Year 2
Teachers
Monkey Class Teacher (2M): Miss Howe
Tiger Class Teacher (2T): Miss Moxham
Please remember to regularly hear your child read and for you to read and share stories with them.
Our school’s Curriculum Overview Statement shows you the main topics your child will be looking at across the year (see Key Information / Curriculum). Parents will receive a Topic Newsletter giving more details about how and what the children will be learning through their topic (a copy of the Topic Newsletter will also be posted under Key Information / Curriculum).
Our school follows The National Curriculum Year 1 & Year 2.
If you are ‘handing in’ or have any queries around your child’s work or homework you can email your child’s class teacher – h.work@wallisdean-inf.hants.sch.uk
The National SUMMER READING CHALLENGE starts in Fareham Library on Saturday 12th July and finishes Saturday 13th September The theme for this year is 'Story Garden', aiming to inspire children to discover the magical connection between storytelling and nature.
The Book Trust – check them out! – lots of stories for you to read-along with, or just listen to, and games to play.
NatWest Money Sense – practise your money skills with these fun games and activities
Games & information on Health4Kids
There are ideas for websites with games, songs, stories and activities under Key Information Links for Parents and under Quick Links
Autumn Term
Art Week - In Year 2, we continued our work learning about Romero Britto but built on our previously learnt skills to create a more refined piece of work.
We began by practicing sketching our 3 favourite hobbies which would each have its own colourful section. We then had to pick our 3 vibrant colours to make our artwork stand out.
Once our canvas were painted and our sketches were on, we went over them in black pen just like Romero does. To finish off our piece all about us, we stuck a photo of ourselves in the middle of the design.
Marwell - We had a marvellous day out on our school trip to Marwell Zoo. We enjoyed seeing all of the animals that we have been learning about in class!
We looked carefully at each habitat and saw how they had been designed and adapted so that they suited the animals living in there. We liked learning about how giraffes have 7 vertebra, just like us! Although theirs are MUCH bigger than ours are.
We took part in a workshop with some of the zookeepers who discussed each animals’ adaptations with us. They also answered all the questions we had about some of the animals.
Harvest - This year, KS1 took part in Harvest Carnival Live! We took part in a virtual assembly where we learned how to make a Caribbean soup. We were taken on a tour that showed us how some of the ingredients are harvested and get from the field to the shops. We loved joining in with all the actions and rhymes included.
In addition, the whole of the infants were asked to bring in food donations for our collection that we then gave to St Johns church. The volunteers from the church then donated these kind contributions to Gosport and Fareham's basic food bank for people in need.
Ian, a volunteer from the church, led a lovely service where he talked about what harvest is and why it is important to Christians.
He then told us the Bible story about when Jesus fed the 5000 with bread and fish and that it is important that we look after those in our community.
Soul Band - We were lucky to have the soul band from Cams Hill Secondary school to perform some songs for us. It was their first time performing as a band and they played us four songs. They sang and played 3 soul songs and finished with a Christmas song that we all joined in with. They were very talented!