Jellyfish Class

New to Year 2 in September 2024

Introduction to Year 2 Presentation

Meet the Jellyfish Class Team

Class Teacher: Mrs Fordham

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Verdon

1:1 Teaching Assistants: Mrs Khatool & Julie Wilson

Mrs Turvey also teaches Jellyfish Class every Wednesday morning. 

Weekly Timetable

Please see our weekly timetable below to see what we get up to each day...

Summer One - Early Morning Work

In our Early Morning Work  we focus on a number of skills, handwriting and  presentation,  spelling of the Key Stage 1 Common Exception Words and practising answering questions about a range of Math exercises . Some mornings we will focus on five words, practising how to spell each one correctly and then writing one sentence for each spelling words in our neatest handwriting.

Please see a list of the Key Stage 1 Common Exception Words below...

 Class Novel

This half term, we are reading

Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo

Our Learning in Summer 1

English

In English this half term, we will be focusing on the text "The Adventures of  Egg Box Dragon" by Richard Adams. The children will be focusing on the following writing outcomes: 
Inform
-Non-chronological report about magpies

Entertain
-Short narrative description of what happens to Egg Box Dragon (moonlight
adventure)
-Kenning poem about dragons
-Formal letter to the Queen
-Write an extended narrative  
Describe
-Narrative description of Egg Box Dragon based on visualization of text read aloud
-Descriptive poem
-Personal recount of a proud moment
Persuade
-Persuasive letter to Egg Box Dragon
-Persuasive invitation for tea party

Maths

Mass, Capacity and Temperature- Measure in grams
-Measure in kilograms
-Four operations with mass 
-Compare volume and capacity 
- Measure in millilitres 
-Measure in litres
-Four operations with volume and capacity

Fractions-Recognise a half 
-Find a half 
-Recognise a quarter 
-Find a quarter 
-Recognise a third 
-Find a third
-Find the whole 
-Unit fractions 
-Non-unit fractions 
-Recognise the equivalence of a half and two-quarters 
-Recognise three-quarters 
-Find three-quarters 
-Count in fractions up to a whole

-Introduction to parts and whole
-Equal and unequal parts 

 Science In Science this half term, we will be learning: 

• How seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants.
• Finding out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.
• Pattern seeking - whether the size of the seed matches the
  height of the plant.

HistoryIn History this half term, under our theme 'Significant figures from the past' We will look at Florence Nightingale and how she changed the world of nursing and the impact this change had on nursing and hospitals today. We will then compare and contrast with Edith Cavell who nursed World War II soldiers and campaigned for prisoners of war to have equal access to medical treatment.  

Art In Art this half term, we will be learning about painting. We will be looking at Henri Rousseau and practising the following skills:
Painting
1.10 - Experiment with paint media using a range of tools, e.g. different brush sizes,
hands, feet, rollers and pads.
1.11 - Explore techniques such as lightening and darkening paint without the use of black or white.
1.12 - Begin to show control over the types of marks made.
1.13 - Paint on different surfaces with a range of media.
1.14 - Name the primary colours and start to mix a range of secondary colours, moving towards predicting resulting colours.
Work of Other Artists
1.30 - Children will be able to recognise the work of notable artists or designers and
give an opinion on their work.
1.31 - Children will be able to use artists’ ideas to create their own versions of art
through the painting/drawing area. 1.32 - Children will draw simple evaluations about
the work of others.
Drawing and Sketching
1.5 - Observational drawing: Use a combination of shapes.
1.6 - Colour neatly following the lines.
1.7 - Show different tones by using coloured pencils.
1.8 - Experiment with a variety of media; pencils, crayons, pastels, felt tips, charcoal,
chalk
1.9 - Control the types of marks made with the range of media

RE

• How do we show care for our world? 
• Why does it matter? 

PSHE We are learning about relationships.
Families
Friendships and conflicts
Keeping safe and exploring physical contact- personal space
Secrets

Computing 

 In computing we will be learning how to make music using 2sequence.

In PE we are learning the following:
 
Health and Fitness

Agility and Ball Chasing

Sammy Squirrel and his Rolling Nuts

Static Balance Floor Work

Sports Day Practice: Healthy Competition