Hello again to everyone who will be involved with Year 2, I would like to welcome you all back
after the Easter break.
I hope you have all had a wonderful holiday and that you are ready for the start of the summer term, this is a very
exciting time for us as we head towards the end of another school year and get ready for our last term in key stage
one.
We will be covering the topic of Dinosaurs this term and our lessons will help us find out lots more about the
creatures that once roamed our planet, including digging for fossils and creating dinosaur eggs!
Literacy
Numeracy
Geography &
History
Art and D & T
R.E.
P.S.H.E.
Music
P.E.
I.T.
Science
French
Mantle of the Expert – Role playing as palaeontologists and writing
narratives about dinosaurs in everyday life. Text Studies – ‘Dinosaurs in my
school’ by Timothy Knapman; ‘The Dinosaur’s Diary’ by Julia Donaldson;
A range of non-fiction texts about dinosaurs
Measures (including telling the time), Data Handling, Multiplication and
Division, 2D and 3D shapes
Where dinosaurs lived in the world – map work. Prehistoric times, what the
world was like and how it has changed. What caused dinosaurs to go extinct?
LS Lowry cityscapes; Food – preparing fruit and vegetables
The Church and places of worship; Ascension and Pentecost
Relationships; Safety
Charanga music – More glockenspiel; Zootime
Dance; Athletics
Finding and Presenting information
Scientists & Inventors; The Environment
Continuing to learn about a French classroom
Homework
Each day your child is expected to do the following at home:
10 minutes reading 5 minutes learning of spellings 5 minutes times table practice
Your child will also receive homework each week that relates to the work done in class. Please encourage and help
your child to do this work and give it in on the following Wednesday, so that I can mark it and set new homework.
Your help with this is much appreciated, thank you.
Reading Tree challenge
Can I also remind you about our class reading tree challenge which will be continuing this term. If your child
manages to read twice or more with an adult in one week and get their reading record signed by the adult then they
will earn a leaf for the reading tree.
Key Dates
 Our P.E. lessons will be every Tuesday and Thursday, so don’t forget your P.E. kits!
 Spelling tests will be every Friday, make sure you’ve learnt your spellings!
 Our class assembly is on June 30th, we hope to see you there!
This information is here to let you know the work your children will be doing this term. If any of you would like to
discuss anything, please do not hesitate to catch me after school.
Mr C. Needham