Year 2 Spring 2025-26

Spring Term

 

Our new topic this term will be looking at our world and comparing to hot and cold countries. We will focus on Africa as our hot country. 

Maths

In Maths this half term we are going to be starting the term on money and then continuing onto multiplication and division. Money is a hard concept for children so any practice they can have using coins and notes at home would be fantastic. A trip to the co-op with some pocket money to buy something small and workout how much money they need to give and the change they will receive. In the multiplication and division unit we will decide if groups are equal, add equal groups, form multiplication sentences, use arrays and make equal groups by grouping and sharing. 

English

 We will start the second half of the Spring term by learning how to write our own Kenning poems about animals found in Kenya.  

The next unit of work will be a recount, and a narrative text based on a story from another culture - 'Handa's Surprise'. 

In Spring 2 we will be delving into the world of dinosaurs and meeting Mary Anning. The children learn about why she was a significant person in relation to the discovery of dinosaurs. We will be learning about recounts and letter writing. 

Science

This term we are going to be learning about living things and their habitats. We will be focusing on living animals and plants and where they are best suited for the living conditions they need to survive. The knowledge organiser above will give you the vocabulary the children will be exposed to and for you to use whilst talking about animals and their habitats at home. These are some of the questions we will be exploring over the next few weeks:

  • Can they explain the differences between living and non-living things?
  • Can they decide whether something is living, dead or non-living?
  • Can they match certain living things to the habitats they are found in?
  • Can they describe how a habitat provides for the basic needs of things living there?
  • Can they describe a range of different habitats?

Physical Education

In PE we will be following the PE scheme ‘Real PE’ for cognitive learning and then the creative section. During the second PE session of the week we will be focusing on gymnastics during for our new scheme ‘Get set Go’ in spring 1 and moving onto target games in Spring 2.  

We will also be learning typical African dance moves and techniques to tie in with our Spring topic 'Africa'.

ICT

To kick start out ICT for this half term we are going to talking a lot about online safety and what it means to be safe online. This will include how to be safe when using search bars, emailing other people and what their digital footprint is and how to control this.

Art and DT

Art will be focusing on drawing using tone and texture. They will experience a range of materials to make marks and what happens when you use different pressure on the paper.  We will also be using shading to add tone to the drawings we create. 

In DT the children will be learning the first of two units on mechanisms. In this unit the children will be creating a fairground wheel. They will focus on axles to allow the fairground wheel to move, build a stable structure, test elements of design and adapt the design as necessary. 

Geography and History

Our Geography lessons will be focusing on the country of Kenya in Africa amd Antartica for our cold place.  

We will learn to locate different continents and being able to name them alongisde the different oceans. We will look at the Equator and the different weather conditions you might find in these different places. 

In history this term the children will be discovering how school life was like in the past. Looking at how daily life has changed, what a decade is and what is beyond their living memory. 

Music

This half term we will explore Western African call and response song. The theme will be linked to animals that might be found on the African plains.