Welcome to Year 2 Cherry Class

Autumn 2

London's Burning

Welcome to Year 2!

Miss Gettings is really excited to work with you this year!

This half term our learning journey is London’s Burning. In English we have been exploring character and setting descriptions through the story Traction Man. We started by sequencing the story and identifying common themes within each sequence. We found that when Traction Man changed outfits and setting, there was a new adventure to be had! We used ambitious vocabulary to describe his outfits and the setting and then created our own outfit, problem and resolution for traction man to overcome. We have also explored The Great Fire of London, a book by Emma Adams and James Weston Lewis. The book helped us to create a blurb for a Great Fire of London exhibit. We were able to use key facts and draw on the vocabulary that we have learnt in our topic lessons.

In Maths, we have been consolidating our knowledge on place value and ensuring that we confident in using our number bonds.  We have been able to use our number bond knowledge to support us in completing addition and subtraction number sentences, moving on to solve column addition and subtraction. We have used cubes, counters, number lines and 100 square to help us.

In Science, we have been learning about materials and the different uses for them. We compared the suitability of everyday materials and what they would be good for as well as exploring inventors that have developed new materials.

In History, we have been exploring The Great Fire of London. We have considered what London would have been like in 1666 and have researched how the fire started and how it spread so quickly.

In Design and Technology, we have considered how we can make a structure stronger by using different materials and joining methods. We had great fun designing houses that we would have seen in 1666 during The Great Fire of London.

In RE, we have been learning about special occasions and have considered what different occasion mean to different religions.