Welcome
to Class 2A and 2B
Year 2 Learning Gallery
Take a look to find out what our inquisitive Year 2 children have been doing throughout the year.
Half-Termly Curriculum Maps
Have a look at what our Year 2 will be learning about each term.
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Autumn Term 1 |
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This half term’s Gospel value is: Justice |
This half term’s British value is: Mutual Respect |
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Our topic this term is numbers within 100 and addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers •Explore patterns including, odds and evens, tens and ones •Apply number bonds to add and subtract •Represent and explain addition and subtraction of two 2-digit numbers. •Add three 1-digit numbers
Vocabulary: 1-digit numbers, 2-digit numbers, value, worth, partition, tens, ones, add, subtract, equal, odd, even |
English This term we will be reading Claude in the city by Alex Smith. We will be developing our composition and transcription skills in writing character descriptions, city poems, story mapping, postcard in role, guide book for the museum, own Claude story in an alternative setting. In grammar we will be learning about full stops, capital letters at the beginning of a sentence, capital letter for pronouns (I), adjectives, verbs, nouns, conjunctions
Vocabulary: adventure Claude, Sir Bobblysock, Mr & Mrs Shinyshoes, museum, city, mystery
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Science This term we will be studying Plants We will be learning about different parts of plants and their functions and about what plants need in order to grow and to survive Vocabulary: plant, stem, leaf, flower, root, petal, seed, survive, grow, soil, water, sunlight |
Religious Education Our topic this term will be Creation and Covenant In this branch, pupils will learn about the story of Noah, mainly focusing on God’s promise, or covenant, with Noah and with all creatures that ‘nothing of flesh shall be swept away again by the waters of the flood’ (Gen 9:15), a promise symbolised by the rainbow.
Vocabulary: creation, Bible, scripture, promise, Noah |
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Humanities: Geography Our topic in geography this term is Spatial Sense. Children will be learning how to use maps, atlases and globes to identify The United Kingdom and its countries as well as the countries, continents and oceans; they will learn how to use simple compass directions and use simple fieldwork and develop observational skills to study the geography of our school Vocabulary: map, direction, north, south, east, west, country, town, city, ordnance survey, |
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Art Drawing and exploring The children will be learning about a range of artists and their inspiration for their work. They will be exploring our local environment in search for inspiration and creation with different natural materials.
Vocabulary: artist, concept, instructions, creation |
Computing This term we will be studying: Recognise uses of IT and Introduction to data handling Pupils will be learning to recognise common uses of information technology beyond school, to understand that computers store information and to understand how different technology helps us, to understand what data is and collect it as a tally, use software to label a pictogram and edit a table with correct titles and numbers.
Vocabulary: computer, software, data, technology, microprocessor, digital, analogue |
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Physical Education Yoga In yoga lessons this term, the children will be developing a arrange of skills including: balance, flexibility, coordination, leadership, collaboration, perseverance, and many thinking skills such as create, select, apply, decision making
Vocabulary: stretch, flexible, balance, coordination, perseverance |
Personal Social Health Education Created and loved by God Created and Loved by God explores the individual. Rooted in the teaching that we are created by God out of love and for love, it helps children to develop an understanding of the importance of valuing themselves as the basis for personal relationships. Vocabulary: God, creation, valued, loved, themselves |
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Autumn Half Term 2 |
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This half term’s Gospel value is: Hope |
This half term’s British value is: Mutual Respect |
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Year 2 |
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Mathematics Our topic this term is Measures: length; Graphs; Multiplication and Division Children will be learning to: •Draw and measure lengths in centimetres •Use symbols to compare and order lengths in metres and centimetre •Represent and interpret: pictograms, block diagrams, tables and tally charts •Explore multiplication and division through arrays •Explore division as grouping and as sharing •Connect multiplication and division facts using commutativity and inverse •Calculate the times tables of 2, 5, and 10 using different strategies
Vocabulary: length, pictograms, tally charts, multiply, divide, arrays, divide, grouping, sharing, commutativity, inverse,
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English This term we will be reading Grace and Family written by Mary Hoffman. Pupils will be learning how to use subordination (when, if, that, because) and co-ordination (and, or, but) , simple conjunctions to link subordinate and coordinating clauses, expanded noun phrases to describe (the man in the moon, the blue butterfly), present and past tense (simple), Question marks and exclamation marks in a range of writing genres including:
Pupils will be reading and listening to stories read aloud including Luna loves dance Joseph Coelho and Sulwe Lupita Nyong’o.
Vocabulary: noun phrases, adjectives, nouns, present and past tense, Gambia, Africa, family, siblings, journey |
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Science This term we will be studying the Uses of Everyday Materials
We will be learning to name an object , say what material it is made from, identify properties and make a link between property and use; Looking at actions needed to change a shape of an object and to use suitable vocabulary. We will also be learning to perform simple tests relevant to properties and describe similarities and differences. Vocabulary : wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, rock, brick, paper, fabric, card, rubber, suitable, hard/soft, stretchy/stiff. Rigid/flexible, waterproof/absorbent, strong/weak, rough/smooth, transparent/opaque, shape, push/pushing, pull, twist, squash, bend, stretch.
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Religious Education During this half term children will be learning about the Mystery of God. We will be reflecting on a mystery of heaven and what it might feel like to be in heaven with God; We will be learning about the Holy Trinity, The Annunciation, Advent and the Mystery of the Incarnation
Vocabulary: mystery, The Holy Trinity, The Annunciation, Incarnation |
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Humanities: History The topic this term is Plague and Fire. We will be studying about the main events of the Great Fire of London. We will be learning about when and where the fire started and why it spread so quickly. We will be reading the diary of Samuel Pepys and linking our Science topic- materials and their properties – with the materials of houses built in 1666. Vocabulary: plague, monarch, source of evidence, 17th century, extinguish, flammable,
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Music Ho, Ho, Ho Pupils will be learning Ho, Ho, Ho Cristmas song this term. They will be learning to listen and appraise, they will be taking part in a range of musical activities that prepare them to perform the song at the end of the unit. Vocabulary: pulse, rhythm, imagination, voice, instruments
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Design and Technology Structures: Free standing structures- Houses
We will be learning how to build a free standing structure. We will link our Science Topic of the use of everyday materials with out History topic - The Great Fire of London. We will learn how to design, build and evaluate a Tutor House. Vocabulary: design, make, evaluate, materials, properties, structure |
Computing
Digital Art We will be learning to use lines and fill tools to make interesting patterns and mimic an artist’s style (Mondrian); to add a variety of shapes (outlines and fill) and label them with text and to re-create graphics using pixels with different colours. Vocabulary: pixels, fill, text, PNG, GIF |
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Physical education Fitness We will be learning how to run for a long time, to develop jumping in a long rope and co-ordination in individual skipping, to explore exercises to develop strength and to develop agility, balance and co-ordination. Vocabulary: stamina, co-ordination, agility, jumping, running
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Personal Social Health Education Created and loved by God Created and Loved by God explores the individual. Rooted in the teaching that we are created by God out of love and for love, it helps children to develop an understanding of the importance of valuing themselves as the basis for personal relationships. Vocabulary: friendship, love, healthy body, value, |
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This half term’s Gospel Value: Generosity |
This half term’s British Value: Mutual Respect |
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Mathematics During this half term the children will be learning: multiplication and division, time (o'clock, quarter to and quarter past) and fractions (half and quarters).
Vocabulary: division, multiplication, sharing, o’clock, quarter to, quarter past, half, quarters |
English
During this half term the children will be studying The Power of Reading Book: Zeraffa Giraffa. They will be using the text to learn how to write diary entries, description of a character, using poetic language, retelling stories, and writing a recount of real events. In Grammar, we will be recapping the use of punctuation including full stops, capital letters, commas and apostrophes for possession.
Vocabulary: the Great Pasha, Egypt, Nile, present tense, past tense, adjectives, expanded noun phases, map, Paris, France |
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Science During this half term children will be learning about animals including Humans (Healthy Living). Vocabulary: animals and their offspring, exercise, food hygiene, healthy eating, life cycles, stages of human life, survive |
Religious Education
During this half term children will be studying The Good News. They will be learning about Jesus’ life, the miracles, the parables of Jesus and their meaning for people of 21st century.
Vocabulary: Jesus, Bethlehem, parables, miracles |
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Humanities: Geography
The children will be learning about Northern Europe:
Vocabulary: country, continent, Scandinavia, weather, climate |
Music
The children will be learning to sing “I Wanna Play in a band”.
Vocabulary: tempo, rhythm, pulse, beat |
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Art and Design
The children will be learning about drawing. They will be using different techniques including using pencils of different thickness, perpendicular and parallel free hand drawing and drawing to create textures
Vocabulary: textures, perpendicular, parallel |
Computing During this half term the children will be learning about Education for a connected world, Safer Internet Day, Internet research and developing programming
Vocabulary: programming, research, internet safety |
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Physical Education
During this half term children will be learning Team Building and Fitness. Team Building: Pupils develop their communication and problem-solving skills. They work individually, in pairs and in small groups. Throughout, there is an emphasis on teamwork. They learn to discuss, plan and reflect on ideas and strategies. They lead a partner whilst considering safety. Pupils have the opportunity to show honesty and fair play.
Fitness: Pupils will take part in a range of fitness activities to develop components of fitness. Pupils will begin to explore and develop agility, balance, co-ordination, speed and stamina. Pupils will be given the opportunity to work independently and with others. Pupils will develop perseverance and show determination to work for longer periods of time.
Vocabulary: agility, balance, stamina, speed |
Personal Social Health Education During this half term children will be learning about the topic Created to Love Others
Vocabulary: relationship, friendship, keeping healthy
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Spring Half Term 2 |
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This half term’s Gospel value is: Forgiveness |
This half term’s Gospel value is: Mutual Respect |
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Mathematics During this half term the children will be learning about •Fractions as part of a whole or a whole set •Relate to division •Equivalent fractions Addition and subtraction of 2 digit numbers Money: •Recognise coins and notes •Use £ and p accurately •Add and subtract amounts •Calculate change Shape: •Explore, sort and describe 2-D shapes •Lines of symmetry in 2-D shapes •Identify 2-D shapes on 3-D shapes •Compare and sort 2-D and 3-D shapes •Use language to describe position, direction and rotation to follow a route. Vocabulary: fractions, coins, notes, lines of symmetry, position, direction, |
English During this half term the children will be studying The Robot and the Bluebird. We will be writing diary entries, narratives and we will be learning how to write from a perspective of a character. In Grammar, we will be studying the use of apostrophe for contraction and possession, commas in lists, exclamation and question marks. Vocabulary: apostrophe, commas, scrapheap, seasons of the year, bluebird |
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Religious Education Our Topic this term is The Mass. We will be learning about the Mass and its importance for Catholics. We will be recognising the links between The Last Supper and The Mass and looking at some actions people perform in Church that show the belief that Jesus is present in Church. Vocabulary: Tabernacle, Last Supper, lent, mercy, forgiveness, |
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Humanities: History The children will be learning about the history of transport. We will be looking at how modes of transport has changed: Vikings Longships, history of motorcars, trains and flight. Vocabulary: hot air balloon, steam locomotive, George Stephenson, penny farthing, Orville and Wilbur Wright |
Music The children will be listening to and learning to sing a Reggae song “Zootime”. Vocabulary: Keyboard, drums, bass, electric guitar, reggae, pulse, rhythm, pitch, improvise, compose, perform, audience, melody, dynamics, tempo |
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Art and Design The children will be learning about the Design and Technology topic: Mechanisms - Slides and Levers. They will be designing and making a moving picture on a card. Vocabulary: Mechanism, lever, slider, slot, guide or bridge |
Computing During this half term the children will be learning about important Internet research skills. They will: 1. Understand how a web-page displays information in different ways; text, images, videos and interactive elements. Vocabulary: Internet browser, web-page, keywords, video transcript, bullet points |
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Physical Education Our Topic this term is Gymnastics. In this unit pupils learn to explore and develop basic gymnastic actions on the floor and using apparatus. They develop gymnastic skills of jumping, rolling, balancing and travelling individually and in combination to create short sequences and movement phrases. Pupils develop an awareness of compositional devices when creating sequences to include the use of shapes, levels and directions. They learn to work safely with and around others and whilst using apparatus. Pupils are given opportunities to provide feedback to others and recognise elements of high quality performance. Vocabulary: agility, balance, stamina, speed |
Personal Social Health Education During this half term children will be learning about the topic Life Cycles. Life Cycles shows us that God created us to follow the cycle of life and He loves us at every stage. Children will learn about the specifics of the human life cycle and celebrate how they have already changed and grown. Vocabulary: birth, death, human life cycle |
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Summer Half Term 1 |
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This half term’s Gospel value is: Courage |
This half term’s Gospel value is: Mutual Respect
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Year 2 |
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Mathematics During this half term the children will be learning about
· Money - recognise coins and notes; use pence and p accurately; add and subtract amounts; calculate change · Face, shapes and patterns: lines and turns – Explore, sort and describe 2-D shapes; Lines of symmetry in 2-D shapes; identify 2-D shapes on 3-D shapes; compare and sort 2-D and 3-D shapes; · Measures: capacity, volume and mass – read and measure temperature; estimate, measure and understand litres and millilitres; weigh and compare masses in kilograms and grams Vocabulary: coins, notes, lines of symmetry, position, direction, estimate, compare, measure, kilograms, grams |
English During this half term the children will be studying Anna Hibiscus. We will be writing diary entries, narratives, play scripts and book reviews. In Grammar, we will be studying the use subordination and coordination, speech marks and fronted adverbials.
Vocabulary: speech marks, fronted adverbials, subordination, coordination, play scripts, holidays, beach, sand, family, feelings, emotions, |
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Science · During this half term children will be learning about Living Things and their habitats. We will be exploring and comparing the differences between things that are living, dead and things that have never been alive by thinking about life processes. As part of our investigations, we will visit Heston Park to explore the local habitat and the living things we find there. We will be using microscopes to observe and a range of resources to record our findings.
· Vocabulary: Life process, living, non-living, dead, never alive, movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, microscope, observe, record, reproduction, excretion, nutrition. |
Religious Education Our Topic this half term is Eastertide. The children will learn that Jesus rose from the dead and still lives with us. They will learn that Jesus told his disciples that he would go back to Heaven but promised that the Holy Spirit would come. They will learn that Jesus ascended into Heaven and promised to return again and that this gives us hope. They will also know the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit on the apostles at Pentecost and know that the Holy Spirit is promised to us. Vocabulary: Jesus, rose from the dead, alive, appear, resurrection, Paschal Candle, disciple, apostle, heaven, promised, ascension, Holy Spirit, Good news, symbol, dove, fire, flames, wind, sacrament, baptism |
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Humanities: Geography The children will be learning about weather in the United Kingdom. We will be looking at seasonal weather patterns, weather forecasting, comparing UK weather and extreme weather.
Vocabulary: weather pattern, coastal, inland, weather forecast, climate, location, tropical climate and polar climate |
Music The children will be listening to and learning to sing a song about being friends.
Vocabulary: Keyboard, drums, bass, glockenspiel, pulse, rhythm, pitch, improvise, compose, perform, audience, melody, dynamics, tempo |
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Art and Design The children will be learning about the Art topic: Stick transformation Project They can use their sketchbook to generate ideas and to test ideas. · They can use a variety of materials to transform their object thinking about form and colour. · They can cut materials with simple tools and fasten materials together to construct their sculpture. · They can share their sketchbook and sculpture with the class and talk about how they made it and what they liked. They can listen to their classmates feedback about their work. · They can listen to their classmates talk about their own artwork and they can share their thoughts about their work. Vocabulary: Twigs, Construction Materials, Paper, Wool, Drawing Materials
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Computing The children will be learning how to programme with Scratch Jr. They will understand: · what algorithms are; how they are implemented as programs on digital devices; and that programs execute by following precise and unambiguous instructions. · Create and debug simple programs. · Use logical reasoning to predict the behaviour of simple programs. Vocabulary: outputs, inputs, execute, loops, selection (sending messages) and debug |
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Physical Education Our topic this term is Sending and Receiving. Pupils will develop their sending and receiving skills including throwing and catching, rolling, kicking, tracking and stopping a ball. They will also use equipment to send and receive a ball. Pupils will be given opportunities to work with a range of different sized balls. They will apply their skills individually, in pairs and in small groups and begin to organise and self-manage their own activities. They will build on their knowledge of sending and receiving by applying their skills in different situations. Vocabulary: Physical: rolling, kicking, throwing, catching, tracking Social: co-operation, communication, keeping others safe Emotional: perseverance, transferring knowledge Thinking: identifying how to improve, transferring skills |
Personal Social Health Education During this half term children will be learning about the topic Created to Love Others. Created to Love Others explores the individual’s relationship with others. Building on the understanding that we have been created out of love and for love, this module explores how we take this calling into our family, friendships and relationships, and teaches strategies for developing healthy relationships and keeping safe. Vocabulary: ‘special people’ (their parents, carers, friends, parish priest) , nuclear and wider family |
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Summer Half Term 2 |
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This half term’s Gospel value is: Hope |
This half term’s Gospel value is: Mutual Respect |
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Mathematics During this half term the children will be learning about
· Measures – mass (weigh and compare masses in kilograms and grams · Exploring calculation strategies (Apply addition and subtraction strategies to solve equations; Illustrate and explain addition and subtraction using column method) · Exploring multiplicative thinking (Pattern seek with multiples of 2, 3, 4 5 and 10 using an array; Use known facts to derive facts from the 3 and 4 times tables; Connect multiplication and division facts using commutativity and inverse) Vocabulary: measure, mass, kilogram, gram, column method, multiplication, patters, commutativity, inverse |
English During this half term the children will be studying Poems to Perform. The children will be learning :
· To make choices in selecting poems for anthologies; · To explore, interpret and respond to poetry; · To explore rhythm, rhyme and pattern in a range of poems; · To respond to and play with language in poetry; · To use poetry as a stimulus for art; · To perform in response to poetry; · To compose and perform own poetry.
Vocabulary: rhythm, pattern, perform, anthology, verse, rhyme, |
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Science During this half term children will be learning about Animals including humans – 5 senses. Children will be learning about five basic human senses: touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste and how the sensing organs associated with each sense send information to the brain to help us understand and perceive the world around us. We will be tasting different foods to investigate a sense of taste and its sensing organ. Vocabulary: senses, touch, taste, smell, hear, sight, protect, perceive |
Religious Education Our Topic this half term is The First Christians. The children will be learning to · recognise the story of Peter and the man who could not walk as a religious story? · retell the story of story of Peter and the man who could not walk? · describe some of the ideas of the Holy Spirit? · describe some ways I can live like the first Christians? · describe some ways the Holy Spirit helps me live like Jesus? · talk about what it is like to have friends? Vocabulary: Peter, Church, Holy Spirit, community, Good News |
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Humanities: History The children will be learning about the History of communication. The children will be exploring how communication has changed over time. They will take a tour across the ages from hieroglyphics to the world wide web. They will find out how people got in touch with each other before telephones and emails, as well as finding out about the people behind some important inventions in communication, including William Caxton, Samuel Morse, Alexander Graham Bell and Tim Berners-Lee. Vocabulary: hieroglyphics, morse code, internet, inventions, William Caxton, Samuel Morse, Alexander Graham Bell. |
Music The children will be consolidating the learning by revisiting songs and musical activities. Children learn about classical music through listening and apprising using the dimensions of music.
Children share and perform the learning that has taken place with internal school performance using songs and instruments.
Vocabulary: Instrumentation, pulse, rhythm, pitch, perform, audience, improvise, dynamics, tempo, Ostinato/Riff, Compose. |
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Design and Technology Vocabulary: design, prepare, make, evaluate, criteria, fruit, vegetables, utensils, equipment |
Computing The children will create Ebooks. They will add a book cover with title, author, colour and image. They will add multiple pages based on a theme. The children will add text on different pages and add images on different pages to match the theme/text. Finally, they will add voice recordings to match the text and theme. Vocabulary: Fill, record, New Page, Images, Delete, share. |
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Physical Education Our topic this term is Ball Skills. Children will be learning : · To be able to roll a ball to hit a target. · To develop co-ordination and be able to stop a rolling ball. · To develop technique and control when dribbling a ball with your feet. · To develop control and technique when kicking a ball. · To develop co-ordination and technique when throwing and catching. · To develop control and co-ordination when dribbling a ball with your hands.
Vocabulary: rolling throwing, co-ordination, technique, control, dribbling, tactics, |
To Personal Social Health Education During this half term children will be learning about Living in the wider world.Children will learn about the different communities that they are part of, both local and global. They will think about what it means to belong to a community and the rights and responsibilities that come with it. Children will also learn that how they act can help or harm their communities. Vocabulary: community, local, global, responsibility, kindness, |
Parent Workshops
Homework
Spring 2
Spellings week beginning 19/02/24
Spellings week beginning 26/02/24
Spellings week beginning 04/03/24
Spellings week beginning 11/03/24
Grammar homework
