Teacher: Mrs Hill

Teaching Assistant:  Miss Woodard

Welcome to Year Two

Mrs Hill has worked at the Rosary School for 2 and a half years. She is passionate about helping children to achieve their full potential. Mrs Hill leads Art and DT. 

Our School Day

To find out details of how the Y2 pupils spend their time, please take a look at the timeline of our school day. Important times to note are arrival time (8.40am) and registration (8.50am). It is important the children are at school and settled in time for the day to begin.

Curriculum Support

The English national curriculum means children in different schools (at primary and secondary level) study the same subjects to similar standards - it's split into key stages with tests. If you would like to know more about each individual subject please visit our Curriculum Page. Each term our class topic will link in to the curriculum in a way that brings the subjects to life for the children. 

Summer Term Topic

Our summer topic is called 'Castles and Coasts'. First, we will be answering the question 'What is a Monarch?' in history. We will be finding out what a monarch is; looking at William the Conqueror and how castles have changed over time. In geography we will be answering the question 'What is it like to live by the coast?' We will find out what we mean by 'coast', look in more detail at the Jurassic coast and also see how our local coast is used, by going on a class trip to Weston-super-Mare.

PE

Please note the change to our PE days this term; they are Thursday and Fridays. The children will need to wear the Rosary PE kit to school on these days. Please click here to find out PE kit requirements.

Forest School

We are very lucky to be able to offer regular Forest School sessions to all our classes at the Rosary School. Our grounds are perfect to help the children connect and engage with the outdoors, and learn through active and exciting tasks and challenges such as den building, making a fire or tools, and identifying insects and birds. Y2 Forest School sessions are every three weeks on Friday.  Children will need to wear Forest School kit to school on these days, details of which can be found along with the session timetable, as links from the Forest School page.

Reading and Book Change

The children are encouraged to read the books they choose at school regularly. You can use Oxford Owl to select extra reading books for your child. It would be most helpful if you can take time to read with them every week and record your comments in their reading record. When they are familiar with the book they should change it for a new one. Our book change day is on Wednesday. 

English

This term, we are going read the poem The Owl and the Pussy Cat in our English lessons. We will be writing to entertain, using similes and powerful adjectives to describe.  We will also learn to use apostrophes for singular possession.  We will explore the text, retell using drama and hot seating before having a go at writing our own poem by making some changes.

Rainbow Spellings

Our Rainbow Spellings in each year group focus on 'tricky words' that are commonly misspelled or do not follow regular rules. These words are re-visited two years in a row and are tested regularly.

Maths

This term we will be reinforcing the strategies to use when doing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division calculations; encouraging the children to use the number bond facts they know and their knowledge of place value. They will also do statistics and measurement - capacity and temperature. Take a look at the Maths knowledge organisers below to help you understand what your child is learning.

Rainbow Maths

There is a National Curriculum requirement for children to know their times tables up to 12 x12 by the end of Year 4, at which point they take an online test. To support this objective, children from Y2 onwards take part in daily rainbow maths practice. Once children have completed the unit on multiplication in Y2, they start on the 'black' sheet and work their way up through red, orange, yellow and so on. The document below shows what is required for each colour.

Our Class Saint

Our class saint is Saint Paul, who is undoubtedly one of the most important figures in the history of the Western world. He was a Christian Apostle who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century. Saint Paul wrote many letters or 'epistles' to the churches (which are books in the Bible), including Romans, Galatians, Philippians and 1 and 2 Corinthians. Today, Paul's epistles continue to be vital roots of theology, worship and pastoral life. We created a display to share our learning about Saint Paul with the rest of the school and will continue to learn about him throughout the year, as well as celebrate his feast day in June. 

Additional Curriculum Resources

For further resources to support your child across all subjects, please visit our Curriculum page which features links to many useful sites and apps.