Welcome to Year 2 Maple Class

                                                                    Summer Term 1 

                  Our Topic this term is Walk on the Wild Side!

Maths 

In maths we will start off the half term with fractions by recognising halves, quarters and thirds. We will also be working out equivalent fractions such one half = two quarters. We will move on to telling the time in terms of o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. We will also work on durations of time.  After this, we will be solving problems with position and describing movements and turns, such as quarter, half and whole turns.

English

In english, we will be reading Meerkat Mail, where we will be writing postcards, learning about types of meerkat and writing our own stories with recurring language. We will then move on to poetry and shape poems.

Science

In science, we will be focusing on plants. We will be observing plants, seeds and bulbs, finding out what plants need and how they grow as well as looking at the life cycles of plants and investigating which plants we eat.

History

In history, we will be learning about the lives of nurses in the past, such as Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole.

PSHE

In PSHE, our focus will be on keeping safe and finding out how to ask for help in an emergency.

 How can you help?

• Use Bug Club at home to enrich your children's learning.
• Practise handwriting using correct letter formation.
• Read and write numbers in words as well as digits.
• Count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0 and 10 from any given number.
• Practise multiplication and division of 2, 5 and 10.
• Tell the time in terms of o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to.
• Think about halves and quarters — can you cut a cake or pizza into halves or quarters?
• Support development of our five Elmtree School values:                                                                    inclusive, respectful, ambitious, resilient and curious.

Many thanks for your support.

Mrs Birrell and Miss Fowler