Why was Neil Armstrong a very 1. brave person? Year 2 Autumn Term 2 Science This half term we will be studying materials. We will learn about some of the ways materials can be changed and that heating can cause changes which produce materials which are often useful. We will also be carrying out some investigations
Numeracy This half term we will be looking at comparing and measuring length, weights and capacities using standards units of; mm, cm, grams and kilograms along with litres and millilitres. We will also be looking at time; o’clock, quarter past, half past, quarter to, minutes along with time problems. In addition we will also study the 4 main operations; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Literacy Throughout the year we will be following Read Write Inc to aid our children in their Phonics and spelling. We will also be looking at different writing genres from; instructional writing, poetry and story writing. In addition to this the children will be concentrating on improving their punctuation skills continuing with capital letters, full stops and moving onto question marks, commas and exclamation marks. We will be looking at past tenses and being able to change a text into past tense along with how to make their writing more interesting. The books we will be using to help us in this will be; The Owl who was afraid of the dark, Owl babies and The Shopping Basket.
R.E. Computing This half term we will be looking at how computers use algorithms, recognising that these are a set of instructions for the processes on a computer and how they work. We will also begin to introduce power points.
Music As part of Neil Armstrong topic we will be studying pitch and tempo to produce space sounds.
This half term our topic is Mysteries. We will be reflecting on the mysteries and recognising that there are three persons in one God. We will discuss of Jesus is God’s gift to the world and how we can respond to this. We will also be building our understanding of Advent and the story of Christmas.
Design &Technology
History/Geography
This half term we will be designing and building space rockets, working through and discussing ideas. We will look at the different types of materials we could use to build them.
Our Learning Challenge this half term is all about Why Neil Armstrong a very brave person. To understand why he is famous and why his actions have a lasting legacy .
Art This half term we will be drawing sketches of the moon. We will also be looking at pencil techniques to show shading.