Year Two

Welcome to a fun packed year two! 

Our teachers are Mrs Palmer, Mrs Patrick and Mr Pea

Mrs Palmer’s class is called 2JP and their teaching assistants are Mrs Chamberlain and Mrs Walker. 

Mrs Patrick’s and Mr Pea’s class is called 2SP/MP and their teaching assistants are Mrs Lee and Mrs Thompson.

On a Wednesday afternoon the children will have either Mrs Martin or Mrs Anderson.  They will be taught, music, R.E. and art.

During the year we will complete many different topics based on Geography, History and Science.   

Our first topic, during the Autumn term is a history-based topic. Throughout this topic we look at The Great Fire of London. We will use this theme in both our history and literacy lessons.  We will have a visitor that will come to work with us.  During their session the children will gain historical knowledge, of the Great Fire of London, and develop an understanding of daily life through first-hand experience.  In our Science lessons we will be focusing on Materials.  During our Geography lessons we will be looking at the weather and seasons.  

During the Autumn term, we will build up to our exciting Polar Express day in December, where the children’s imagination is brought to life with a fun-filled adventure.  

Our author of the half term, until October break, is Anthony Browne and after this half term holiday it is Michael Morpurgo.  This should encourage reading for pleasure. 

During the Spring term our history focus will be the local hero, Amy Johnson.  We are going to visit the Hull Museum and ‘meet’ Amy Johnson.  Our science work will focus on plants and healthy bodies, which will link well our geography focus, Journeys (food).

We will build up towards the end of term to our Willy Wonka Day, which links with our author of the term, Roald Dahl.

During the Summer term we shall be reading The Faraway Tree, by Enid Blyton.  In our science we shall be looking at animals and humans, in geography our topic is called, ‘The Same but Different’, we will be making comparisons to the River Humber and the River Ganges. In history we shall be looking at ‘Holidays’.

We shall visit Far Ings and Welton Waters during the summer term too.

Throughout the year our numeracy will be based on the Mastery approach.  This will involve the children focusing on a specific strand of numeracy for a few weeks at a time.  Our hope is that this method of delivery will help the children develop secure problem-solving skills that they can apply to everyday life. We will start the year by investigating place value and understanding the number system.  When we focus on multiplication and division we specifically learn the 2x, 10x and 5x tables.

The children in year 2 have PE on a Tuesday and a Thursday. During these lessons, the children will be learning lots of new skills both in the hall and outside. We encourage children to gain a love for a range of sports, such as dance, gymnastics and multi-skill activities.