Spring 2 Term

We can’t believe it is already getting very close to the end of the term! The weather is finally starting to warm up and Year 2 have had a brilliant term so far and have made a lot of good progress. 

In maths, we have been working on adding and subtracting a 1- digit number from a 2-digit using number lines. We have used our number bonds knowledge to partition the number we are adding and subtracting to help us jump to the nearest 10. We have been practising this daily and are now getting rather good! In addition to this we have looked at telling the time to o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to the hour. Our teachers have been very impressed with how well we retained our knowledge from Year 1. Next, we are going to be looking at comparing and ordering mass. We will be weighing lots of different items as part of this so it should be a fun and practical session.

In English, we have been studying our new texts all about butterflies. We have learnt about the life cycle of a butterfly and why there are so valuable. We are going to write persuasive letters to Miss Jackson in the hope that she will buy us our very own caterpillars so we can watch them grow and change. The skills we will be trying to put into our letters will be: 

• Using the coordinating conjunction ‘and’
• Using the subordinating conjunctions ‘because’ and ‘when’
• Making sure our upper-case and lower-case letters are of the correct size
• Knowing and using the correct homophones their, they’re and there
• Knowing and use the correct near homophones ‘where’ or ‘were’ and ‘are’ or ‘our’.

Our history unit this half term has been all about answering the key question – How did humans learn to fly? We have looked at the first flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903 and how this has inspired humans to study flying ever since. We have looked at significant individuals such as Amelia Earheart and Bessie Coleman and have had to make a decision on whether or not we think the space landing was a significant event. 

In RE we have been looking at the concept of belief and linking it to the Christian festival of Easter. We have looked at the key events that happen in the Easter celebration and how they link to Christian beliefs. We have also looked at the concept of belief and explained what it means to us. 

Finally, in PSHE, we have spent the last couple of weeks looking at internet safety with a focus on image sharing and using computers safely. We were very impressed with how much the children knew about internet safety and what information they could and could not share online. 

I know this is just a snapshot of all the things we have been up to but we hope you have enjoyed reading it. We hope you have a wonderful Easter break with your family when it comes.