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Year 2

Welcome to Year 2

Mrs Abrey - Allium Class: pabrey@gordon.greenwich.sch.uk  

Miss Vander - Violet Class: svander@gordon.greenwich.sch.uk

Learning at Gordon Primary School is broad with a wide range of engaging experiences that reinforce key concepts in every subject. It is balanced so that children receive a full and rich curriculum containing all subjects, and implemented well so that children remember in the long term the information and skills they have been taught. We place priority on the children’s personal, social and emotional development because we know this is key to a successful school career and life in general. Our curriculum is designed to engage and meet the needs of all children and enables them to achieve success in all subjects. 

Spring Term 2025 Learning

This term we will be working on the following topics:

English       

Our focus texts will be Tell me a Dragon by Jackie Morris. We will be exploring the text in detail and developing the skills to write a non-chronological report. We will continue to focus on adjectives, verbs, adverbs and sentence structure, including the use of conjunctions to join simple sentences. 

When reading, we will develop our comprehension of a range of texts.

 

Maths         

We will be using the NCETM (National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics) to support our mathematical learning. We will explore the names and properties 2D and 3D shapes. We will be learning about addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers, with a focus on how to cross the tens. We will develop the children’s understanding of money so they become fluent in counting and recognising coins. We will finish the term with an introduction to Fractions.

 

Science      

We will be studying two science topics this term. In Animals, including Humans, we will learn that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults. We will find out about the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival. We will learn about the importance for humans of exercise, eat the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene. In Plants, we will continue learning about the conditions required for planting and growing bulbs and make observations of these over time.

 

History    

Our focus this term is How did we learn to fly? We will be exploring the important events surrounding the history of flight and how these events changed the lives of others. We will use primary sources to find out about people and events in the past.

 

Geography

Our focus this term is Why is our World Wonderful? We will be learning how to identify and locate characteristics of the UK on a map, identifying human and physical features. We will be naming and locating the five oceans and learn the difference between an ocean and a sea. Use an aerial photograph to draw a simple sketch map. We will be collecting data by sketching findings on a map and completing a tally chart.

 

Art             

We will be exploring collage and sculpturing to create a mixed media piece linked to our English work on Dragons.

 

Music          

We will be looking at Sea Shanties and Soundscapes. We will be learning about texture, structure and dynamics and using this within listening, composition and music technology. Recorders will run alongside this topic so that we continue to build on what we learnt last term.

 

Computing   

Working in Scratch Junior, the children will learn that a sequence of commands has an outcome. They will modify designs to create their own quiz questions in ScratchJr.

 

Physical Education (PE)      

Sending and Receiving - We will be developing our sending and receiving skills, including throwing and catching, rolling, kicking, tracking and stopping a ball.

 

Religious Education (RE)          

We will explore how we know that some people are believed to have a special connection to God through looking for clues in religious stories.

 

Personal, Social, Health, Economic / Relationships & Sex Education (PSHE/RSE)

Our topics this term are: Belonging to a Community which explores being a part of different groups and the role we play in those groups and about our different rights and responsibilities we have within school and the wider community. We also look at the topic Media Literacy and Digital Resilience which covers: the internet in everyday life; online content and information. Finally, we look at Money and Work which covers what money is, how we get money, keep it safe and ways in which we can spend it. We also look at the difference between needs and wants.

General Information

Reminders

  • Your child needs to bring in a labelled water bottle every day.
  • The weather is often wet and cold at this time of year. It is important that your child has a warm raincoat.
  • Children need to read every day.  This could include an adult reading to them and also the child reading to the adult. We expect to see three comments a week in the child's reading record book. Comments can include how many pages they have read, what they are enjoying about the story, predictions etc. Parents need to check and sign the record book at least once a week. Reading records will be collected in every Monday.
  • Violet class will have PE on a Tuesday and Allium class will have PE on Wednesday. Both classes will have PE on Thursday. Children can come to school wearing their PE kits on these days.
  • We are a 'Healthy School'. Please do not put sweets or chocolate bars in your child’s packed lunch. Please do not send in sweets or other treats when it is your child’s birthday. If you want to celebrate your child’s birthday with their classmates, you could buy the class a book, send in a healthy snack such as boxes of raisins or buy stationery such as a pencil, but due to the impact on the environment, we ask you not to send in plastic toys.
  • If your child is absent from school, please contact the school office: 020 8850 5486 and leave a message detailing why your child is absent. If your child has had an upset stomach, they should return when they are better. Please try to book medical appointments outside the school day and note that family holidays will not be authorised.
  • If you have any questions or wish to raise a concern, please contact the class teacher in the first instance. Please use the email addresses above.
  • Donations of boxes of tissues would be very welcome – thank you!

Diary Dates

Tuesday 28th January - 'Everyone Belongs' Evening 5pm to 6:30pm 

Friday 7th February - NSPCC Number Day

17th to 21st February - Half-term break

Thursday 6th March - World Book Day 

6th to 11th March - Book Fair 

Tuesday 11th March - Road Safety workshop

Monday 31st March - Open Evening 3:30pm-7:00pm

Wednesday 2nd April - Open Evening 3:30pm-6:00pm

Monday 7th to 21st April - Easter break

Tuesday 22nd April - Summer Term begins