Mrs Dixon
Teacher
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Year 2
Welcome to Lively Laurels and Helpful Hollies
Lively Laurels and Helpful Hollies 2021-22
Lively Laurels
Mrs Newbury
Teacher
Mrs Tunnicliffe
Teaching Assistant
Helpful Hollies
Miss O’Connor
Teacher
Miss Torrance
Teaching Assistant
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
Lively Laurels
Helpful Hollies
Every class has at least one school councillor to help share their classes’ views and make changes across the school.
Helpful Hollies’ School Councillor
Max
Lively Laurels’ School Councillor
Gabby
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
Alessia & Hayyan
Lively Laurels’ Dojo Master
Tobias
TJ
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!
This term we will be learning all about London. Through Geography, we will look at the features of London, including its landmarks and what makes it a capital city. In History we will also be learning about a significant event in Londons history – The Great Fire of London. This event cause havoc in London in September 1666. We will be learning about the events surround the fire, how it spread so fast and what Christopher Wren designed afterwards. We will also be hearing about Samuel Pepys and his famous diary. Since the fire started in a bakery we will also be getting the opportunity to bake bread in design and Technology.
Talk for Writing
Fiction
This half term our model text is based off ‘Katie in London’ by Mairi Hedderwick. The children will be writing a Journey tale and we will be focusing on story structures and using story language.
Non-Fiction
Later in the half term the children will write a non-chronological report, in the form of a newspaper, all about the Great Fire of London.
English Hook
Fiction
A girl called Katie left us some images of her holidays but they were all ruined. We had to put the pictures back together and see if we could figure out where she was visiting
Non-Fiction
We were left an old box. Inside was some old cheese, wine and a diary. Who could it have belonged to?
Memorable Experiences
This term we will be recreating the great fire of London.
We will be making the Tudor houses, creating the streets then we will be setting fire to the bakery to see how fast the fire spread through the city.
More coming soon
During this Topic we will be learning about Amelia Earhart and how she challenged gender roles at the time, similarly we will also be looking at Nelson Mandela and how he challenged ideas about race. Through our Environmental Studies we will be looking at Greta Thunberg and how significant she is to fighting climate change. In Design and technology, we will be looking at how imporatnat it is to have a healthy diet and how to prepare dishes. We will also be learning about at were food comes from. In science we are looking at animals including humans.
Talk for Writing
Fiction
For this half term our model text is based off the book ‘Traction Man’ By Mini Grey. We will be writing a defeating the monster story, focusing on characterisation.
Non-Fiction
The children will also be writing an explanation text about Greta Thunberg.
Hook
Fiction
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Non-Fiction
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Memorable Experience
This term we will be having a superhero day! We will get to dress up as any superhero we would like to. During the day we will get to do an agility/ gymnastics course, find and rescue the people in danger and think about real life superheroes.
More coming soon
During this topic we will be learning about the oceans and continents in Geography. In Science we are learning all about animals. we will find out about what animals need to survive, classifying animals and investigate animal lifecycles. We will also be learning about animals food chains and what habitats different animals live in and why.
Talk for Writing
Fiction
Our model text for this half term is based on the book ‘How to Hide a Lion’ by Helen Stephens. We will be writing our own wishing tales focusing on openings and endings.
Non-Fiction
We will then be learning about instructions and writing instructions about how to care for a pet.
Hook
Fiction
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Non-Fiction
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Memorable Experience
For our memorable experience this term we will be visiting peak wild life park! We will get to investigate the park and see all the animals.
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During this topic we will be learning all about plants and gardens through science. We will be learning about seasonal change, growth of seeds and what seeds needs to grow. We will also be learning how to identify, name, and describe common plants and trees. Through Art we will be looking at the work of Georgia O’Keeffe and creating our own observational drawings of flowers. We will also be designing and building our our bug hotels in Design and Technology.
Talk for Writing
Fiction
This half term we will be looking at a model text based off ‘Jack and the Baked Bean Stalk’ by Colin Stimpson. We will be writing a rags to riches story focusing on openings and endings
Non-Fiction
We will then be looking at poetry and creating our own poetry about gardens, flowers and wildlife.
Hook
Fiction
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Non-Fiction
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Memorable Experiences
For our memorable experience this term we will be planting and growing seeds. We will be watching them closely to check how the grow and check on them regularly yo make sure all their needs are met. We will also be keeping a diary.
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During this topic we will be learning about Dinosaurs. Through Science we will be identifying and classifing, living, dead and never alive, we will also look into habitats and food chains. Through our Environmental Studies we will be looking at extinction; looking at other animals now extinct or endangered due to climate change/human development. In history we will look at Jack Horner and Mary Anning, they were palaeontologists. Through Art we will be creating 3D sculptures of dinosaurs using clay.
Talk for Writing
Fiction
Our model text this half term will be based off the book ‘ Tyrannosaurus Drip’ by Julia Donaldson. We will be writing a tale of fear.
Non-Fiction
We will also be writing a persuasive text.
Hook
Fiction
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Non-Fiction
Coming Soon.
Memorable Experiences
For our memorable experience this half term we will be hosting a dinosaur exhibition. We will be displaying all of our art work that we have made during the term, as well as our writing. We will then be inviting our parents and carers into to school to see what we have discovered about dinosaurs this term.
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During the topic, in History, we will be learning about changes within living memory looking specifically at transport over time, including uses of bridges and tunnels. We will also be looking at Isambard Kingdom Brunel who was an architect. He is famous for building the Thames Tunnel. In Design and Technology we will be designing and building a bridge to solve a tricky problem. We will also be comparing transportation, looking into which ones are the most eco-friendly.
Talk for Writing
Fiction
This term our focus text is ‘The Tunnel’. We will be writing a portal story.
Non-Fiction
We will also be writing a recount about our visit to a castle.
Hook
Fiction
coming soon
Non-Fiction
Coming soon
Memorable Experiences
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Below are all the books that year 2 will be focusing on this year during pleasure for reading time. These books will be read to the children and are also exessable for them to read independently in the book corner. By the end of the year the children will be very familiar with these books.
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
Make Tudor houses and reenact the Great Fire of London.
Autumn 2
W/C – 9th December – Year 2 Phonics Screening Checks (missed from Year 1)
Wednesday 10th – Superhero day – Children are invited to wear a superhero costume to school.
Tuesday 23rd November – Parents to be invited to make a healthy dish with their children.
Spring 1
Friday 28th January – Peak wildlife park There will be a voluntary cost to parents to ensure that this visit will go ahead.
Wednesday 2nd February – Parents to be invited to make a clay animal model with their children
Vet to visit school and explain their job. (to be confirmed)
Spring 2
W/C Monday 16th May – Year 2 Assessment week
It is very important all children have 100% attendance during this week.
Planting seeds this term to watch them grow.
Wednesday 6th April – Parents to be invited to allow the children to share their computing work (programming)
Gardener to talk to the children (to be confirmed)
Summer 1
Wednesday 11th May – Parents to be invited to take part in a music lesson with their child
More coming soon!
Summer 2
Wednesday 6th July – Parents to be invited to take part in a bridges investigation
More coming soon!
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