Autumn Term
Welcome to Year 2
Our Big Question this Autumn Term is...
Our Curriculum Overview for the Autumn Term
Christmas Carols
Below are the Christmas carols with lyrics and backing tracks that we will be performing on our visit to the church.
Christmas Candle
Away in a Manger
Little Donkey
Orion and the Dark
Over the past few weeks Year 2 have been reading the brilliant story of Orion and the Dark by Emma Yarlett. We have been looking at the main character Orion and how he is scared of lots of things but most of all he is terrified of … the dark! We have been discussing in our classes what our fears are and how we can work to overcome them.
Look at our writing!
We have written letters of advice to help Orion with his fears.
We have been building a staircase of emotions and used this vocabulary to write in role
(we even used speech marks!)
Beegu
We have been learning about the story Beegu which is all about an alien who crash landed on Earth. We have been writing our own character descriptions, making links with what we’ve already found out about her from the story.
We wondered what Beegu’s home planet might look like and have used exciting and interesting expanded noun phrases to write descriptively.
The Great Fire of London
We have been stepping back in time to the year 1666.
Did you know that after a long dry Summer there was a fire in London?
We have been digging deeper, just like Resourceful Rat, to ask questions and find out all there is to know about this historical event.
Thomas Farriner, Samuel Pepys and Sir Christopher Wren
What was their involvement in the Great Fire of London?
Little Wandle Phonics
We have been busily reviewing our Phase 5 GPCs and working hard to complete the code.
Super Start
How can we build our class community?
We have been using our Building Learning Power skills to successfully come together in our new year 2 classes. From working with others games, collaboration activities and team work challenges, we have been getting to know each other and develop new friendships.
