Year 2 News

Year Two

Autumn Term 2007

English:          

Recognition and use of verbs.  Spelling patterns for adding 'ing' and 'ed' and creating plurals.  Working to develop a cursive script.  Punctuation. Writing stories, poems and instructions.

Mathematics:   

Place value. Reading and ordering numbers to 1000.  Number bonds to 10, 20, 100.  Simple fractions.  Using   the   4 rules of number mentally and in solving problems. Reading time to at least the quarter hour.

RE:               'Here I Am' Syllabus

Science:          Forces and Movement. Electricity: circuits.     

History:          Victorians: Houses.

Geography:       Island Life - differences from mainland life. Geographical                    language.

Art:              Buildings (exploring shapes and pattern). William Morris  

D.T.              Create moving vehicles.

Useful websites for this term's topics

(Although the text level isn't very 'user friendly' for year 2 pupils, there are lots of pictures linked to Victorian houses/times on the first two websites.)

http://users.rcn.com/scndempr/dave/school.html

http://www.victorianstation.com

http://www.visitbritain.com/vb3-en-gb/default.aspx

Click here to see (previous) Year 2 work on the Willow Pattern story.