Religion Stories of Jesus growing up with Mary and Joseph in a Jewish household. Traditional prayers Finding different ways of talking to God through familiar prayers, songs and hymns. Finding out more about the Bible through reading and listening to psalms and some of the stories Jesus told. Literacy Fiction and poetry Non-fiction Instructions Commas and exclamation marks Understand and use the terms "vowel" and "consonant" Rereading own work for sense and punctuation Library Children will be given time to choose/change their library books each Thursday Reading Please bring reading books on the day stated on the reading folder. Please sign the reading record book each time the child has read at home otherwise books cannot be changed at school. Thanks Numeracy Counting and properties of numbers Mental Arithmetic will be given on a regular basis. Please return daily so that it can be marked and corrected if necessary. Place value, ordering and addition Multiplication and division Length, shape and space Telling the time to o'clock and half past the hour Science Health and growth Food and diet. Comparing similarities and differences- themselves with babies Plants and animals in the local environment Art Drawing, Painting, Clay faces I.C.T. Writing stories: communicating information Creating pictures Geography The Global Eye Why are eyes important? What is the eye like? How the eye works How sight can be changed Uses of different glasses What do we re-cycle? What work does an optician do? Eye Projects in Africa Design and technology To make a simple hand puppet. Writing instructions for making chocolate crispies and a jam sandwich. If you have any concerns do not hesitate to come in and see me preferably after school. I hope your child will have a very happy and successful time in their Year 2 class. Many thanks J.Bostock

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