Monday 31 October 2016

Curriculum Bulletin: Year 2





Autumn 2: Fire, Fire! 
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English: 

  • To create a wanted poster about Guy Fawkes. 
  • To write a diary entry from the point of view of Samuel Pepys 
  • Read firework poems and answer questions about them. 
  • Create a firework poem. 
  • Design and write a cure for The Plague.
  • The writings targets are: to use a comma in a list and to use a noun phrase

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Maths:
  • To subtract a two-digit number and ones and a two-digit number and tens.
  • To subtract mentally a two-digit number from another two-digit number.
  • To recognise the relationships between addition and subtraction.
  • To recognise the inverse relationships between addition and subtraction and use this to check calculations and work out missing number problems
  • To count in twos, fives and tens from 0 and use counting strategies to solve problems
  • To recall and use multiplication facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables to solve simple problems. 
  • To use the greater than, less than and equal to signs ( > , <, = ) to compare and order numbers. 
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Topic:  
  • Learn about the history of The Great Fire of London and The Plague
  • Compare doctors and nurses from The Plague and today. 
  • Compare the houses from 1666 and today. 
  • Use different art techniques to create a picture representing The Great Fire of London.
  • In music the objective is to learn and create chants and rhymes. 
  • In PE the children will create and perform a firework dance. 
  • In computing the children will learn about algorithms using a program on Discovery Education. 

Homework:
  • Homework will continue to be set on a Tuesday whereby you will be informed on the mathematical methods that your child has been taught in school.
  • The new spellings sections will be sent home on a Tuesday and the spelling test will be on a Monday. 





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