English: In English, this half term we are reading traditional tales and focusing on tales with a twist. Our key text will be: The Pea and the Princess by Mini Grey. We will write a story inspired by the text and other traditional tales. We will then move onto writing instructions and poems. Science: Our science unit this half term Is called ‘Animals including Humans’. We will continue our science unit this half term and move onto animal survival, exercise and hygiene. We will build upon year 1 learning continue to learn how to put animals into their correct category of either fish, amphibian, reptile, bird or mammal.
Maths: In Maths this half term, we will continue with addition and subtraction and then finish the term with money. We are moving onto number bonds and adding and subtracting using our place value learning. In our money unit, we will learn to recognise the coins and notes.
Year 2 Half-term 2: ‘Animal Kingdom’ Art & Design and Design Technology: In Art and DT this half term we continue our work on textiles. Our Artist Study this term is ‘Gunta Stolzl’. We will research the artist, explore the style of work and create our own art based on the style.
PE: In PE this half term we have 2 sessions of PE lead by our PE CoachMr Winrow. We are learning the 7 fundamental skills.