This page will be regularly updated with any information that you may need throughout the school year, it is a chance to catch up with any exciting things we are doing in class.

Please remember that the class wallets are the best form of communication as they are checked daily. You can also email the office directly.

(email: office@st-francis.essex.sch.uk or phone: 01376 320440).

Reading

Please make sure your child continues to read aloud to an adult every day and record this on the 'Boom Reader' app. This is so important for their journey to become an effective reader. Please read and share other types of books with them. Your child will also regularly choose library books to bring home and share with you. Your child will also be reading shared texts in class daily and also read to an adult regularly and you will see these on the Boom Reader app.

Numbots

Please continue to encourage your child to regularly log in to Numbots and work on their maths. This is an app that helps your child to develop a fluency in number facts. They will earn certificates in assembly when they move through the levels. 

Phonics

Your child will continue to have daily phonics using our wonderful programme of 'Sounds Write'. Please download the Sounds Write app to help your children with their phonics and reading journey at home. 

PE

PE days are Tuesday and Thursday so please ensure that your child has the appropriate clothing for these days.  Earrings must be removed and long hair tied back. 

Homework

Any homework will be set on Seesaw.

Open door Friday.

Remember open door Friday. Please come in and have a look at your children's work and share with them the amazing ideas and all the hard work they have put in throughout the year.

We look forward to a wonderful Spring term of learning ahead!

Miss Wilson, Mrs Fox, Mrs Fairbank & Mrs McMullen

Year 2 Curriculum

• Religious Studies
  Religious Studies

  We continue to pray each day in our class daily prayers and class worship. We will also be exploring local church, the experience of community, and different books in the Bible. We will then move on to different ways to say thank you, and how the parish family thanks God for Jesus. Finally we will study Lent, Easter and giving.

• Maths
  Maths

  We are completing our unit of work on 2D and 3D shape, focusing on sides, vertices, faces, edges, lines of symmetry and patterns. Our second unit of work is Money in which we will count and compare the values of different coins and then notes, calculate amounts and find change. Our third unit of work is Multiplication and Division which includes making equal groups, using arrays and sharing, recognising the multiplication and division symbols and using them within calculations and knowing the 2, 5 and 10 times tables facts. Within this work we will be focussing on reasoning- the glue that holds mathematical concepts and ideas together- and the use of stem sentences so children are able to communicate their ideas with precision and clarity. The children will have the opportunity to draw, solve, explain and use their knowledge to dive deeper into their understanding.

• English
  English

  This term we will focus on extending our writing from single sentences into several sentences on the same topic. We will continue to write different types of sentences– statements, questions, commands and explanations. We will be writing for different purposes including narratives, letters, recounts and instructional writing. We will be making sure that we are using correct punctuation including capital letters, full stops, commas and apostrophes. We will be using lots of lovely books to help us– such as 'Funny Bums, Freaky Beaks', 'Swim, Shark, Swim!' and 'The Jolly Postman' plus the use of videos from Literacy Shed. Our Big Writes are totally independent in Year 2.

• Science
  Science

  In science we will be studying two topics this term: Living things and their habitats in which will cover concepts such as alive, used to be alive, never been alive. We will explore a habitat near me, and study microhabitats and minibeasts, world habitats and food chains. We will also learn about some scientists and inventors. There will be opportunities for discussion, practical activities and observation to help unlock the children's curiosity.

• Physical Education
  Physical Education

  Tuesday- Multi Skills games with Colchester United

  (First half term) = Wednesday - Circuit Training

  (Second half term) = Wednesday - Gymnastics

• ICT
  ICT

  For the first half of the Spring term our ICT lessons are all about creating media - making music. For the second half our ICT lessons are all about - Robot algorithms.

• Geography
  Geography

  We will be studying the four countries that make up the UK and their capital cities.

  We will also be looking at significant locations related to our History topic: Travel and transport; For example the Scandinavian countries where Viking longboats came from.

• History
  History

  This term we will be learning about the history of travel and transport. This will include bicycles, cars, buses, trains, boats, ships, hot air balloons and aeroplanes. We will explore with more detail Viking longboats, Karl Benz and cars, George Stephenson and trains, the Montgolfier brothers and hot air balloons and of course, the Wright brothers and aeroplanes.

• Art and Design
  Art and Design

  The class will be focusing on developing their painting and mixed media skills. This will include colour mixing skills, learning about the work of artist Romare Bearden and creating textured papers. Using paint, children will compose collages inspired by their exploration of colour and texture in the world around them.

• Music
  Music

  In the first half term we will be exploring a unit of work all about inventing a musical story. Music is used for many reasons and can help us to tell a story and express our feelings. Music can be loud or soft, fast or slow, smooth and connected, or short and detached. We can also use instruments with different sounds to help communicate a story and different emotions. Singing and listening are at the heart of each lesson. We will also play, improvise and compose using a selection of these notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, B♭, B

  In the second half term we will be exploring a unit of work all about recognising different sounds. When voices or instruments work together to play different pitches that sound at the same time, we can hear harmony in music. We will also play, improvise and compose using a selection of these notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, B♭, B

• French
  French

  The children will continue to learn French in the second half of the term finding out how to ask and answer questions about themselves and other people.

• Design Technology
  Design Technology

  We will be learning about food and nutrition, the importance of a balanced diet and using that knowledge to create a tasty wrap. We will be (safely) chopping, grating, snipping, spreading, tasting, evaluating, describing and designing.

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