Welcome to Year 2!

Welcome to Year 2!

We are in for a very exciting year and I can't wait to share it with you. 

Maths

This year in Maths, we will be learning numbers to 100, addition and subtraction, multiplication of 2, 5 and 10, length, mass, temperature and pictogtams. Later in the year, we will look at time, fractions, 2D and 3D shapes, money, time and developing our problem solving skills. At St Austin's we use Maths No Problem, which looks at maths mastery. Maths Mastery is a transformational approach to teaching mathematics that was developed in Singapore and is now used around the world, including in thousands of schools across the UK. Children are taught multiple methods to solve maths problems, enabling them to gain a thorough and adaptable understanding of topics, making it easier for them to apply their knowledge to different scenarios. Each topic is studied in depth to develop a secure understanding of maths concepts. This leads to greater progress in maths learning, as topics are well understood and therefore don't need to be revised in great detail, meaning each new concept builds on prior learning.

English

In English we use Pathways to Write. This term, we will be writing a fact sheet about The Great Fire of London using The Great Fire of 
London by Emma Adams and James Weston Lewis. In autumn 2, we will be writing a letter using the text The Last Wolf By Mini Grey and Animals and their Habitats, which is a range fo different poetry.

Science

In autumn, we will be investigating materials and their properties. This will include working scientifically, exploring which material would be best to build the three little pigs house, decide which material would be best to protect Humpty Dumpty, explaining how materials can be changed and discovering how new materials were made and by who. 

Living things and their habitats is the name of our Science topic in autumn 2. We will explore microhabitats, find out about habitats around the world, find out what a food chain is, investigate the perfect living conditions for woodlice and identify how living things adapt to their habitat. 

Homework

Here are the details about homework for Y2.

Homework will be given out every Friday. It is to be completed by the following Thursday. As part of the homework tasks, children will complete:

- spellings which will be given out as paper copies each week
- daily home reading
- Century tasks:
- 1x maths "nugget"
- 1x SPAG "nugget"
- 1x reading comprehension "nugget"

Children who have completed their weekly homework will receive 5 dojos. However, if they do not complete their homework, then they will be required to complete it during homework club. In addition, it would be a great idea to use NumBots and Times Table Rock Stars.

Children must bring their reading books everyday to be checked.

For more information about the Y2 curriculum coverage, click on the subject specific tabs at the top of our class page.