Welcome to Year 2 Maple Class

Summer 1

Brilliant Beaches

Welcome to Year Two!

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

This half term our learning journey is Brilliant Beaches. In English we will be exploring Ocean meets the Sea by Terry Fan.  We will also be reading the text, The Lighthouse keepers' lunch by David Armitage and Ronda Armitage. We will be using the text to continue working on our use of expanded noun phrases as well as writing more in depth and creating our own stories linked to those that we have read as a class. We will continue to consolidate our knowledge on different grammar concepts such as verbs, tenses, suffixes and plurals, ensuring we use these in our writing in engage the reader.

In Maths have consolidated out understanding of the four operations- Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. We have had a focus of word maths problems and have worked hard to pull the information out from the question that we need to help us.  We have started learning about statistics and used tally charts to support our findings. We have found out many things like how many children have a pet in our class!

In Science, our topic has been all about animals, including humans. We have been learning about how animals grow and change and explored how we are different from when we were babies. We have consolidated our knowledge and drawn on prior learning on how to keep our selves healthy with healthy eating, exercise and hygiene. We have considered how this may be different for animals.

In Geography, we have been exploring the UK coastlines and oceans. We have recapped physical and human geography and have identified these characteristics at the seaside. We have enjoyed exploring Beaches around the UK and sharing our own individual experiences of our time at the beach.

In Art, we have been focusing on sculpting. We have explored the artwork of Andrew Goldsworthy and considered the different textures and colours he uses in his work. We then had a go at exploring different techniques in preparation for our masterpieces! We used what we have learnt and created a lighthouse made out of clay, like the ones that we saw in the lighthouse keeper's lunch.