Class 2

1
Hook We will begin our theme this term by
reading and watching lots of Roald Dahl books and
films. We will start by reading The Enormous
Crocodile and then children will make their own
enormous crocodile using their craft skills.
On
Friday 12th September we will have a fun
Dahlicious birthday
party day to celebrate this year being the 50
year anniversary of Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory and Roald Dahls birthday, which is on
Saturday 13th September. Celebration End of
theme dress up day and celebration assembly.
(date to be confirmed)
Class 2 Parent Information Sheet - Autumn Term
2014
Literacy Our Literacy this term will be based on
stories by Roald Dahl. Our indoor role play area
is to be turned into the BFGs cave a quiet
place where children will be able to sit, relax
and really enjoy books. Outside our role play
area will become Roald Dahls writing shed. Here
children will be able to take on the role of a
real author and write their own stories in the
shed at the bottom of the garden just like
Roald Dahl! Children will be emersed in Roald
Dahl stories and books this term to develop their
love of reading and will have lots of
opportunities to listen to, read and watch film
versions of Roald Dahl books. They will also be
improving their writing skills through a variety
of writing activities inspired by Roald Dahls
stories and poems. This term we will also be
introducing the Y2s to our joined handwriting
script and we will continue to give the Y3s
opportunity to practice and develop their joined
handwriting style. Children will continue to have
regular guided reading sessions, phonics and
spellings will be taught daily.
Maths -We will begin this term by looking at
numbers and the number system. Children will be
learning to read, write, count and order numbers
to 100 (y2s) and 1000 (Y3s). Y2s will practise
counting in 2s 5s and 10s whilst Y3s will
learning to count in 50s and 100s. They will
learn how to order numbers and to recognise place
value and use this knowledge to help them add and
subtract 1s, 10s and 100s respectively. Later
on in the term children will be practising their
skills of mental addition and instant recall of
addition facts to 20 and using these to support
their mental calculations of larger numbers. In
shape children will learn to recognise and name
2D and 3D shapes and begin to describe their
properties.
RE- Our theme for this year is to be Worship.
This term we will be concentrating on
Christianity and be looking at the things that
are important for Christians in their every day
lives. We will be considering how rules play an
important part in all our lives and what rules
are important to Christians.
Art We will be looking at the role of the
illustrator in childrens books, in particular
Quentin Blake and his use of watercolours.
Children will have opportunities to try out the
techniques used by Quentin Blake and to create
their own illustrations in his style.
Science Our science work this term will link in
a cross curricular way to our theme of Roald
Dahl. During the first half of this term we will
be learning about health, how we grow and stay
healthy focusing a lot of our learning on
nutrition. After half term we will be developing
our scientific skills further by exploring
material properties, the use of materials.
French Music - This year French and Music are
to be taught on Wednesdays by teachers new to
Catforth Mrs McElroy and Mr Calvert. We welcome
them both to Class 2 and we are sure that the
children in Class 2 will enjoy these lessons and
learn lots of new skills.
PE Gymnastics and Dance will be on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. Please ensure your child has a fully
named kit in school on these days.
DT Inspired by our Roald Dahl theme, we have
two DT projects planned for this term. We will be
learning the skills of paper folding and cutting,
learning how to transform a piece of paper into
pop ups and movable objects. Throughout the term
we will be trying out and exploring a variety of
pop ups ending in children working in groups to
design and make their own pop up Roald Dahl
books. Inspired by the BFGs unhealthy diet of
snozzcumbers we will be looking at different
fruits and vegetables and will explore smoothies
and fruit juices. Finally we will be designing
and making our own delicious smoothies for the
BFG to taste.
Computing Children will learn to use simple
codes to create their own games. They will use
computers in their Literacy and Maths to present
information in a variety of ways including charts
and graphs.
Mrs Drinkall Mrs Kemp