Autumn Term Memories

Autumn Term Memories

Spring Term 2012

Welcome back to Year 2. We hope you all had a lovely Christmas break.
This term our topic is all about, 'The Animal Kingdom'. Below is a short overview of what your child will be covering this term in each area of learning.

Language, Literacy and Communication

• Stories and poems from other cultures


• Explanations


• Traditional stories


• Recounts- weekends, holidays


• Jolly Grammar


• Reading comprehension


• Speaking and listening- reports on animals


• Handwriting- first join


• Phonological awareness / high frequency recognition

Mathematical Development

• Count on and back in 1's, 10's, 100's


• Odd and even numbers


• Ordinal numbers


• Comparing 2 digit numbers


• Addition and subtraction factsAdding three 1 digit numbers


• Right angles, clockwise / anti- clockwise


• Interpreting information in block graphs


• Name 3D shapes and properties


• Multiplication - lots of / sets of / groups of


• Division as grouping

Welsh Language Development

• Pet / animal vocabulary


• Fferm - at the farm


• St David's Day

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

• Extinct animals


• Animal hunt


• Trails and routes


• Endangered animals


• Climate change


• Maps

Plants and Animals

• Hibernation


• Local / non local plants


• Habitats


• Life cycles


• Food chains


• Classification


• Variation


• Comparing and sorting animals

ICT

• 2Simple - create a story


• Granada Writer


• Using a keyboard

PSD, WB & CD

Going for goals

• Set realistic goals


• Name and deal with feelings


• Learn from experiences

Say no to bullying

• Recognise likes/ dislikes / fair / unfair / right / wrong


• Respect differences between other people

Caring for animals and the environment

Physical Development

• Games - bowling and striking, bowling skills, team, building skills


• PESS Unit 5

Creative Development

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  Clay Modelling


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  Junk modelling


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  Observational drawings- plants and animals


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  Collage scenes- rainforest / jungle etc.


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  Animal markings / patterns


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  Bird / animal mobiles


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  Picasso owls


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  Articulated figures


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  Design and create an imaginary animal

Dance

• Animal carnival


• Life cycles


• Sea / jungle / woodland dance

Music

• Exploring pitch, instruments and symbols

School Pets

We've been welcoming our new school pets.

We talked about how we should look after them.

We talked about what we should feed them too.

Thank you for all your food and money donations.

Creative Development

Making coconut mice for Mother's Day

ICT- Graphs

We've been creating bar graphs using the '2simple' software.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

Looking for plants and animals in our local environment.

Comic Relief

Comic Relief

Everyone enjoyed pouring tomatoes on Miss Harwood!

We enjoyed choosing delcious sweeties that Reception and Year 2 made.

We spent our money on the stalls that Year 5 set up.