Year 2

This term we will be asking the key question – What are the seven wonders of the world? We will be exploring maps and globes to locate the different wonders of the world. We will also be creating our very own structures based upon these famous wonders. 

Our class text will be ‘Tell me A Dragon’ Everyone has their very own  dragon, and this book describes many different varieties of the beast, showing in words and stunning pictures exactly why their owners find them so entrancing. They range from a dragon as big as a village to a tiny dragon ending in a page inhabited by every dragon in the book!

We will learn about the lives of some of the most significant people in the history of Stoke-on -Trent. We will explore the impact that they have had locally and in the wider world. We will also be visiting local monuments in the city.

Our class text this half term is; The Great Explorer. In English, we will be following Tom and his journey as he tries to help find his dad who is a famous explorer lost in the North Pole. We will describe his epic journey as he travels through the Arctic. We will be using adjectives, conjunctions and expanded noun phrases to write a setting and character description.

In Maths, we will be using arrays to multiply numbers. We will focus on becoming fluent in our 2, 5 and 10 times tables. We will also be learning about division and how this links to multiplication. In science, we will be learning about the basic needs of survival for humans and animals.

Our topic for this half term focuses on the journey our food makes from field to fork. We will learn about the different kinds of shops that we can buy food from and the different types of food that we can buy. We will follow the journey of a carrot from the seed being planted into the ground all the way to a delicious meal on our plates. We will use our existing knowledge of the geography of the UK to help us to investigate where different foods come from.

This unit of work focuses upon Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot alongside the Great Fire of London. The children will investigate the events of the Gunpowder Plot which led to Bonfire Night being introduced into the UK calendar. Next, they will study the Great Fire of London, and decide whether or not it improved London for those living there. They will learn to interpret evidence from the time and afterwards, examining whether the sources are reliable.

Our class text this half term is; Vlad and The Great Fire of London. In English this half term, we will be linking our ‘Love for reading’ text with our History topic and learning about life in London before and during The Great Fire in 1666. We will be describing the city during this period, exploring what life was like for people through diary entries and writing recipes for making bread. In Maths we will be continuing to add and subtract, moving on to larger numbers.  We will be learning about the value of money and making an amount with different coins. We will also be spending our money at Pudding Lane Bakery. Our Science topic this half term focusses on being healthy and how we can lead a healthy lifestyle.

This half term we will be learning about seasons and exploring how the four seasons differ. We will explore the signs of changing seasons that occur throughout the year and how different things in nature adapt to the changing seasons. We will also be learning about the weather, observing the weather and learning about how and why the weather changes. In English we will be reading the text; The Tin Forest and exploring the thoughts, feelings and actions of the main character in the story. We will be focusing on descriptive, imaginative writing and writing diary entries. The children will also be visiting The Crescent forest to draw comparisons to the book. We will continue to focus on learning new spelling patterns this half term. In Maths, we will be recapping the place value of numbers up to 50 and beginning to add and subtract with larger numbers. We will also be looking at problem solving using a variety of manipulatives. Our Science topic this half term focuses on our local environment. We will be exploring different animals; their food chains and how different animals obtain their food.