Yangtze
Yangtze - Year Two
This half term our topic is ‘Castles and Knights.’ We will be finding about the features of castles and about who lived and worked in them. In Art we will be drawing and painting castles.
In English we will be reading a variety of stories about castles, dragons and knights. We will be writing our own stories, reports, instructions and character descriptions.
Our Science topic is ‘Living things and their habitats.’ We will be investigating different habitats in our school grounds and will go on minibeast hunts. We will also be finding out about different food chains.
In Maths we will be learning about fractions, position and direction and will be telling the time to the nearest quarter of an hour. Please talk about telling the time as often as you can at home!
Our MindMate topic is ‘Solving Problems/ Making it better.’ In RE we are learning about important books and stories for different religions.
In PE, we will be practising our agility and coordination skills and will be playing various ball games. We will also be taking part in the Year 2 Skipping Festival.
Books we will be reading in YEAR TWO:
