Class 2

Welcome to Class 2

This half term our topic is called 'Tale as old as time'.

Literacy
During Literacy lessons we will be looking at clips from the film 'Beauty and the Beast' as this is the main topic of of this half term. We will be doing a 3 week storytelling block focusing on character descriptions, setting descriptions, recounts from the points of view of a character & innovated story writing. We will also be learning how to write newspaper reports about the beast. In the final week we ill be writing our own poems and riddles.

Maths
We are going to continue to develop our mathematical knowledge this half term. We are continuing to look at all elements of maths including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We will also be using and applying our skills through problem solving sessions.

Science
As our topic is 'Electricity', we will be identifying power sources, ways we get electricity, making and drawing circuits, safety around electricity and what is a good and bad conductor?.  We are also going to build a circuit using the structure or the game operation.

RE
In R.E. we will be learning about Harvest and will be putting together a service for our parents. We are also going to look at Judaism. 

Art/DT

During Art and DT we will be making our own Beasts, we are also going to tell stories about beasts and monsters - fairy tales, myths and legends. We are also going to be making our own puppets.

ICT

This half term we are going to learn basic computer skills and complete some simple programming and algorithms using apps on iPads. We are also going to write a set of instructions for a partner to complete a simple algorithm.