Term 2

Welcome to an overview of our Term 2 learning in Year Two!

Our subject Big Questions this term are:

Music: Can different instruments create different moods?

PE (Yoga): How can you control your focus?

PE (Gymnastics): How does speed improve sequences? 

Design Technology: Can the purpose of a recipe affect the type of ingredients you use?

History: Can one person change the world?

PSHE: Are surprises and secrets the same?

Religious Education: Do you only have to say thank you if you believe in God?

Science: What creates a healthy plant?  

English

To begin this term, we are continuing with the Gingerbread Man story and working to create our own version! We have made substitutions and developed vocabulary in preparation for planning and drafting our own version of the story. Since creating our own character similar to the Gingerbread Man, we also used paired improvisation to develop our characters - we worked in pairs to ask each other questions and responded in character. There were some great conversations! Exciting times ahead! 

Physical Education - Yoga

We have started Yoga this term in PE and we are really enjoying the start we've made! The children retrieved their knowledge of the starting position and starting the session with saying 'Namaste' including breathing exercises. Then the children practiced yoga poses and gave feedback to each other; the final step was to complete the poses in a sequence - this is called a 'flow'. Excellent technique on show! 

PSHE - Relationships

In PSHE, we have continued our concept of relationships and this term started looking at what we mean by bullying. We know that bullying can happen face-to-face and online. We also know that bullying can be physical, verbal and online too. The children discussed how we can identify bullying - this is when these acts of unkindness happen regularly, time and time again. We then thought of suggestions of what we could do if we saw bullying happening. The children explained it is really important to speak to the trusted adults we know about this right away. Really good discussions as a whole-class!