Please view the Year 2 Meet and Greet presentation for the Academic Year. The presentation provides you with key information regarding your child’s curriculum for the coming year. Also, below is the End of Key Stage 1 Assessment presentation providing information about the assessment arrangements for the end of Year 2.
If you have any questions regards the presentation, please email the school office so the questions can be collated and added to the Frequently asked Questions
Autumn Term
Would you put the fire out?
During the first half of the Autumn term we will be considering the cause and effect of the Great Fire of London. We will use historical sources to explore why the fire started, how it spread and what happened after. This will lead us to a philosophical discussion about whether the fire should have been extinguished or whether what happened after in terms of building and life in London meant the fire was perhaps a good thing. To support our learning here we will be looking at where London is along with locating the other capital cities and countries of the UK and its surrounding seas.
We will welcome a theater group into school to help us deepen our understanding.
What does it take to make a change? Part 1
During the second half of the Autumn term, once we have concluded our work on the Great Fire of London, we will begin a new topic looking at what is needed to be able to make a change – big or small.
We will begin by looking at the Suffragettes and what they were trying to achieve. We will question whether what they did was right or wrong as a way of achieving what they wanted. Then we will focus on the life of Emily Davison finding out about her role as a suffragette before using historical sources to help us decide what her intentions were when she visited the races and had her accident with the King’s horse. We will develop our understanding of chronology by looking at where these events fit on a timeline linked to our lives today.
This topic will continue into the Spring Term
Spring Term
What does it take to make a change? Part 2
The start of the spring term will see us continue our work on activists, people who made a difference and stood up for what they believed. This will lead us to look at the life of Rosa Park and how people were treated differently, leading her to stand up and make a change.
We will consider how Rosa Parks and Emily Davison are both similar and different.
Using both Rosa Parks and Emily Davison as our inspiration we will carry out an act of Courageous Advocacy to help make a change.
Where would you dare to explore?
Following this we will begin our work on Explorers. This will lead us to develop our geographical knowledge from the countries of the UK to the continents and oceans of the world.
We will use historical sources to find out about the Space Race and the 1969 Moon Landings and consider what it was like to venture into the unknown seventy-five years ago along with the challenges they faced. We will look at where this fits in our Timeline from before. Then we will consider what it was like for Christopher Columbus to begin his voyage of exploration over 500 years ago and the challenges he faced.
This will lead us to consider where we would dare to explore and why.
Summer Term
Where would you build your castle?
The Summer term begins with a geography topic looking at human and physical geographical features.
This will lead pupil to considering what makes a good location to build a castle and why. This work will be supported with a visit to A
rundel castle to help pupils deepen their understanding of what it is like to live in a castle. In DT they will explore the mechanisms needed to raise and lower a castle drawbridge by making their own prototype.
Why are bees important?
Our final topic of the year will focus on environmental issues and in particular why bees are so important. This will support work in Science where pupils will learn about plants and the conditions needed for growth. The plant theme will continue into art where we will look at the work of Georgia O’Keeffe.
To support their understanding pupils will have the opportunity to meet with a local bee keeper and see a working section of a hive.
Reading Recommendations
In Year 2, pupils will begin to access Accelerated Reader. Before they access Accelerated Reader, they take a test which sets your child a book range. When they read a book, they take a quiz which assess their understanding of that book.
If you wish to learn more about Accelerated Reader, please speak to your child’s class teacher or visit the school’s website. https://www.southbersted.co.uk/home-learning/accelerated-reader/
Reading Recommendations for Year 2:
Online Safety
To learn more about the opportunities and risks of being online, access the advice and games you can play with your child: https://www.southbersted.co.uk/safeguarding/internet-safety/