Numeracy
What are the differences between This term our main focus will be numbers; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We will also be learning the inverse and number families. We will Middleton also be looking atand using and the applying these skills when solving problems. A key skill we will be developing is the use of our times tables and Rainforest? number bonds. Would you like to live in England or Brazil? Year 2 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; non chronological reports, recounts, poetry, mini debates and story writing. In addition to half this term the children willstudying be This we will be concentrating on improving their punctuation skills continuing with capital letters, full Animals and Plants, Health stops and and moving onto question marks, commas and exclamation marks. We willwill belearn looking at past Growth. We about some of tenses and being able to change a text into past tense along with how to make their the ways we can help keep writing us healthy more interesting. The books we will be using to help us inand thisthat will like be; humans animals and The film we will also be using is Rio. plants reproduce. We will also be carrying out some investigations.
Science
R.E.
Computing
The Good News – in this topic the children will learn that Jesus bringsThis the good of God’s love through his termnews we will be looking at how miracles and so turns sadness into joy. computers use algorithms, The Mass – in this topic the children will learn about the readings at Mass and why they should listen to them. They recognising that these are a set of will know what happens at the Offertory and that the bread and wine are changed into Jesus. instructions for the processes on a Alongside this the children will learn all about Lent.
computer and how they work. We will also begin to introduce power points.
History/Geography Design &Technology Music
Our Learning Challenges this half term are – This we term we will creatingoranimal To decide where would rather live,be Middleton Brazil? masks basedand on the creatures from To find out about how Middleton Rainforest arethe Rainforests. We will also be designing different. As part of our South American theme and making musical To do this we will be studying Brazil is and what it we is like we will be where using the instruments. instruments to live there and what the Rainforest is like.
make to help us look at rhythm and pitch. Alongside this we will be looking at Brazilian chants. We will be looking at the mosaic style to help us create Brazilian pictures.
Art