Year-2 (ID 1009)
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Year 2
Year 2
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Online Links (Y2)
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Year 2
We are pleased to welcome you to the Year 2 page. The main need-to-know information can be found here as the year progresses. Watch out for additional curriculum information on Seesaw.
If you have a general query, please email schooloffice@stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk and we shall endeavour to reply as soon as we can.
The main team who will be leading your children for the academic year, 2023/24 are:
Class |
Teacher |
Support Staff |
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2A |
Mrs Malloy and Mrs Molloy |
Mrs Wood Mrs Hewson Mrs Youd Miss Shaw (PPA cover) |
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2B |
Mrs Rycroft |
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2C |
Miss Cumming |
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2D |
Mrs Cameron -Ivanov |
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We have an exciting year ahead of us in Year 2!
Please read on to find out more about our year 2 learning.
RESPECT Charter
At St George's we have a RESPECT framework, which the children follow throughout the school. Each half term the children learn about different characteristics of learning. These are resilience, empathy, self-awareness, positivity, excellence, communication and teamwork.
Alongside each characteristic of learning the children will also be introduced to a Learning Hero. Each Learning Hero is someone who shows our characteristic of learning, and this will help the children to learn more about the positive characteristic.
Home Learning
The children will be set spelling activities on Seesaw each Friday. These are to be completed and a photograph should be completed before the following Wednesday, so your child’s class teacher can give feedback.
Maths home learning will be based on Numbots. All children will receive a login so they can access this from home.
Termly optional learning tasks will also be set for you to complete throughout the term that link to our current learning.
The children will bring home reading books daily and a reading log. Please give your child lots of opportunity to talk about and read their book, then write feedback for the teacher in their reading log. These should be sent into school every day with your child’s book bag, so they can change their reading book when needed.
Literacy and Read Write Inc.
In year 2, we will continue with our Read Write Inc. journey, working through the levels, and onto Read Write Inc. comprehension. Please encourage your children to use their knowledge of sounds and corresponding graphemes when reading and writing at home.
As part of our literacy learning, each term we have key texts that we access through shared reading activities, which go on to inspire our writing. The writing outcomes vary each term, from setting descriptions to non chronological reports, recounts to retelling stories.
Maths
In year 2, we will continue to build on our mastering of maths. We will be starting with consolidating our knowledge of place value, and challenging ourselves to go deeper with our learning, before moving onto addition and subtraction.
Science
Throughout Autumn Term, we will be learning all about materials, their properties, how they can change shape and be used for a variety of purposes. We will develop our curiosity, be asking and answering questions through a range of tests, making observations, identifying, classifying and gathering data.
PSHE
Through our PSHE lessons, we will learn about our core values, keeping safe in the world and online and personal development, as well as give children access to a range of interesting visitors through our careers assemblies.
PE
On PE days, children are able to wear their PE kit to school.
TBC.
Humanities
Over Autumn Term, year 2’s geography learning will focus on the UK, it’s 4 countries and surrounding seas. We will discover facts and traditions of the 4 countries, and explore their key human and physical features, as well as their capital cities.
For our history topic, we will be learning all about the history of transport within living memory, and how the development of roads and transport around our local area has affected the way we live today.
RE
Throughout the year, we will explore some core concepts of different faiths, including Christianity and Hinduism. We will discover different festivals, religious stories and a range of sacred places.
Art and Design
We start our art learning by being inspired by the work of Orla Kiely. We will observe her creations and use them to influence our own designs through sketching and printing.
Design and Technology
In our D&T lessons, we will be building on our prior knowledge of textiles and exploring different joining techniques. Children will have the opportunity to design, make and evaluate a textile product.
Computing
As part of our computing learning, we will be working hard to improve our digital literacy skills. These skills include typing, logging in and out of specific apps that we use regularly, uploading images and airdropping work to our teacher. Following this, we will look at IT in the world around us.
Music
TBC
Forest School
We are a “Forest School” school at St George’s. Throughout year 2, children will have the opportunity to walk up to Top Site to “Dragon Woods”. While at Forest School the children learn about seasons, trees, mini-beasts and much, much more! The children get to experience nature first hand and enjoy the chance to dig in the mud, get creative in the mud kitchen, build fires, and use tools like saws and hand drills- all under close supervision!
