We will be using three different texts to drive our reading sessions next half term.  As we study these texts, the children will be practising their ability to retrieve key information from texts, use evidence to draw inferences about characters and use evidence to support their responses to questions. 

We will be studying ‘One Girl’ about a young girl who sits forlornly on her front porch, a bright light shoots through the night sky, depositing a book at her feet. This precious gift unlocks a completely new world for the child. This book show children the magic of reading and the worlds you can find within. We will explore a non-fiction text, ‘I wonder why camels have humps.’  Which encourages book talk and oracy whilst stimulating the children’s imagination. We will also explore the narrative, ‘Tabby McTat’ about a cat who loves singing along with Fred the busker but when Fred has an accident, the two are separated. Will they ever find each other again?

We will be continuing to work on writing narratives throughout the half term. We will be writing about real and fictional events. We expect the children to work hard to demarcate their sentences with capital letters and full stops, and question marks correctly when required. 

We will be revisiting the use of the past tense and the spelling rules. We want our children to be confident using the present and past tense in their writing. 

Throughout the term, we will continue to add to our bank of co-ordinating (or/ and/ but) and subordinating conjunctions (when/ if/ that/ because) to join clauses.  

We will be putting particular emphasis on the children’s handwriting early in the half term. Children in Year Two should be aiming to:
• form capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower-case letters 
• use spacing between words that reflects the letter size 
We expect the children to be using cursive joins in all their subjects. 

• Describe the importance of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food and basic hygiene. 
• To grow into healthy adults, they also need the right amounts and types of food and exercise.
• Recognise the importance of good hygiene in preventing infections and illnesses (handwashing and good oral hygiene).

• Recognise that God, Incarnation, Gospel and Salvation are part of the ‘big story’ of the Bible. 
• Tell stories of Holy Week and Easter and make a link with the idea of Salvation (Jesus rescuing people).
• Give at least three examples of how Christians show their beliefs about Jesus as saviour in church worship. 
• Think, talk and ask questions about whether the text has something to say to them (for example, about whether forgiveness is important).  

This half term, we will begin by reviewing the human and physical features of the UK, which was covered in Year One. We will then expand out to the rest of the world, exploring physical features like mountains, rivers, deserts and human ones like major towns and cities. 

By the end of our unit the children should be able to:

• Name and locate several major mountains, rivers and deserts around the world 
• Distinguish between human and physical features and provide examples of each
• Distinguish between village, town and city, and look at major cities from around the world 
• Understand what ports and harbours are
• Describe how humans change the world around them for a number of reasons.

Design

Technology

This half term, children will produce playground equipment for their local area or school.

By the end of this unit of work, the children will be able to:

• Select appropriate tools with some guidance
• Draw pictures to show what they want to make
• Explain what they are making and the tools they are using
• Know ways to attached items together to make freestanding structures
• Understand how to make freestanding structures stronger, stiffer and more stable.

This topic explores the importance and diversity of families, and the characteristics of healthy positive family relationships. It enables pupils to recognise when they may feel unsafe within a family, and how to ask for help if they need it. This topic identifies the characteristics of a committed relationship. 

The children in Year 2 will be able to:

• Identify different people who can be part of the family.
• Name different members of a family
• Create a family tree
• Describe the things that make family relationships healthy and happy
• Explain what someone can do if they feel unsafe
• Describe different types of happy family
• Explain ways in which our own families are similar and different to others and show respect for these differences
• Describe some family traditions. 

Later in the term, we will discuss the local care home and different ways we can help the aged.

• simple notation 
• correct hold and hand position
• the notes A, B and G.