The children will begin by identifying some of their hopes and fears for this year. They will then move on to discuss rights and responsibilities of being a member of the class and contribute ideas about rewards and consequences. They will use their ideas to create a class charter to refer to throughout the year.
The children will explore stability and methods to strengthen structures, to understand Baby Bear's chair weaknesses and develop an improved solution for him to use.
Familiarise yourself with the story by listening to the story or reading the book.
In this unit, children will learn about the concept of ‘Gospel’ and the good news of forgiveness, peace and love that Christians believe Jesus brings. Children will learn about Matthew the Tax Collector and how Christians believe that Jesus offers forgiveness, looking at their heart rather than what they have done in the past. Children will learn about the instructions that Jesus gives in the Bible and how Christians follow his example and these instructions in order to behave in a Christ like way. Children will take time to consider whether Jesus’ good news is only good news for Christians or whether there are things for people from different worldviews to consider.
This term the children will look at examples of Still Life as a style of Art and talk about what we can see and how the paintings make us feel. Our focus this term is painting and the children will be introduced to tints and shades. They will explore everyday objects, matching them to tints and shades using a colour chart. Then we will look at monochromatic art and photography. The children will study how Cezanne used tints and shades to create artwork and begin to compare it to the modern art of Shepard Fairy. They will mix and add varying amounts of white and black to their base colour to paint tints and shades. The children will have the opportunity to select different materials to create their own drawing, paintings or sculpture. Finally we will look at the role of a designer, thinking particularly about car designers.
Throughout our PE lessons this half term, the children will participate in a range of activities to develop their skills and techniques of dodging and apply this into games.
Year 2 PE will be on Friday each week. Please ensure that the children come to school wearing their PE kit on this day. Earrings must be removed for PE lessons.
Puffins will be swimming each week during the Autumn term, which will be on a Tuesday. Like PE days, please ensure children come to school in their PE kit and earrings are removed.
How is information technology (IT) being used for good in our lives? With an initial focus on IT in the home, children explore how IT benefits society in places such as shops, libraries, and hospitals. Whilst discussing the responsible use of technology, and how to make smart choices when using it.