Hello and a warm welcome to Year 2 at Ombersley First School!
The Year 2 team consists of:
Mrs Stanley - Class teacher
Miss Weatherby – Teaching Assistant
Mrs Stokes - Teaching Assistant
Mrs Dunne - Teaching Assistant
We aim to ensure that all children experience a smooth and seamless transition from year 1 into year 2 to complete their Key Stage 1 journey, thereby building on the foundations that the National Curriculum depends on.
Year 2 is one of the busiest year and exciting years in the school! During the Year, our pupils will be exploring ideas, discovering different ways to learn, and will be enjoying a variety of fantastic and new experiences. We will endeavour to instil a love of learning in each and every one of the pupils, and to inspire children's imaginations using our new, terrific topics!
We go on lots of exciting trips in year 2, such as Avoncroft Museum and West Midlands Safari Park.
- In year 2, we follow the White Rose scheme of learning.
- We also do a Mastering Number starter every day which helps with our fluency.
- Our topics for maths are:
- Autumn term - Place value within 100, addition and subtraction within 100 and geometry, Measurement (money)
- Spring term - Multiplication and division, length and height, mass and volume, Fractions.
- Summer term - Fractions, measurement (time), , geometry (position and direction),
- In year 2, we follow the Grammarsarus scheme of learning for Guided Reading. We read the text together as a whole class, individually and chorally.
- We answer questions to develop our knowledge of Vocabulary and Meaning, Inference, Recall and sequencing.
- In year 2, we follow the Grammarsarus scheme of learning.
- We also do spelling tests weekly which children will come home with at the start of each half term.
- Our topics are:
- Autumn term - lists and captions, the place value of punctuation and grammar, non chronological report and a recount.
- Spring term - Narrative, non-chronological report, setting description and story weave.
- Summer term - Narrative, Instructions, recount, and persuasive advert.
- We use Get Set 4 PE for our lessons in PE.
- We also have specialist coaches in to support us in our learning.
- Our topics are:
- Autumn term: Ball skills, fundamentals, sending and receiving and dance.
- Spring term: Dance, gymnastics, invasion games, gymnastics.
- Summer term: Net and wall games, OAA, athletics and fitness.
- We follow Purple Mash for our computing lessons:.
- Our topics throughout the year are:
- Online safety, grouping and sorting, pictograms, Lego builders, maze explorers, animated stories, coding and tech outside school.
- We follow Grammarsarus for our History.
- Our topics are:
- Autumn term - How has technology changed over the last 50 years?
- Spring term - Where have Human explored?
- Summer term - What happened to London during the Great Fire of 1666?
- We follow Grammarsarus for our Geography.
- Our topics are:
- Autumn term - My local are and Tulum, Mexico
- Spring term - My local are and Tulum, Mexico
- Summer term - he weather in my local area.
- We follow Grammarsorous for our Science. Our topics are:
- Autumn term - Everyday materials and working scientifically and seasons.
- Spring term - Plants
- Summer term - Animals including humans
- We follow Grammarsorous for our Art. Our topics are:
- Autumn term - Sculpture.
- Spring term - Paint.
- Summer term - Drawing.
- We follow the Design and Technology scheme of work for our DT. Our topics are:
- Autumn term - Joining materials - Making Bunting
- Spring term - Wheels and axles - Designing a vehicle for an explorer
- Summer term - Design a healthy sandwich
- Our music lessons follow Charanga.
