Year 2

We would like to welcome you to Year 2. The whole team are committed to making sure that every day is fun for the children so that we can instil in them a life-long love of learning. We promise to help every child to achieve to the best of their potential and become active members of the school and community at large.

We know how important education is to this community and what a vast difference it can make to the lives of your most cherished possessions, your children. We look forward to helping your children be happy, confident and friendly young people.

In Year 2 we aim to continue to provide children with the opportunity to learn and be challenged through play-based activities as well as learn what is expected in the National Curriculum. Our class motto is 'We will work as a TEAM - Together Everyone Achieves More' and we will work together to make this happen!

The Year 2 Team - Miss Asia, Mrs Shah, Miss Della and Mrs Asghar

Key Information about Year 2

The children will be doing PE every Tuesday and Friday. Please ensure your child comes to school wearing a PE kit and that all items are clearly labelled.
Our Rosehill PE kit is a plain white t-shirt, black tracksuit bottoms or shorts and sensible sports footwear (trainers or pumps). We encourage children to wear the correct PE kit.
Please send in a water bottle to school and make sure your child’s name is written clearly on their water bottle.
The children have access to their water bottle throughout the school day. This helps keep them hydrated and supports learning and concentration levels.
Please ensure that children bring their reading books and homework folders from Tuesday as they will be changed weekly.
Please check your Class Dojo regularly as we will be posting important reminders, key information about events and using Class Dojo as a portal for day to day communication

At Rosehill, we use Class Dojo to communicate with parents and carers through regular updates on the class story page and parents have the opportunity to message class teachers. If you have not been set up with Class Dojo already, please ask at the office for further information on how to access Class Dojo.

Topics in Year 2

Every half term in Year 2 begins with a new exciting topic and our cross-curricular learning for most subjects is based around the topic. We provide parents with a curriculum newsletter and knowledge organisers which highlight key facts children are expected to learn for that particular subject.

Here are the six topics taught in Year 2 and further information on what is covered in each topic:

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Let's Explore

the World

Towers, tunnels

and Turrets

Land Ahoy!

Street Detectives

Wriggle and

Crawl

The Scented

Garden

Scroll to the bottom of the page to find Curriculum Newsletters for each topic. The aim of the Curriculum Newsletter is to outline what your child is studying in each of their subjects every half term and to guide you to additional resources.

Autumn 1 - Let's Explore the World

Our topic this half term is Let's Explore the World. It is a topic linked closely to our Year 2 Geography Curriculum. Children will learn to use an atlas to locate and find out about the world's continents and oceans. They will locate the equator, the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and the North and South Poles. Children will learn that hot places are closer to the equator and cold areas are further away. They child will know the term temperate and identify areas of the world with a temperate climate.
Children will compare England to Somalia in Africa to find similarities and differences. Through this comparison, they will communicate with children from a school in Somalia as part of Computing through sending emails and video conferencing.

They will learn to understand similarities and differences through appearance, lifestyle and religion. This will be part of our RE this half term, where children will explore different religions with a focus on Islam. In Art and Design, children will further develop skills through exploring African Art and making their own Kente cloth which will be displayed in their classroom.

Below is the Geography Knowledge Organiser for this topic. It provides you with Geography facts children will be learning during this topic.

Please find below the Mathematics knowledge organiser for Autumn 1. Children will be learning about number and place value.

In Science, children will be learning about Animals including humans. This knowledge organiser highlights key facts children will need to learn by the end of this Science topic.

Autumn 2 - Towers, Tunnels and Turrets

Spring 1 - Land Ahoy!

Yo-ho-ho! Get ready to take to the high seas and set sail in search of treasure! This half term, we will take the children on a journey to the past and explore what it was like to live like a pirate. we will also identify and name different pirates from the past and learn about what life on a pirate ship was like as well as understanding how things have changed over time. Children will also have the opportunity to compare and contrast using their own life experiences and that of a famous pirate from the past!
We will read information books, investigate amazing sea rescues and write postcards. We’ll study paintings of boats and draw detailed pictures of our own. Our map reading skills will help us to identify different seas and oceans, and we’ll learn about famous sea explorers. Stories of pirates will inspire us to make pirate flags, treasure maps and fact files. We’ll even find out how to talk and sing like a pirate! Shiver me timbers; it’s going to be good!

Help your child prepare for their project
The sea is fascinating! Why not make boats from plastic cartons, cardboard boxes and polystyrene trays. Add sails and cargo then see which boats sail around the bath successfully! Alternatively, sing along to some lively sea shanties!

Topic Knowledge Organiser

Mathematics Knowledge Organiser - Children will be learning about Money and Multiplication. It is important children practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. This will support children with their Mathematics at school.