Year 2 2023 - 2024
Mrs Proctor
Assistant Headteacher, Year 2 Teacher
Personal Development, Behaviour and Science Lead
Welcome to Year 2!
Welcome to the start of our final term in Year 2!
I will be with the class Monday - Thursday. Mrs Tomlinson will teach Year 2 on a Friday and will lead a 'curriculum day' for the children where they will be taught areas of the wider curriculum. This allows me to focus on the core subjects of Maths and English, as well as our enquiry theme.
For this half term, the children will have PE on a Friday. Please make sure that as the weather becomes warmer, the children are dressed appropriately and have hats, sun cream applied where needed.
As always, I am contactable at all times! You are welcome to email me on jproctor@littleleighprimary.cheshire.sch.uk. If it is anything urgent regarding day to day problems, please contact Mrs Carthy in the school office who will be happy to help.
Mrs P
This half term we are answering the question...
What is it like to be a child living in Kenya?
As writers...
The Night Gardener is a wonderful book, full of hope and honest feelings. One day, William discovers that the tree outside his window has been sculpted into a wise owl. Each day, more topiaries appear, each one more beautiful than the last. Soon, William's grey little town is full of colour and life. And, though the mysterious night gardener disappears as suddenly as he appeared, William and his town are changed forever. We will be using this wonderful text to write our own setting narrative.
As readers...
We will be looking at lots of well known traditional tales and poetry books, and the wonderful adaptations that have been created based on the originals.
As geographers...
In this unit, children will compare living in Kenya to living in Little Leigh. They will develop their locational knowledge identifying the continents of Europe and Africa. Children will learn about the equator and what the weather is like in Kenya. They learn about similarities and differences to Little Leigh and will find out about the physical landscape, the culture and daily life for a child in Kenya.
As scientists...
In Year 2, the children will,
- identify animal offspring and match animals babies to the adult animals.
- understand how animals change as they grow and explore the life cycles of a range of animals.
- explore the human life cycle in detail and identify ways that children change as they grow older.
- understand that all animals need three basic things for survival - air, water and food.
- understand the importance of exercise.
As mathematicians...
We 
will be learning about the units of measurement involved in length and height, before moving on to mass, capacity and temperature.
