Mrs Horwell
Teacher/ Acting Assistant Head
I absolutely LOVE 'The Famous five - 5 go to smugglers top'. It gives me such wonderful memories of when I used to have sleepovers with my best friend, and we would listen to 'The famous five' books on audio. I have particularly fond memories of listening to this one in the dark whilst eating a midnight feast and loving the feeling of being scared but needing to continue listening so that I could complete the adventure with the famous five. I love how Enid Blyton almost makes you feel as though you're an extra member of the gang whilst you read the books. I particularly liked George's character too, I felt that I could relate to her growing up, as I was a fairly headstrong girl myself! It's important to have characters in books that you can relate to.
Miss Bennallack
Support Staff
As a child, I read (and re-read!) a collection of Jacqueline Wilson novels, specifically 'The Lottie Project'. I enjoyed stories by this author as I found them really relatable as a child. The character would outline their own life and the people or hurdles within it, but would then get lost in a completely new story within the story which is exactly how I felt when reading these books! Often told in a first-person account, it made me feel as though I became the character. I've since passed these books onto my daughter who has read them all and will keep them for future grandchildren as I feel the stories and topics covered are timeless and will always remind me of my own childhood.
Spring 2
Welcome back after half term everyone! The title for Spring 2 is ‘Our Wonderful World’.
In Geography we will be thinking about seasonal patterns and learning about the continents and oceans. By the end of the unit we hope that the children can confidently name the seven continents and five major oceans.
In Science, we will be focusing on plants and seasonal changes. We will be looking at the plants that grow in our local area, the lifecycle of a typical flowering plant and what plants need to grow. We will also be thinking about the four different seasons and the signs and weather in each one.
Read Write Inc. and spelling will continue to be taught daily alongside our English lessons. This half term we will be writing with a purpose to inform, we will be looking at the story of ‘The owl who was afraid of the dark’ and will focus on the features of non-fiction texts, we will use this to then write our own non-chronological report about owls.
In Maths, we will follow the White Rose scheme of work. Our focus in Year 2 will be continuing our multiplication and division unit before moving onto length and height and finally by mass, capacity and temperature. We will be continually reviewing our arithmetic methods throughout the half term through our ‘fluency in five’ sessions.
In Music we will be completing the ‘Recognising different sounds’ Charanga unit. We will focus on keeping a steady beat, creating different rhythms, using the correct notes to play along to a piece of music and also composing using a selection of these notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, B♭, B.
In P.E, we will be focusing on throwing and catching, the children will look at rolling and stopping a ball, throwing a ball underarm and overarm, thinking about the best way to catch a ball, performing bounce passes and then they will use all of this learning in team games.
In R.E. we will exploring the question: ‘Why does Easter matter to Christians?’ We will focus on the what happens during Holy Week and how Christians celebrate the festival of Easter.
In computing, we will be completing a Purple Mash unit on presenting ideas and we will also focus on online safety.
In PSHE we will be focusing on how we can keep our bodies healthy. We will think about things that make us feel stressed and things that make us feel relaxed. We will look at the importance of medicines and we will also focus on healthy eating.