Acacias Community Primary School
Welcome to Year 2
2B 2Y
Teacher – Miss Haigh (Mon - Wed) and Mrs Wright (Wed - Fri) Teacher - Miss S Lewsley
Teaching Assistant - Mrs McCormick Teaching Assistant - Miss West
This is our Year 2 teaching and learning programme
Year 2 Long Term Plan
Welcome to Year 2!
Each day, please bring the following to school:
- A water bottle
- Reading book issued by school
We come to school in our PE kits on the following days:
2B: Monday and Friday
2Y: Tuesday and Friday
Homework will be issued on a Friday and should be returned on a Wednesday. Please support your child with their homework.
Spellings linked to the learning in school will be issued on a Friday. Please help your child to learn their given spellings at home before a test the following Friday. The spellings will be dictated into sentences in order to help your child to understand the meaning of the word and apply the spelling to a realistic context. If you want more support with how to help with spelling, use these strategies:
English
Over the year, we will learn about the following genres:
- Letter writing
- Non-chronological reports
- Poetry
- Simple narratives
- Recounts
Maths
Over the year, we will cover the following units:
- Numbers 10 - 100
- Calculations within 20
- Fluently add and subtract within 10
- Addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers
- Introduction to multiplication
- Introduction to division
- Shape
- Money
- Fractions
- Time
- Position and Direction
- Measure - capacity, volume and mass
Look out on ClassDojo class stories for vocabulary linked to these areas.
History and Geography
Our Topics this year will be:
- Marvellous Millinery - We will learn about the geography and history of the hat making industry in Stockport.
- Fire! Fire! - We will learn about the Great Fire of London.
- Friends and Family in Asia - We will learn about the geography of areas of Asia as well as some history of our families and the migration they may have made.
- The Seaside - We will learn about the geography of British beaches as well as the history of seaside tourism in the UK.
Science
Over the year, we will cover the following units:
- Animals including Humans
- Everyday materials
- Living Things and their Habitats
- Plants
For further information about our learning throughout the year, see the long term and medium term plans at the top of the page.
Reading
Your child has one book linked to the book band that they are currently able to access and one book to read for pleasure with an adult at home. Please read with your child as often as possible and read each banded book twice so that your child can practise their fluency.
Each time your child's book is changed, their name will be placed into a raffle to win a prize the end of a half term. The more your child reads, the more likely that they will win!
Here are 50 recommended books for Year 2.
https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-2
Authors of the Month
Each month, the Year 2 classes will have a focus for their story time on the following authors. If you have any books at home from these authors, bring them in to share!
2B:
September – Dr. Seuss
October – Yangsook Choi
November – Dav Pilkey
December – Lauren Child
January – Roald Dahl
February – Sue Hardy-Dawson
March – Benji Davies
April – Caroline Binch
May – Michael Morpurgo
June – Cressida Cowell
July – Kate Pankhurst
2Y:
September – Yangsook Choi
October – Dr. Seuss
November – Lauren Child
December – Dav Pilkey
January – Sue Hardy-Dawson
February and March – Roald Dahl
April – Benji Davies
May – Kate Pankhurst
June – Michael Morpurgo
July – Cressida Cowell
Spelling
There are words which your child show know how to spell and use in their writing by the end of Year 2. These are called common exception words because they don't follow a spelling rule.
You should practise these as well as the spellings which are sent home each week.
