Year 2
Welcome to Year 2!
Teacher: Ms Simpson
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Mitchell
We have PE on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The lesson on Thursday is with a specialist sports coach from Sports UK.
Reading books are changed on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. If your child has finished reading their book and their Reading Record has been signed, they may also change it on other days.
Homework is handed out on Fridays and should be returned to Class 2 by Wednesdays, along with the child's School Diary.
Class Timetable
Year 2 Long Term Plan 2016-2017
Autumn 1 - September - October 2016
The Lady With The Lamp
This half term our Creative Curriculum theme is called 'The Lady with the lamp'. As part of this theme we will be learning about how our bodies change and grow and healthy lifestyles including the importance of healthy eating, exercise, keeping clean and getting a good nights sleep.
As part of our work we will learn about the different people who help us to stay healthy including Doctors and Nurses.
We will then learn about the life and work of some very special nurses including Florence Nightingale (The Lady with the Lamp), Edith Cavell and Mary Seacole.
Click here to view the theme web which explains what we will be learning about this half term.
The Lady With The Lamp Theme Web
Healthy living
Here are some web links and videos to help you learn about healthy lifestyles. To keep our bodies healthy we must make sure that we eat the right foods, drink water, exercise, keep clean and have lots of sleep. Click on the links below to find out more.
Warburtons Healthy Sandwich Making Workshop
On Wednesday 21st September 2016 we were lucky enough to have two Schools Visitors from Warburtons visit Class 2. They talked to us about healthy eating, the five different food groups and how a healthy sandwich should be a 'rainbow' sandwich with foods of lots of different colours in it. We all thoroughly enjoyed making our sandwiches by choosing the type of bread we would like and the filling to go in it. Here are some photos of our afternoon.
Warburtons Healthy Sandwich Workshop
Thackray Medical Museum October 2016
Bradford Good Food Project Workshop October 2016
Autumn Term 2 - November-December 2016
London's Burning
This half term we will be learning about different materials and the qualities they have. We will understand how materials are used for different purposes based on their qualities. We will investigate how materials can be changed and whether these changes can be reversed. We will also understand which materials burn easier than others. We will use our knowledge of materials when we learn about the Great Fire of London. We will learn about the important events of the fire including how the building materials of the time helped the fire to spread and the lives of significant people living at the time including Samuel Pepys. We will then understand how London was rebuilt after the fire and how the building materials used today are now very different. Most importantly we will learn about fire safety and we hope to have a special visit from the Fire Service.
Click here to view the theme web which explains what we will be learning about this half term.
London's Burning Theme Web
Spring 1 & 2 - Travel Through Time
This term our theme will be 'Travel Through Time'. We will be learning about the history and growth of Bradford during the Industrial Revolution into the city it has become today. We will understand how cloth was produced before the Industrial Revolution and the growth of the wool trade and its factories and mills. We will also learn about life in Victorian Bradford and about some of the historical buildings that can be found in Bradford today, including the Wool Exchange, Bradford City Hall, Midland Hotel and St George's Hall. We will learn about the dangerous conditions in mills and will understand what a typical working day would have been like. The highlight of this half term will be a trip to the Industrial Museum in Bradford on Wednesday February 2017.
After half term we will learn about the different types of transportation used at the time of the Industrial Revolution (canals, horse and cart, and steam trains) and their importance to the growth of industry. We will then compare Bradford in the past with Bradford today and will understand how transport and travel has changed. We will also learn about the changes in travel within our local area including the Wyke and Norwood Green railway station which closed in 1953 and the Spen Valley Green way.
Theme web: January-February 2017
Please click the link below to find out what we be learning during this half term.
Theme web Spring term Travel Through Time
The growth of Bradford
Bradford grew quickly in the industrial revolution. Lots of factories and mills opened to make cloth from wool and cotton. As the factories and mills opened people moved to the city and the number of people living in Bradford grew. Factories and mills were built near to railways and canals so that the cloth could be transported across the country and also to the ports and docks so it could travel around the world. The links below will help you learn more about the history of Bradford.
Old maps of Bradford in the past
Look at these old maps of Bradford in the past. Compare these with the maps of Bradford today. Look at how much Bradford has changed and grown.
Spring 2 Theme Web - Travel Through Time February - April 2017
Steam trains
Steam trains were an important type of transport during the industrial revolution. Railways were used to transport goods from the factories and mills around the country and to docks so that they could be shipped around the world. The videos and links below will help you to learn more about steam trains.
Local railways
Here are some resources and videos which help you to understand what steam trains and railways were like in our local area. We will be learning about the railways that used to run in our local area and will understand why they closed.
Video footage of steam trains
Footage of when Good old Steam locos even if they were LNER, LMS, GWR, SR or just british railways ran the country. Apart from Dr. Beeching and the new Modern Locomotives that took over in the 1960's.
Local Canals
Barges were also an important type of transport during the industrial revolution. Factories and mills were often built next to canals so that goods could be transported easily. Barges carried the goods along canals to ports and docks. Canals joined cities and towns together. The Leeds and Liverpool canal still runs next to Bradford today. You can see the Leeds and Liverpool canal in places like Shipley and Saltaire. Bradford used to have its own canal running through the city but this is now closed. Look at the links and watch the videos to find out more.
The Great Outdoors (April-May 2017)
This half term we will be learning about the different plants and animals that live in the great outdoors. We will learn about the plants and animals that live in our local environment and other habitats. We will understand how they have adapted to the habitat they live in. We will also learn about animal food chains and life-cycles. We will be spending time outdoors in our Green Wood where we will be doing a mini-beast hunt, pond dipping and planting. We will also investigate the different things that plants need to grow into healthy plants by planting and observing bean seeds as they grow.
The Great Outdoors theme web
Why are plants important?
Pollination
Fertilisation
How To Grow a Sunflower
Newsbite - Dandelion Invasion
Learn about plants during the seasons
Watch cress growing!
Seaside Holidays From The Past - Summer 2 (June - July 2017)
During our last half term in Year 2 we will be finding out about UK seaside holidays from the past. Have any of you ever visited the seaside in this country? Tell us where you went and what you did, so that we can include it on our map of the UK in the classroom.