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Welcome to Year 2. Mrs Riley. Year 2 Curriculum Homework Behaviour and expectations SATS. Numeracy. Practical and written maths Key objectives
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Welcome to Year 2 Mrs Riley
Numeracy • Practical and written maths • Key objectives • Number and counting (place value, 3 digit numbers, grouping and ordering) data handling (tables, graphs and charts), measures (telling the time, 2d and 3d shapes, length, weight and capacity) and calculations (introduction of multiplication and division) • Mental maths – rapid recall (number bonds, times tables, adding and subtracting 10s and 100s)
Literacy / Creative Curriculum Choose topics that will develop Literacy skills, through learning History, Geography and Science. Autumn Term: Christopher Nibble Sri Lanka Fire / Great Fire of London
Christopher Nibble • Oral retelling of a story • Identifying features of fiction writing • Written version of the story • PHSE – animal welfare • DT – making biscuits
Sri Lanka • Geography – comparing UK with a different non-European country • ICT – emailing a school • Literacy – writing letters • Science – animals and their habitat
Fire! • Changing State (solids, liquids and gases) • The Great Fire of London • Fireworks and fire safety • Dragons • + Art / DT; PE and music
Literacy Through these topics, we study: • Instructions • Explanations • Non-chronological reports • Fiction writing
Spelling • Daily phonics letters (letters and sounds) • High frequency words • Year 2 essentials • Days of the week, months of the year • Home and school address • Colours • Numbers to 100
Reading • Guided Reading • Shared reading – teacher modelling • Independent reading • Books home – 2 per week, return Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday for changing • Read anything! • Books, comics, newspapers, on-line books etc
Science • Changing State • Keeping Healthy • Variation • Plants and animals in our environment • Forces • Electricity
Homework • Selection of numeracy and literacy skills • On-going learning • High frequency words • Times tables • Telling the time • Mental maths (in shops, measures in the kitchen etc)
Expectations • My responsibility to provide high quality, exciting learning opportunities • Children’s responsibilities to try their best, listen in class and participate • Rewards and sanctions
SATS (Statutory Assessment Tests) • May, June 2014 • Numeracy paper, one long / short writing tasks and reading comprehension paper • Low key, no fuss with the children