Year 2 Autumn-Term Curriculum Letter
The Rainforest
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome back to the new year! We hope you had a wonderful summer break. This half term our
creative curriculum topic is The Rainforest. We have planned lots of exciting activities and will be
looking at plants and animals from The Rainforests around the world. We hope the children enjoy
learning about this.
Kind regards,
Mrs Smith, Miss Rolfe, Mrs Olcay and Mrs Lapham
Art
This term we will be teaching
the children all about colour
mixing and the use of
different tools to use in their
art.
Author Study
Our author study is Oliver
Jeffers. We will be reading his
books and discussing his style
of writing.
Community Links
We will be visited by a local
Police Constable who will
be talking to the children
about how to stay safe.
D&T
Geography
We will be learning about The
Rainforest. We will be looking
at maps, landmarks and the
physical and human features
of theThe Rainforest, as well
as the different types of
plants and animals.
History
We will be having a local
history week in November.
Maths
We will be learning our 2,5
and 10 times table and
using this to solve
problems. We be practicing
addition and subtraction
using 2 and 3 digit
numbers. We will be
learning about 2D and 3D
shapes and time.
English
In English this term we will be covering
a variety of genres including story
writing, poetry and non-fiction. We will
be encouraging children to talk for
writing through role play.
We will continue to practice
handwriting and will be focusing on the
children’s spellings and punctuation.
We will be following a daily reading
programme in year 2 where the
children will be participating in a daily
guided reading group.
Music
Music will be taught by
Debbie Goldman. We will be
learning a variety of songs
related to our topic. We will
be learning songs that we
will be performing at the
Infant Music festival.
RE
We will be discussing people
who are important to us and
then linking this to important
people in different religions.
Computing
We will be learning about E
safety so that the children can
learn to use the computer
safely.
PE
PE will be taught by Mr
Shillito. The children will be
participating in team
games and will continue to
develop their agility and
co-ordination through a
variety of activities.
PSHE
We will be learning about British
values such as democracy, individual
liberty and respect.
We will also be talking about a variety
of topics in circle time.
Science
As part of our science topic on
Living Things and their
Habitats we will be learning
about life processes and the
differences between living and
non-living things. We will also
be looking at habitats and food
chains.
Class Information:
Meet the teacher - Wednesday 14th September
Infant Music festival - Monday 17th October
P.E
2S - Thursday
2R – Thursday
Swimming
2S – Tuesday 11:00 – 12:00
2R – Fiday 11:00 – 12:00
Home Learning:
Will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in on a Wednesday.