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Year 2
Lively Laurels and Helpful Hollies
Lively Laurels and Helpful Hollies 2020-21
Helpful Hollies
Miss Walker
Teacher
Mrs Tunnicliffe
Teaching Assistant
Lively Laurels
Miss Sheldon
Teacher
Mrs Newbury
Teacher
Mrs Flemming
Teaching Assistant
Helpful Hollies
Classrooms
Both of the classrooms provide a calm environment and encourage the children to be independent; the children are able to find their own resources to support their learning.
Each classroom has a reading corner with a mixture of fiction and non-fiction books for the children to enjoy.
Each child has their own tray where they can keep things to take home and hat/gloves when the weather gets colder. They also have their own peg for their coat during the winter months.
Lively Laurels
School Council
Every class has at least one school councillor to help share their classes’ views and make changes across the school.
Helpful Hollies’ School Councillor
Nathaniel
Lively Laurels’ School Councillor
Robyn
Class Dojo Masters
Every class has at least 1 dojo master. The dojo masters help show visitors around school and explain what they are/have been doing in class.
Helpful Hollies’ Dojo Master
Hayley
Helpful Hollies’ Dojo Master
Sam
Lively Laurels’ Dojo Master
Florentina
Lively Laurels’ Dojo Master
Afdal
Our Curriculum
Click on the tabs below to find out more information about each topic. Throughout the year we will also add pictures of memorable experiences and hooks!
Quality Texts
This half term our model text is Little Red Riding Hood. The children will be writing a warning tale and our focus be on setting descriptions.
Later in the half term the children will write a recount based on their trip to Elvaston Castle.
Hook
We found a mysterious letter in our classroom, it was addressed to Helpful Hollies and Lively Laurels. When we opened it we found an old map of our school! We followed the route on the map and we discovered a basket of clues in the Junior playground. There was some cake, red material, glasses and a wolf mask. Lots of us thought it has something to do with Little Red Riding Hood.
Memorable Experiences
My Trip to Elvaston Castle
Last week, we went to Elvaston Castle.
First, we walked through damp and dark forest. We identified different trees by looking at their leaves. we saw an Oak tree, a Pine tree and a holly bush.
Next, we looked at pattern on the trunks of the trees. We used our crayons to do bark rubbings.
After that, we stopped for lunch under the pine trees. Then we played with the parachute, duck duck goose and Simon says.
Finally, we walked back to the coach. On the way, we listened to a story. It was an amazing day!
In this topic the children will be learning and exploring about our place in the world. We will be looking at aerial photographs from space of Earth and looking at the human and physical features. In Science we will be taking part in some exciting investigations such as ‘which material will make the best spacesuit?’ and a fizzy bottle rocket investigation. We will also be learning about the Lunar rover and designing and making our own.
Quality Texts
For this half term we will be writing a losing tale influenced by the story Beegu.
The children will also be writing instructions on how to make Beegu’s spaceship.
Hook
Something very unsual happened at school after half term… we found evdience that Beegu the Alien had been to visit! She even left us her very own book to read over this half term.
In this topic the children will be learning and exploring our local area. We will be looking at the city of Derby, studying different maps of Derby and the local area around school. Through history we will be looking at the history of the city and changes within living memory. In science we will be studying plants, we will get the opportunity to grow our own cress and experiment what it needs to grow. We will also be making our own street signs and cities using recycled materials.
Quality Text
The focus text for this term is Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett. We will be studying the text and writing our own journey stories. We will then be looking at Persuasive adverts and writing our own persuasive adverts to get more people to visit Derby.
Hook
We have had a visitor come into year 2 this term. It was Sunny! He came with his suitcase and a postcard telling us that he still hadn’t found a nice place to live so through he would come and try Derby. He also asked if we could look after him while he was visiting and he would telling us about all his adventures. We decided that we wanted to write his story down.
Memorable Experience
Due to COVID we haven’t been able to have our memorable experience this term. Hopefully we can re arrange it for another time.
For this topic we will be learning about Brazil, using our geography skills to locate Brazil on a map and then comparing Brazil to the UK. Through this topic we will also be investigating colour mixing and creating our own head-dresses through the technique of weaving. Also in computing we will get the the opportunity to create digital images of jungle animals.
Our science topic this term focus’ on animals and their habitats. We will be looking at a range of habitats, food chains and if things are alive, dead or never alive.
Quality Text
This half term we will be looking at the fiction story ‘The Papaya that Spoke’ retold by Pie Corbett. This is a journey story. We will be focusing on Characterisation and looking how speech is used through the story.
We will then be looking at Information texts. We will be exploring a range of information texts and investigating and identifying the features. We will then use this knowledge to create our own information text about Brazil.
Hook
A strange package appeared in our classroom after lunch. It was from South Africa, we knew this because of the labels it had on it. We tried to guess what it could be but in the end we decided to open the box. Inside we found some Papaya’s!
We investigated the papayas closely and even got to have a taste!
Memorable Experiences
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Description of the topic and where it links to different subjects.
The Magic Paintbrush
Our focus fiction text for this half term is ‘The Magic Paintbrush’ This is a defeating the monster story. We will also be doing an explanation text about explaining why Florence Nightingale is Famous?
Hook
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Experiences
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Quality Text
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Hook
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Experiences
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Our Experiences and Opportunities
We do lots of exciting things throughout the year, this may be part of our topic or additional experiences, click on the tabs below to have a look.
My Trip to Elvaston Castle
Last week, we went to Elvaston Castle.
First, we walked through damp and dark forest. We identified different trees by looking at their leaves. we saw an Oak tree, a Pine tree and a holly bush.
Next, we looked at pattern on the trunks of the trees. We used our crayons to do bark rubbings.
After that, we stopped for lunch under the pine trees. Then we played with the parachute, duck duck goose and Simon says.
Finally, we walked back to the coach. On the way, we listened to a story. It was an amazing day!
Thing You Need To Know
It is important that all children continue to practise their learning at home to remember and embed what they have learnt in school that week. For Helpful Hollies and Lively Laurels home learning will be given to the children on a Friday and must be returned by the following Wednesday. The home learning will alternate between Maths and English.
If children are struggling or you are unsure how to support your child, please message your child’s class teacher on Class Dojo.
Children will also have the option of completing a home learning topic grid, where they can choose different activities to do at home. Children will earn points. 75 points earns them a prize and a certificate at the end of the half term. Each time your child completes a piece of home learning, please bring it into school so it can be displayed.
PE will be every Wednesday afternoon. Please send your child to school in their PE Kit. Please be mindful of the weather.
Autumn 1
Wednesday 30th September – Memorable experience trip to Elvaston Castle
Autumn 2
Monday 14th December – Christmas Party
Spring 1
Check Class Dojo for all updates this half term
Spring 2
W/C Monday 17th May – Year 2 Assessment week
It is very important all children have 100% attendance during this week.
Summer 1
Coming soon!
Summer 2
Coming soon!
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