Our teachers are:
Lively Laurels – Miss Sheldon and Miss Torrance
Helpful Hollies – Miss Goodhead, Mrs Tunnicliffe and Miss Clay
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Lively Laurels and Helpful Hollies 2023-24
Welcome to Year 2!
Lively Laurels
Look at our classrooms!
Our classrooms are well organised and provide a calm environment to promote the children’s independence. The children can find their own resources to support their learning
Helpful Hollies
See who our Dojo Masters and School Council members are
Our Dojo Maters are:
Lively Laurels – Daniel and Samanvi
Helpful Hollies – Dhruvika and Kristian
Our School Councillors are:
Lively Laurels – Harrison
Helpful Hollies – Borys
Throughout our Bright Lights, Big City topic we are going to be learning all about London. We are going to be looking at the different parts of the UK in Geography and different materials in Science. As well as this, we are also going to be learning all about the Great Fire of London in History with an exciting visitor coming into school!
Key text:
Our key text this half term is called ‘Katie in London’.
When Katie and her brother Jack visit London with Grandma, something very unexpected happens…one of the Trafalgar Square lions come to life and takes them on a wonderful tour of all the best sights!
Hook:
Our Hook for Bright Lights, Big City is going to be a visitor coming into school to teach us all about the Great Fire of London! We will be building our own mini Pudding Lane, acting out the fire, playing games and looking at artefacts from the time.
Pictures coming soon!
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In Paws, Claws and Whiskers we are going to be learning about the hot and cold countries around the world and carry out a study on Big Cats.
We are going to be looking at animals including humans in science. We will also have our specialist art teacher, Katie, come in to teach us how to make 3D clay animals in art.
Our key text this half term is ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’.
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big furry, stripy tiger!
Hook
Coming soon!
Memorable Experience
This term we are going on an exciting trip to Peak Wildlife Park. Children will get to see and pet lots of different animals. We will be visiting on Thursday 8th February 2024.
Parental Engagement
At the end of this half term, parents are welcome to join us as we complete our final sculpture in art.
Careers
This half term we are lucky enough to have a vet come in and tell us all about their job!
Throughout this topic, we are going to be looking at the seasons of the year and how the environment changes accordingly. We are going to be looking at the importance of bees on the environment and how they help the seasonal changes of plants in science. In art we are going to be looking at two artist, Georgia O’Keefe and Claude using coloured pencils Monet. We will be focusing on our pencil skills and using oil pastels to recreate a piece of art.
The key text for this half term is ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’.
Jack and the Beanstalk is a story about a boy who swaps his cow for some magic beans. The beans grow into an enormous beanstalk that disappears into the clouds. Brave Jack climbs up to the very top of the beanstalk and finds himself in the home of a very grumpy giant, who he now has to outsmart!
Hook
Coming soon!
Memorable Experiences
We will be going to the Attenborough Nature Reserve. We will get to walk around the reserve looking at the woodlands, meadows, riverside and lakes.
Parental Engagement
We are inviting parents in to come and plant a bean to link with our book this term and to recap our knowledge of plants from Year 1. We will also write a prediction of what they think is at the top of the beanstalk.
Careers
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See below for any important information you need to know.
Throughout each half term we will be sending home one piece of home learning a week, linked to either our English or Maths learning. You will also have the option to complete some of the topic based activities as you can find below.
MyOn
As well as the topic homework, we also have a school subscription for MyOn. On here is a library of books that your child can read for free, as well as books that we will send home weekly. If you want your child to be using this, you can ask Miss Sheldon or Miss Goodhead for your child’s login details.
Click here to read the letter about how to use MyOn.
Bright Lights, Big City—Autumn 1
- Great Fire of London experience day in school
Superheroes—Autumn 2
- Superhero day
Paws, Claws and Whiskers—Spring 1
- Trip to Peak Wildlife Park
The Scented Garden—Spring 2
- Planting our own seeds and bulbs to grow and take home
Dinosaurs—Summer 1
- Making our own salt dough fossils
Towers, Tunnels and Turrets—Summer 2
- Who can build the best bridge? Team investigation
PE:
Lively Laurels – PE will be on a Wednesday
Helpful Hollies – PE will be on a Tuesday
What to wear
We ask for the children to wear PE kit each week. They are required to wear black shorts or tracksuit bottoms, a white PE top and black trainers. During the cooler months, the children can also bring a hoodie to wear, only for PE.
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