YEAR TWO: AUTUMN TERM

ENTER YEAR 2 AUTUMN TERM AT MAYFIELD

OUR CORE INTENTION IN ACTION

Take a look at the page below, including our curriculum project posters and mats, and download copies at the base of the page.

Our English projects have been varied across the term. Ranging from re-telling The Gunpowder Plot, to writing to entertain inspired by The Jolly Postman by Allan Ahlberg and then creating instructions for marshmallow snowmen in our seasonal themed project. Working with addition, subtraction, multplication and division is naturally the main focus of Mathematics during the term with further work on place value and money.

We have looked at the work of William Morris during our printing studies in Art & Design. We then created our own relief prints inspired by bonfires. Music is our singing focus during Autumn Term. Collective singing considering tempo with songs such as Remember, Remember & Rocket Man. The children have chance to develop their structures work during their Design & Technology project. Inspired by their historical studies, the children will design and make their own 3-D firework rockets. Meanwhile in Physical Education, we focus upon the children's motor competence skills whilst continuing with specific hit, catch and run skills linked to cricket. We complete term the by looking at a short dance project called The Gunpowder Plot.

The children focus upon the events, action and characters involved in The Gunpowder Plot as their History project. Its a really popular one and the children really love getting into the motives and detail behind why this happened. The Geography project asks: Why do people visit St Annes? Here, the children pick upon from their previous local geographical work and expand their thinking to look at our home as place where people will visit for short breaks and trips and how our town differs from many others. We look at holy books and why they are significant to each faith and also ask why many people believe the birth of Jesus was such good news for the world as our Religious Education big questions. 

We begin to compare differences between living things in our Science work. We study the basic needs of animals, including humans, and what they need to survive well. This allows us to develop this understanding in the forthcoming projects in Spring Term and beyond. The children love the science work related to animals, it is a favourite theme of theirs and allows them to explore big science ideas within a really interesting context.

We work upon modifying images during our Computing work this term, using characters and scenes from The Gunpowder Plot to help us. Word processing is the major focus of our computer systems work. The children's E-Safety work focuses upon showing the children, and then practising, how to use the internet purposefully and sharing the big idea that not everything online is true! My Happy Mind/PSHE & Relationships look at being able to name and recognise feelings in ourselves and when feelings are strong and helpful but also when they can affect our character in different ways.