YEAR TWO: SPRING TERM

OUR YEAR TWO DURING SPRING TERM

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. These began with entertainment writing based upon The Tunnel by Anthony Browne, then writing to inform pieces about people who changed the world and then persuasive pieces about the actions of Rosa Parks in our final project of the term. Working with multplication and division is the main focus of Mathematics during the term with further work on statistics, properties of shapes and fractions.

We have looked at the work of Paul Klee & Emma Burleigh during our painting studies in Art & Design. We then created our own first watercolour painting. Spring means performing in Music: introducing dot notation with three note tunes on our percussion instruments. The children are focusing upon moveable mechanics during their Design & Technology project. Inspired by their historical studies, the children will design and make their own simple bus using dowel and axles. Meanwhile in Physical Education, we focus upon the children's fundamental skills as we complete a special project designed to test their progress. We then move onto applying these skills into our latest gymnastics project.

Our History studies involve the children being introduced to significant people and events which have shaped our world. It is called Activists and Inventors and looks at the life and times of Rosa Parks, Emily Davison, Tom Berners-Lee and William Caxton. During our Geography work we look at the ways in which our world is connected: considering transport and commuication and how links are made around the world that we are discovering. The New Testament and its messages are the focus of our work in Religious Education before we move on to look at symbols that represent Easter.

We will be looking at how seeds and bulbs grow into plants and what they need to stay healthy during our Science work this term. The children really enjoy this theme and studying how plants grow from seeds and the conditions they need. 

We build upon our introduction to data from Year 1, when we look at how data is displayed and gathered during this term's Computing studies. Word processing is the  major focus of our computer systems work. The children's E-Safety work focuses upon differences between social media discussion forums and emails. Looking at their different uses and the dangers of these. My Happy Mind/PSHE & Relationships looks at risks and respect as a prominent part of our discussions this term. We also look at how safe and better relationships can be built with this understanding of these two terms.