Welcome to Year 2 Squirrels class

On this page you will find useful information about Squirrel’s class

Class Teacher: Miss G Hicks

TA: Miss S Pace 

Homework: 

Each week the children will be given a homework sheet with various tasks for them to complete. Homework is set on Thursday and is due in on the following Tuesday.

Children should read aloud to an adult every day for 10mins, recording this in their reading record books.   

Children should also be accessing Numbots and TT Rockstars and Oxford Owl at home. Their usernames are in their homework books.

Please check your child's Seesaw account and the orange book for the weekly homework. 

Spring Term:

School trip to Leeds Castle 

English:

• Curious Quest
• The knight who said no story writing
• The Kiss that missed story writing
• The Great Explorer - instruction writing
• Dougal's Deep sea diving diary

Maths:

• Multiplication and division 
• Money
• Measurement 

Phonics: Read Write Inc scheme

Science: Why do we need to be healthy? Offspring, how we change as we get older, exercise, healthy eating. 

History: Local history and Where have humans explored?

Art: Castle sculptures 

PSHE: My Happy Minds

Computing: Instructions and Pictograms

DT: Making healthy food 

RE: Hinduism and Judaism  

PE: Gym and Striking and fielding  (Mondays and Fridays) 

Autumn term:

English:

• Writing the story of The Squirrels who Squabbled
• Place Value of Punctuation Unit
• Non chronological report about Minibeasts
• Writing the story of The Bug Collector
• Who Am I? Minibeasts poems
• Little Red Riding Hood wanted posters
• Writing the story of The Three Little Pigs: A Twisted Tale 

Maths:

• Place value unit - numbers to 100
• Addition and subtraction to 100
• Multiplication and division - Times tables 2s, 5s, 10s and 3s 

Phonics: Read Write Inc scheme

Science: How do we know something is alive? Exploring habitats, food chains and life processes. 

History: How has technology changed our lives over the past 60 years?

Art: Monochromatic patters

PSHE: Zones of Regulation 

Computing: Online safety

DT: Puppet making 

RE: Signs and Symbols 

PE: Fundamental skills and target games (Mondays and Fridays)