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English

This term, Year 2 will be reading ‘How to Find Gold’ by Viviane Schwarz. This imaginative and beautifully illustrated picture book follows the adventurous story of Anna and her friend Crocodile as they set out on a daring journey to discover hidden treasure. The story explores themes of courage, determination, and friendship. In our English lessons, we will be taking part in a range of practical activities and writing opportunities to develop our storytelling skills. Year 2 will be writing in role, character and setting descriptions, instructions, free verse poetry, storytelling, and narrative adventure tales.

Phonics

This term, children will be working on Phase 5/ 5+ and learning about the rules of Spelling using a range of suffixes. We will also be learning new common exception words in Year 2. Please read with your child everyday for at least 5 minutes. Children are provided a book to take home every week and are required to access additional reading materials on Bugclub/ Oxford Owl. The more you practice with them, the better they will get and the easier learning will become for them!

Maths

This term, children will be exploring numbers up to 100, as well as developing their skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division!

Science

In science, we are looking at ‘Uses of Materials’. Year 2 will name and identify everyday materials including wood, metal, plastic, glass, rubber, brick, rock, paper, and fabric. They will describe the properties of these materials, such as hardness, strength and flexibility. They will learn why these properties are important for the objects they are made from. Children will explore which materials are suitable or unsuitable for different purposes and will start to explain their reasoning. They will also investigate and test materials to understand how they are used in the world around us.

History

In History, we will be looking at ‘The Great Fire of London’ to study what happened to London during the fire of 1666. Children will explore how and where the fire started, how it spread so quickly, and what life was like in London at that time. They will learn about the impact the fire had on the city and the changes that were made afterwards to help keep people safer.

Design Technology

In Design and Technology, we will be focusing on Textiles by designing and making hand puppets. Children will have the opportunity to draw and label the parts of a puppet, as well as learn and practise basic sewing skills. They will design their own puppet, mark out, cut, and join fabric pieces using templates and simple joining techniques, before decorating their finished puppet. Finally, children will proudly share their creations and reflect on what worked well and how they might improve them.

Computing

 In Computing, we will be learning about Online Safety, exploring how to stay safe and responsible when using technology. Children will also do activites such as making beats to create their own music digitally, experimenting with sounds and rhythms. In addition, Year 2 will use Scratch Jr to design and program simple interactive projects, learning how to add characters, movement, and events to their stories.

Islamic Studies and Arabic

Year 2 will be taught Islamic Studies by Ustadh Kasujja three times a week. The children will learn about the importance of different Islamic values, how best to apply these in everyday life, Muslim identity in addition to learning and practicing new Surahs.

PE

PE is on Thursday with the PE Coach. Please ensure that your child remembers their correct PE kit every Thursday.

HOMEWORK

Homework will be set every Friday and collected on Tuesday. Homework will consist of Maths, English and Spellings. Children will also be expected to complete homework on platforms such as Google Classroom, IXL, Purple Mash and Bug Club. Your child will be sent home with a reading book every week. Please encourage children to read the book more than once to help familiariase themeselves with the vocabulary used and secure their phonetical knowledge, reading and comprehension.

Ustadha Ahmed

Assalamu Alaykum! My name is Ustada Ahmed and I am very excited to be teaching Year 2 at Iqra Primary School this year. I look forward to working with you all, and if there are any concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me!

Ustadha Enriques

Ustadha Mughal