Class Teachers: Mrs Ellis (Monday to Wednesday) and Mr Stitcher (Wednesday to Friday)
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Chew and Mrs Whiteside
Welcome to Willow Class. This Class contains Year 2 children only and is part of Key Stage 1.
Please check this page regularly to see updates of what we are learning.
For information on how you can support your child during their year 2 SATs tests please click the link below.
We strongly believe that all children should experience high quality books that enhance literacy skills and inspire them to read. We aim for children to develop a love of reading and this will help motivate them to write.
To help with this we are sharing a fabulous and highly recommended list of ‘100 Books to Read…’
Reading Spine takes place daily in every classroom where the children are read to. Each of the books help to develop the imagination of our children and equips them with language. We want our school to be a place where children are read to, enjoy, discuss and work with high quality books. We use the Pie Corbett Reading Spine so that children have access to high quality texts and develop a love for reading!
Spring 1
We will teach the skills of reading, writing and spelling throughout our topic. We will also be beginning to learn spelling rules through our spelling programme.
Autumn 2
We will teach the skills of reading, writing and spelling throughout our topic. We will also be beginning to learn spelling rules through our spelling programme, No Nonsense Spelling.
We will be practising our skills by reading and writing traditional tales with a twist, using Talk 4 Writing techniques. We will be focusing on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk this half term.
Autumn 1
We will teach the skills of reading, writing and spelling throughout our topic of Who am I? We will be developing our writing to include skills expected of Year 2 children including additional description, more sophisticated sentence structure and improved cursive handwriting. We will also be beginning to learn spelling rules through our spelling programme, No Nonsense Spelling.
We will be practising our skills by reading and writing adventure stories, using Talk 4 Writing techniques, as well as exploring traditional poems such as Please Mrs Butler!
Science
Spring 1
We will be learning about the properties and uses of everyday materials. We will be completing lots of observations and investigations to learn about these materials in more detail.
Autumn 2
We will be focusing on ourselves and how we grow and stay healthy! We will be exploring life cycles, the importance of good nutrition and exercise as well as identifying parts of our body and what we need to survive.
Autumn 1
We will be focusing on living things and their habitats this half term. We will be learning about where animals live and what they need to live healthy lives. We will be comparing animals, and their habitats as well as how they are suited to live in these places.
Art/Design Technology
Spring 1
We will be using exploring the area of sculpture to try and create a model farm, we will be using our directional language to help us.
Autumn 2
We will be exploring the area of structure, discovering what materials are more suitable for building than others, before trying to build a structure that can’t be knocked down easily!
Autumn 1
We will be using our creative skills to explore, design and make a collage linked to our topic. We will be learning about an artist who created collages of cities and towns, before creating our own version of their work.
Computing
Spring
Our topic will be within the area of information technology – focusing on questioning. We will also of course be covering aspects of online safety throughout our topic.
Autumn
Our topic will be focused on coding, and as always we will be developing our knowledge of e-safety.
Mathematics
In Mathematics, we will be working to secure our understanding of the four operations, developing mental and written methods for completion as well as completing tasks in the area of shape, space, measures, money and fractions. We will also be focusing on learning our 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables. We will be practising our counting and making sure our place value knowledge is secure.
Spring 1
This half term, we will be learning about how Jesus was a friend to everyone. We will be reading stories telling of the miracles that he performed and the people that he helped.
Autumn 2
This half term, we will be learning about the Christmas story, focusing particularly on the journeys that were made by Mary and Joseph, the Shepherds and the Wise Men.
Autumn 1
This half term, we will be focusing on a very special book, the Bible. We will be thinking about why the Bible is so special to Christians and we will be exploring the stories within the Bible, and we will be re-telling these stories in a variety of different ways.
Spring 1
This half term we had some exciting visitors to school.. firefighters! Take a look at the photos to see the presentation from the firefighters, all about Fire Safety!
We also learnt some British Sign Language! Take a look at us in action!
Autumn 2
When we returned from half term, we discovered that something had happened in our classroom! We were shocked and surprised to find that a beanstalk had grown, there were big and small footprints leading out of the door, and some of the tables had been knocked over! We originally predicted that Jack and the Giant from the traditional tale ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ had been into our classroom but then we were very confused by the tin of baked beans that had been left at the bottom of the beanstalk. We think we might need to investigate a bit more!
Autumn 1
Before half term, Miss Jarvis came to share her fantastic art skills with us. She taught us how to create collages on the theme of Burnley. We learnt about the different techniques, including ripping and cutting and we created some fabulous pieces of art.
