Mrs Lowe
Teacher
I have so many favourite books and I read at least one new book a week! I love going to the library and discovering a new world each time I start a story. My absolute favourites are the Harry Potter books and I re-read them every year. I have such fond memories of each book coming out and getting excited to see what was going to happen next. I loved the idea of receiving a letter when you turned 11 to find out you had magical powers! My favourite book in the series is Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban because I love the part where Harry and Hermione travel back in time to save Sirius. I wouldn't be able to pick a favourite character because there are so many I love but my favourite professor is Professor McGonagall!
Mrs Slade
Support Staff
There is something so special about getting lost in the pages of a good book. I love reading. My favourite thing to do is to curl up under a blanket with a good book and a hot chocolate. When I was young, I used to love reading 'The Secret Seven' and 'The Famous Five' books by Enid Blyton. Now I'm older I still enjoy reading mystery novels. My favourite grown up book is 'The Night Circus' by Erin Morgenstern.
Mr Trigell
Support staff
My favourite children's book is The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson because I love to read it to the children in my class. It is always one of their favourites and they love to listen to the story and look at the illustrations.
Welcome back after the half-term holidays! Autumn 2 is always one of our favourite half terms, with the build up to Christmas and nativities. Here is a sneak peak of our learning this half term.
In History we will be focusing on why we have Remembrance day. We will think about what it was like on the front line, how animals helped during the war and about the role that women played in the first world war. We will be looking at an important individual; Walter Tull.
In science, we will be working scientifically and undertaking several experiments where we focus on testing if something is magnetic or not, investigate which material is the most waterproof and testing the melting rate of ice cubes.
In Design Technology, we will be thinking about the purpose of different materials. The children will then design, make and evaluate their own hand puppets using a running stitch.
Phonics and spelling will be taught daily alongside our English lessons. This half term we will be writing for a purpose to inform, we will be looking at information about Remembrance Day and then write some informative sentences about this event. We will then be using the story of ‘Troll Swap’ (written by Leigh Hodgkinson) as our next writing stimulus. We will be thinking about using expanded noun phrases in character description, and using this in our final outcome of a story in which two contrasting characters swap roles. In our final week, we will focus on writing to inform, and we will write a letter to Father Christmas, informing him of the presents that we would like to receive on Christmas day.
In maths, we continue to follow the White Rose scheme of work. Our focus in Year 2 will be adding and subtracting 1 and 2 digit numbers crossing 10s and adding and subtracting two 2 digit numbers not crossing the tens barrier and finally linking our knowledge of number bonds to 10 to create and explore number bonds to 100. After this we will explore shape and look at the properties of both 2D and 3D shapes.
In P.E, we will be learning to express different movements through dance; specifically linking this to The Gun Powder Plot. We will use these intricate movements to form a dance piece, which the children will evaluate and critique.
In R.E. we will exploring the question: ‘What is the good news that Jesus brings?’. We will be thinking about how Christians believe that Jesus provides friendship, peace and forgiveness.
In Music, we will be learning our nativity songs and will be singing as part of an ensemble, thinking about what makes a good performance. We are very much looking forward to our nativity!
In Art we will be exploring different techniques to create fireworks using paint. Children will use different tools to experiment and will then use their favourite techniques in their final piece to create a firework painting.
Our focus for PSHE will be ‘Celebrating differences’; we will be exploring the terms ‘stereotypes’ and ‘diversity’. The outcome of this unit will be to understand that our differences are what make us unique and to celebrate diversity.
In computing, we will be completing a ‘2question/2investigate’ unit in which we will use and create pictograms and create and search binary trees.