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 Easter break! The title for Summer 1 is ‘The race for Space’.
In History we will be thinking about the significant historical event of the moon landing. We will think about changes that have happened within living memory, use sources to find out information and think about who Neil Armstrong was and why the moon landing was important.
In Science, we will be looking at careers within Science and famous Scientists from the past. We will learn about Mae Jemison the astronaut and the three hidden figures who played a big role within NASA.
In Art we will be looking at the work of Peter Thorpe and using his techniques to create our own space pictures. Then we will focus on Van Gogh’s ‘Starry night’ and create our own version.
In D.T. we will be creating our own moon buggies, ensuring that they have working wheels and axles. We will then evaluate our products.
Phonics and spelling will continue to be taught daily alongside our English lessons. This half term we will be writing with a purpose to entertain, we will be looking at the story of ‘The last wolf’ and will use the morals of this story to then write a letter from ‘Little Red’s’ viewpoint to try and protect trees and endangered animals. We will then have a poetry unit, focusing on the poems of ‘The moon’ by Louis Stephenson and ‘The moon speaks’ by James Carter. We will use these to help us create our own poems.
In maths, we will follow the White Rose scheme of work. Our focus in Year 2 will be focusing on measurement; mass, capacity and volume and then time and fractions. We will be continually reviewing our arithmetic methods throughout the half term through our ‘fluency in five’ sessions.
In R.E. we will be exploring the question: ‘Who is Muslim and how do they live (Part 2)?’ We will focus on the holy words within the Qu’ran and the importance of prayer to Muslims.
In music we will be completing the ‘Exploring improvisation’ unit, in which, singing and listening are at the heart of each lesson. The children will play, improvise and compose using a selection of these notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, B♭, B
In P.E, we will be focusing on developing balance and co-ordination. Children will need to keep control when jumping, mastering basic movements and then combining these movements together. We will then use the skills that we have learned within a circuit.
In computing, we will be completing a Purple Mash unit called ‘Maze explorers’ in which we will use ‘Maze2go’ to create, extend and debug algorithms and then create a challenge for a friend.
In our ‘Jigsaw’ PSHE lessons, the children are focusing on relationships. We will be thinking about how to make friends, how to solve friendship issues when they occur, how to help others feel part of a group, how to show respect in how we treat others, how to help themselves and others when they feel upset, and knowing what makes a good relationship and how they can show this.