Year 2 Curriculum – Summer 2, 2022

Thursday 9th June 2022

Dear Parents and Carers of Year 2 pupils,

RE: Year 2 Curriculum – Summer 2, 2022

Welcome back to school. We hope that you have all had a wonderful half term! We’re happy to be back and looking forward to a busy final term. Our learning journey topic this term is ‘Near and Far’, a geography focus, where the children will be investigating two contrasting localities: London and Nairobi in Kenya. We will be going on two trips during the summer term: a local trip to The Horniman Gardens to inspire the children’s writing and a geography fieldwork trip to The Southbank. More details to follow about these two trips. We have attached the mind map, key vocabulary and a home learning project for this topic.

Year 2 home learning project for ‘Near and Far’

Children can choose to do one or both of the homework project activities: there is a geography project on a journey around Kenya and an art project of making a safari in a shoebox. More details are attached to this letter. If you need any resources printing, please let your child’s teacher know.

Homework projects need to be completed and brought into school by Friday 15^th July.

Staff changes

Miss Theobalds left Kelvin Grove at the end of last half term so Miss Drewe will be returning to teach in Saffron on Thursdays and Fridays.

Reading

We really appreciate your continued support with children’s reading at home. Reading at home with your child every day will enable them to make as much progress as possible before the end of Year 2. Children need to continue to bring their book bags to school every day. The adults in each class will change your child’s book with their reading band level on Thursday or Friday.

PE – Mondays

Please send your child to school wearing their PE kit every Monday. School PE kit consists of trainers or plimsoles, plain black or grey shorts/trousers, a white T-shirt and their red school jumper.

Dates for the Summer Term:

Friday 10^th June: Own clothes for Summer Fair (bring a prize donation)
Wednesday 15^th June: Year 2 walk to Horniman Gardens
Friday 24^th June: KG Summer Fair from 3pm
Monday 27^th June: Year 2 trip to The Southbank for geography fieldwork (parent helpers needed).
Friday 1^st July: Bank holiday in lieu- school closed
Wednesday 8^th July PM: Year 2 Sports Day (children wear PE kit)
Monday 18^th July: Reports sent home
Thursday 21^st July: Last day of summer term