count the vertices and faces.
- Recognise and draw lines of symmetry.
We are continuing to learn the 2, 5 and 10 times tables, including multiplication and division facts.
English:
Our Talk for Write text is Whiffy Wilson and our non-fiction is writing instructions. We are also learning how to write an acrostic poem.
We will be writing our own Character flaw story. We will explore what features make a character flaw story, and use this new knowledge to write our own! This will also include suffixes, sentence openers and apostrophes.
We will carry on focusing on capital letters, full stops, finger spaces and our beautiful handwriting!
Geography
We are learning about the United Kingdom (UK) and Pakistan (Lahore). We will be looking at the surrounding countries and seas. We will be comparing the two countries by looking at their similarities and differences.
Click for the Knowledge Organiser.
Science:
We are learning about sound. How are sounds made? How do vibrations travel?
Click for the Knowledge Organiser.
Art:
We are learning about expressive painting. We will experiment with various tools and will mix a variety of colours.
Click for the Knowledge Organiser.
Computing:
We are photographers. We will take photos and learn about what makes a good photo. We will learn how to edit our chosen photos.
Religious Education:
We are learning about what it means to belong to a faith community.
Click for the Knowledge Organiser.
PHSE:
Children will learn about families and friendships.
Music:
Children will learn about how to play the recorder.
PE:
Remember to come into school wearing your PE kit on the following days.
- Dance- Monday
Kit: Black shorts or tight-fitting black leggings and a plain white t-shirt. Please ensure hair is tied back.
- Outdoor Games - Wednesday
Kit: Trainers, black shorts or tight-fitting black leggings, and a plain white t-shirt (a tracksuit top and joggers may be worn if cold). Please ensure hair is tied bac.
Reading:
Please read with your child every day and comment in their reading record when you do. Reading books should be in school everyday for independent reading and will be changed everyday when required and signed.
Please use the Collins eBooks for Little Wandle books using your child's home logins. These books will be read in groups at school - click here
Homework:
Spellings will be sent out every week on Thursday, which children will learn for a spelling test the following Thursday.
This half term's BrainBuilder can be found here.
Year 2 children need to be able to read and spell these words - Year 2 Common Exception Words