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. 

Autumn Term Topic

Our autumn topic is called 'Fact FInders'. First, we will be answering the question 'How was school different in the past?' in history. We will be finding out what schools were like 100 years ago and what similarities and differences there are today. In geography we will be answering the question 'Why is our world wonderful?' We will learn about the 7 continents and 5 oceans of the world. We will look at a range of human and physical features in different countries and practice our mapping skills.

PE

Our PE days are Tuesdays 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 to use Read Write Inc Comprehension for our English lessons. We will read a range of fiction and non-fiction texts based on the phonic sounds we are familiar with. As part of lesson we will develop our comprehension skills by answering questions about what we have read. We will also complete a weekly writing task.

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 completing units on place value, geometry, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division.  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 'red' sheet and work their way up through 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.