What are the differences between Middleton and the Rainforest? Would you like to live in England or Brazil? Year 2 Spring Term Science This half term we will be studying Animals and Plants, Health and Growth. We will learn about some of the ways we can help keep us healthy and that like humans animals and plants reproduce. We will also be carrying out some investigations.
Numeracy 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 also be looking at using and applying these skills when solving problems. A key skill we will be developing is the use of our times tables and number bonds.
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 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 film we will also be using is Rio.
Computing This 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.
R.E. The Good News – in this topic the children will learn that Jesus brings the good news of God’s love through his miracles and so turns sadness into joy. The Mass – in this topic the children will learn about the readings at Mass and why they should listen to them. They will know what happens at the Offertory and that the bread and wine are changed into Jesus. Alongside this the children will learn all about Lent.
Design &Technology Music As part of our South American theme we will be using the instruments we make to help us look at rhythm and pitch. Alongside this we will be looking at Brazilian chants.
This term we will be creating animal masks based on creatures from the Rainforests. We will also be designing and making musical instruments.
History/Geography Our Learning Challenges this half term are – To decide where would we rather live, Middleton or Brazil? To find out about how Middleton and the Rainforest are different. To do this we will be studying where Brazil is and what it is like to live there and what the Rainforest is like.
Art We will be looking at the mosaic style to help us create Brazilian pictures.