HOMEWORK
Year 2 homework timetable
 	Given Out	Handed in/Tested	
numeracy / literacy	Friday	Wednesday	
RE/Topic	Fortnightly/
Halftermly	Wednesday or as specified by the class teacher	
Spellings	Friday	Tested the following Friday	
20 minutes Reading and 10 minutes discussing and questioning re text 	  
    Every night whenever possible	

YEAR

HUMANITIES
This term we will be learning about Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. We will be learning about what it means to be famous. In the second half of the term children will learn all about the Great Fire of London, where we will look in detail at the diary of Samuel Pepys and recreate our own diary entries. We will also look at eye- witness statements and have some fun interviewing our partners to find out where they were and what they saw the night of the fire. We will design paintings of people from London at that time and look more closely at how to draw facial features. We will design some houses and attempt to set up our own Pudding Lane.  

SCIENCE
Our first Science unit will be called ‘Which Material?’ We will look at various materials and their properties then look at why they are suited to their purpose. We will test different materials and look around us in our environment to see which materials we can spot.  We will have a go at designing a suitable material fitted to its purpose and test out which one is best.  

YEAR GROUP 2
St Bernadette Catholic Primary School
Curriculum Newsletter
Mrs Reimus
Autumn Term – 2018

Autumn Term Begins!  A BIG welcome to Year 2!
 We look forward to making your child’s learning enjoyable by adopting a variety of teaching strategies. This is a summary of the learning programme for your child for this term, together with suggestions of things that you could do to support your child. I hope you find this useful.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
The children will follow The Way, the Truth and the Life curriculum. This term, we will be studying our topic of ‘Chosen People’.  In this unit we will study key people from the Bible such as Abraham, Moses and David and the lions. We will then think about what we can learn from these key characters that we can then use in our own lives.  

LITERACY
This term we will begin by looking at Traditional Tales and Fairy tales. We will study their features and create our
own fairy tales. We will then go on to look at recounts and the features of reports. After that we will study poetry where we will read and perform poems, as well as creating our own shape poems. 

NUMERACY
Pupils will have the opportunity to secure their understanding of number.  We will begin to develop 
children’s understanding of how to form numbers and how to write these in words. We will then look at number bonds all the way to 100. We will also look at place value and what each number means to at least 100. 

ART/DT

This term we will be making hand puppets from felt. The children will design and make one themselves. During Art lessons the children will experiment with different media and materials to develop their ideas and imagination. In their work they will use colour, pattern, texture, line and shape.

I.C.T.
The children will focus on the unit ‘E-safety’ in the first half term. During our topic on e-safety they will learn about how to keep their personal details private online and how to protect themselves from cyber bullying. In the second half term, the children will build understanding of algorithms and programming.  They will use varied devices and software with increased precision. They will revisit differences between input and output and hardware and software. 

What can you do to help your child!
•	Please read with your child every night and sign off their reading record at least once a week.
•	Ensure your child continues to work on their mental maths through questioning and involvement with everyday maths such as shopping and money. 
•	Ensure that all homework is completed and returned on the appropriate day.
•	Encourage children to use any spare time to play educational games or to research class topics. They can do this by going online at Woodlands Junior, BBC Skills wise.
•	Please help and encourage your children to revise their spellings and times tables on a weekly basis.
•	Please support us in following the behaviour code as set down by the school.
•	The safety, welfare and happiness of each child is a key priority at St Bernadette School. If you have any problems, worries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the school to arrange an appointment.

              Wishing you all the best in Year 2.
We have a very busy, exciting year ahead. Ensure that you try your very best at all times, giving 100%. It will be worth the effort at the end.
                                  Mrs Reimus

PSHE 
New Beginnings
This half term we will learn to recognise what we like and dislike, what is fair and unfair, and what is right and wrong. We will look at rules and responsibilities both in and out of school through drama and role play activities, thus, developing communication skills with one another.

P.E.
Wednesday afternoon and Friday afternoon are the Year 2 PE times. Please ensure that the children have appropriate PE kit in school. Weather permitting, we hope to be outside for our module on games, where we will focus on ball games and greater use of space. Children must remove all jewellery for these sessions.

MUSIC
The children will be developing their ability to take part
 in a class and whole school performance with confidence, expression and control. They will be taught by Mrs Wilson-Goddard, a music expert!