Welcome to Year 2 Rabbits!

Welcome to Year 2 Rabbits! Year 2 is an exciting and memorable year for the children. It is their final year in KS1 before they move up to KS2. This year they will continue to develop social skills and important life skills. I have been teaching in Year 2 for four years this year and I love teaching this year group. I love seeing the children grow as they continue to develop their own personallities.

Our topic in the Autumn term is 'Down in the Deep, Dark Woods'.  We will be focussing largely on Geography, particulary our local area!

Please follow our school twitter page @AbingdonPrimary to see updates of exciting things going on in our class! This is where you will find photographs and vidoes of the lovely things your children are doing at school! 

Class Teacher - Miss Gray

Teaching Assistants- Miss Bourke and Miss Dulson

Creative Curriculum

Autumn Term

Down in the Deep, Dark Woods

Pupils will look at the local area of Reddish, making maps and plotting route using keys and symbols.  They will look at how the area has changed over time and identify significant individuals, places and historical events within the local area including LS Lowry.  They will also study what life was like for their grandparents and look at toys from the past.

Spring Term

To Infinity and Beyond

This term, the children will develop their awareness of the past through comparing significant individuals such as Neil Armstrong and Christopher Columbus.  They will look at events beyond living memory such as man landing on the moon and how aviation and space travel has developed. 

Summer Term

A taste of India

In this term, children will make comparisons between a non-European country (India) and the UK.  Children will also have a focus on human and physical geography, locational knowledge of the coutnry of India and its history, landmarks and culture.  Children will then compare India with their local area through its physical and human features.

Important Notes for parents 

The children will have PE twice a week, once with the class teacher and once with the coaches. The children will have PE on Wednesdays and Fridays. The children should come to school wearing their PE kit and they will stay in their kit all day. PE kit must be a white t-shirt, black shorts and pumps/trainers. 

Newsletter and Programme of Study

Please click link below to view the Autumn newsletter. 

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Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser

Please click the link below to see key vocabulary and key facts for this terms topic.

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Year 2 Statutory spellings 

Below is a list of spellings children in Year 2 should know how to read and write by the end of Year 2. Please practise these where possible. All will be sent throughout the year as weekly spelling practise and repeated to store them to memory. 

Useful Websites 

Below is a list of websites you may find useful to assist with your child's learning at home.

BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize  

Topmarks maths games: https://www.topmarks.co.uk

Scratch (coding): https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/ 

Times Table Rockstars: https://play.ttrockstars.com/ 

 Rewards

In Year 2, we have a recognition board with all of teh children's photos.  Each child must work hard to achieve our weekly class target in order to recieve a treat at the end of the week.  We also have a Class Dojo weekly target.  If we achieve the weekly amount of points needed, then we can have 10 minutes extra playtime on a Friday! .

Contact/Class Dojo

At Abingdon we use Class Dojo which is embedded within every year group. We use Class Dojo to engage parents by sharing photos and vidoes of exciting moments in the classroom. It is also an effective way for parents and teachers to communicate. 

Email:valerie.gray@abingdon.stockport.sch.uk