Year 2 Term 1 Spelling Lists

Knowledge Organiser Term 1 & 2 What makes a habitat successful

Term 1 – Wednesday 4^th September – Thursday 17^th October 2024

 

Term 1 Overview of Learning

 

What makes a habitat successful?

This term we are going to have lots of fun investigating the question ‘What makes a habitat successful?’ First we will look at what living things need to survive with a focus on how plants grow and develop and the conditions they need to help them thrive. We will then begin exploring what a habitat is and learning about different types of habitats and the living things that can be found in them. We will have some exciting visitors who will talk to us about some of the habitats around our school sites and how we can ensure we create a diverse habitat for a range of interesting creatures and plants.

Maths

In Term 1 we will start with exploring numbers to 100 focusing on multiples of ten. We will look at different ways to represent these numbers and explore how to add and subtract using multiples of ten. We will then move on to carrying out calculations with numbers within 20. We will learn how to add three numbers to make a total within 20 and develop our addition and subtraction knowledge to bridge 10. Alongside our daily maths lessons, we will also practise our number fluency using the ‘Mastering Number’ program.

English Writing

In English this term, we will start with a whole school focus based on the book ‘There’s Only One You’. We will explore what makes us unique and each class has been asked to focus on one part of the body. Year 2 are focusing on hands and we will be reading, performing and creating our own versions of the poem ‘This is the hand’ by Michael Rosen.

We will then move on to developing our understanding of how sentences are constructed and how to add descriptive detail to our writing. We will complete a series of writing tasks based on our whole class reading text ‘The Snail and the Whale’ by Julia Donaldson.

English Reading

We will start the year by completing daily phonics sessions with a focus on developing our reading speed, accuracy and fluency in reading. This will also include a daily guided reading session where we will practise our reading and comprehension skills with an adult. We will also have a weekly whole class reading lesson. This term the text is ‘The Snail and the Whale’ by Julia Donaldson. We will also be reading ‘The Secret Garden’ by Frances Hodgson Burnett daily as a whole class to expose the children to a high quality text with rich vocabulary.

R.E

In R.E we discuss what it means to belong, through discussions about groups, clubs, families and religions and how these are important in our everyday lives.

Our value this term is ‘Thankfulness’.

 

Science

Our science topic for these next two terms will be ‘Plants’ and ‘ Living things and their habitats’. We will be answering our learning enquiry questions through a range of investigations, where we will also learn how to observe closely, classify information and gather and record data.

P.E

P.E days are Monday and Thursday. Please wear PE kit to school on these days. PE kits should be black shorts, trousers or skorts, a white St Anne’s logo t-shirt or plain white t-shirt and black or white trainers.

Computing

In computing this term, we will be exploring the exciting world of stop motion animation. We will explore how stop motion animations are created using a series of images and will begin by creating our own flipbooks. We will then learn how to break a story down into parts to plan a stop motion animation and will learn how to record these using a series of photographs.

Music

In term 1 we will learn about call and response in pieces of music with a focus on animals. We will learn how to use dynamics when creating sound and will have a chance to experiment with creating different sounds using an instrument. We will explore sound patterns and learn how to clap along with the pulse of a piece of music.

PSHE

This term’s unit is ‘Being me in my world’. First we will consider our hopes for the year then we will consider how we can help ourselves and others to feel that we belong. We will consider how to ensure our classroom is a safe and fair place and we will learn about working cooperatively. We will have the opportunity to discuss how our choices and behaviour affect others.