​Sir Edmund Hillary Primary School

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       Key Stage One Team       

Mrs Bates- 1B Class Teacher

Mr Handley  - 1H Class Teacher

Mrs McConway - 2M Class Teacher

Mrs Traczykowski/Mrs Eccles - 2T Class Teacher

Mrs Goy - TA

Mrs Wright - TA

Mrs Arrand-Lacey - TA

Mrs Hardy - TA

Miss Booth - TA

Mrs Clarke - TA

Mrs Traczykowski - KS1 co-ordinator

We created lever, slider and hinge mechanisms and used these to create castles with moving parts!

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WELCOME TO

YEAR 2

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This half term our topic is

Scented Garden!

                English                  

Jack and the Beanstalk

We will be looking at the traditional tale, Jack and the Beanstalk.

We will be creating wanted posters for the giant.

We will then create our own stories.

Into the Forest

We will be  making predictions about what might happen in a story and debating what characters should do.

Non-Fiction

We will be looking at the features of a non-fiction text. 

We will create our own non-fiction books about plants.

                  Maths                  

Maths Week

In Maths, we will be learning about:

• Mass - grams and kilograms
• Temperature - reading scales
• Word problems - Choosing the correct operation.
• 3D shapes - naming and describing

                   Topic                   

Geography

We will be learning plants from around the world.  Identifying the features of and weather in different continents, and how plants here have properties that help them survive.  

Science

We will be classifying things into living, non-living and no longer alive.

We will be learning the names of different plants and trees.

We will be investigating what plants need to life and how they reproduce. 

RE

We will be learning about Christian Festivals; focusing on why Easter is important to Christians.

PSHE

We will be learning about relationships and how we can communicate our feelings. 

We made a rainbow to say thank you to NHS staff and other keyworkers!

Conisbrough Castle

We visited Conisbrough Castle to find out what life might have been like in a Medieval castle.

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Write a postcard telling us what you have been doing.

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Parents Engage and Meetings

Parent's Evening - 10th March 3:40 - 5:30, 

11th March 5:00 - 7:00

PE

PE is on Wednesday this half term (Spring 2). 

PE will be outside this half term.  Please ensure your child has a white t-shirt and dark shorts/tracksuit bottoms, a sweatshirt and trainers/pumps.

Spelling Test

Spelling test will be on Monday.

Reading

Reading books will be changed every Monday. 

Please write in your child's diary each time they read at home so they can earn reading points!

 Homework

This term we will be completing pages from the English and Maths SAT Buster Books.

Homework is due in every Wednesday.

               Reminders               

Please ensure your child has the following in school every day:

• Reading log
• Reading book
• PE Kit
• Water Bottle

Art

We will be looking at the work of Vincent Van Gogh's sunflowers.  We will create weavings of sunflowers and use oil pastels to create pictures in the style of Van Gogh.

We will be creating lavender bags; sketching flowers and stitching a pattern.

We will also be looking at the work of Gastav Klimt's Beech Trees.  

ICT

We will be learning to use a graphics program to create artwork in the style of Vincent Van Gogh. 

PE

We will be developing gross motor skills through multi-sports.

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