Burnley Road Academy Year 2

Class 2 2020-21

SPRING 2

What a strange start to 2021 we've had! Although we have have had more than a half term with more than half of you learning from home, soon we will be back into class.

We start back on Monday 8th March with our days looking the same as they did in the Autumn. Children can start arriving from 8.30am at our side door (coming into the playground through the small gate and parents exiting through the car park so we keep a one way flow of people). All children should have arrived at school by 8.55am. We will be in uniform as normal, except for on Thursdays when you need to come in PE kit (warmly dressed as we may be outside for PE).

Our focus for the first few weeks back will be to get everyone settled and happy back into the school routine. We will be doing some lovely practical English using a super book called Umbrella by Elena Arevalo Melville, and doing some practical Maths to boost basic skills. Mrs. Timson, Mrs. Knapper, Mrs. Sweeney, Miss. Robinson and Mrs. Robertshaw are all so excited to have you all back in class together!

AUTUMN 2

Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed the half-term break.

In English we will be basing a lot of our work on a book called 'The Lonely Beast' by Chris Judge.

In Maths we will be learning our two times table and the associated division facts. We will be doubling and halving numbers and adding multiples of 10 to 2- digit numbers.

Our main topic is a History based one and we will be learning about transport and travel in the past. Our main focus will be on the Wright brothers and their invention of the first aeroplane.

We will be doing a DT topic called 'Fabric Bunting.' We will be making this Advent themed, in preparation for Christmas. We will be using templates, cutting, sewing and gluing.

AUTUMN 1

Welcome back to Class 2. We hope you have a lovely holiday.

This half term we will be finding out about our new rules and routines. We will be talking about COVID 19 and how we can stay safe in school.

We will be revising some work from Year 1 to consolidate the learning that took place during Lockdown.

In English we will be writing in sentences and using capital letters and full stops.

In Maths we will be learning about the place value of numbers to 100. 

In Science our topic will be Animals including Humans. We will be finding out about how we can stay healthy and what we need to survive. We will also be looking at different lifecycles, including humans.

Our Geography topic will be called 'What a Wonderful World.' We will be finding out about the seven continents and the five oceans. We will be using maps and photographs to ask and answer geographical questions.