Summer Term 2025

We're back Penguins! I hope you had a great Easter break. We have lots of exciting things planned this half term. 

Our school value focus this half term is 'Friendship' so alongside our PSHE unit about learning ways to be a good friend, we will start with writing friendship poems in English based on recipes. After our poetry unit, we will be writing a 'Rags to Riches' narrative story about friendship, using 'The Spider' as our text. 

Music also links to our theme of friendship this half term, as we are learning to sing and play tuned instruments to the 'Friendship song'. We will also be listening and appraising other songs including; 

• Count on me by Bruno Mars

• We Go Together (from Grease soundtrack)

• You Give A Little Love from Bugsy Malone

• That's What Friends Are For by Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Dionne

           Warwick with Elton John

• You've Got A Friend In Me by Randy Newman

We are continuing with our Maths learning of measurements; capacity and temperature.  We will be reading lots of scales and doing lots of practical learning. After this, we are moving on to fractions using the White Rose Scheme.   

In Science, we are learning about the life cycle of humans and how we change as we grow up. We be looking at how to stay healthy including learning about healthy eating, basic hygiene and how health care professionals can help us. In our classroom we have a Health Care Centre role play area, where children can use their science knowlege. 

Our PE and History learning both link to keeping healthy this term too- In PE we learning football skills with Coach Tom every Wednesday and on Tuesday's we will be practising those skills in our second PE lesson so please ensure you have your PE kit on! In History, we will be learning about the childhood and football career of Walter Tull, what happened to him when he fought in World War I and why he was different from most people of his time. We will be comparing his experiences to issues and people still relevant today including the double Olympian gold medalist boxer, Nicola Adams.

We are continuing with our Let's Grow sessions with Katie this term on Tuesday afternoons. We will be re-planting the flower beds around school, tidying up the forest area and hopefully we will be able to harvest and taste some of the fruits and vegetables we planted in the Autumn term. 

This term, in RE, we will be learning about Judaism, focusing on Jewish beliefs about God through stories from the Torah, learning about the way Jewish people live their lives and their daily practices. 

If you have any questions, speak to a member of our team at the school gate at the end of the day or you can make an appointment through the office.

Mrs Green, Miss Page, Mrs Fall and Mrs Nelson

Spring Term 2025

Happy New Year Penguins!

What a busy but fantastic Autumn term we had! Spring term 2025 is going to be a super time in Penguins because we have lots of exciting things planned. Our topic this term is Australia. We will be learning about Australia in our Geography lessons, experiencing some of the Australian culture in Cultural Day this term and comparing the things we have learnt about Australia to our own experiences in the UK.

In English, we will be starting with our non-fiction unit, a non-chronological report- ‘The Rainbow Dragon’. We will then use the structure of this text to help us to create our own non-chronological reports about the vibrant and colourful species of sea creatures living in The Great Barrier reef. Following this, we will be learning the story of ‘The Rainbow Fish’ and writing our own stories about a marine creature.

Linking to our learning, we are also hoping to hear from Miss Hook who will be keeping in touch with us whilst on her travels around Australia this term. We wish her luck and can’t wait to see some real-life photographs to help us with our learning!

In Science, we will be learning about the things animals and humans need to survive, including water, food, air, exercise and hygiene. We will be looking at how different species change as they grow into adults and learning about food groups and their purpose for our growth as healthy humans.

In RE, we will be learning, re-telling, acting and listening to Christian stories and parables from the Bible (including, The story of creation, The Good Samaritan, The parable of the Mustard seed and The lost son). We will be thinking about how the stories of the bible help Christians live a moral lifestyle which will link to our school value of respect and our kindness challenges this term.  

In Maths, following the White Rose curriculum, we will start with a focus on Money then moving on to our unit on Multiplication and division.

Our PE days will be Tuesday and Wednesday (with the sports coach) this term so please come to school in your PE kits on those days. Our learning will be based on floor gymnastic skills.

Miss Page will continue to change your school reading books on a Thursday so please make sure your book bags are in school on this day. Please make sure you record in your child’s reading diary when they have read at home, so they can get their reading reward! Your child also has a TTRS log in so they can practise their times tables at home. Your child should know their 2, 5 and 10 times tables and this term we are learning the 3 times table.

Now that the weather is wetter- please don't forget you will need a pair of plimsolls in school so we can change out of muddy/wet shoes when using our outdoor learning areas and playtimes. This will really help to keep the classroom safe and clean. 

If you have any questions or need to speak to us, please catch us at the end of the school day or make an appointment by phoning the school office.

Mrs Green, Miss Page, Mrs Fall and Mrs Nelson

Autumn Term 2024

Hello Penguins!

Welcome to Year 2! We have lots of exciting learning planned and I know we are going to have a super year together! 

To start our learning this year in English, we will be writing our own ‘Beat the monster’ narratives- based on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We will then design and make our own traps in the forest area and write instructions to help Jack solve his GIANT problem!

We will be learning about plants in Science and continuing with your ‘Let’s Grow’ sessions with Katie in the school allotments. In Science lessons, we will be learning about the things that plants need to be able to grow healthily. We will be growing our own beanstalks and testing cress to see if the different conditions they are grown in effect the way they grow by observing their size, colour and other visual changes.

In RE, we will be learning about Islam. We will learn about the 5 pillars- the five most important duties of Muslims and what the Qu-ran says about how Muslims should live their lives.

Geography will be taught by Miss Hook on a Tuesday. You will be building on your learning from Year 1, locating the continents and oceans of the world, learning about the countries and capital cities of the UK and you will find out lots of interesting facts about the United Kingdom including native plants, animals, landmarks and geographical features.

In Maths, following the White Rose Maths curriculum, we will start with a focus on the Place Value of numbers to 100 and using our knowledge of number to order, compare and then add and subtract 2-digit numbers.

Our PE days will be Tuesday and Wednesday (with the sports coach) this term so please come to school in your PE kits on those days. We will be learning a new sport – Lacrosse- this term!

I love to read and I can’t wait to share some of my favourite stories with you in class! Reading is so important- it helps your creativity and imagination grow, expands your vocabulary and will really help to improve your writing. By the end of the first week, you will have a home reading book. I would like you to read at least 2 times a week for 10-15 minutes. Record what you are reading each time on the reading record (it doesn’t have to be your school reading book). You can include any books you have read at home; a bedtime story to a brother or sister, a magazine or even a recipe! Your school reading books will be changed on a Friday this term, please make sure your book bags are in school on this day. We will also be sending home a list of your school log-ins- so you can use the TTRS app and then later on, the Spelling Shed app at home – there will be rewards for the effort you put into your home learning too 😊

If you have any questions or need to speak to us, please catch us at the end of the school day or make an appointment by phoning the school office.

Mrs Green, Miss Page, Mrs Fall and Miss Hook (every Tuesday)