Street Detectives 

Welcome to our Spring 2 class page! This half term, Year 2 are becoming Street Detectives, exploring our local area, uncovering clues from the past and solving mysteries through our learning.

 

✏️ English

We will be:

• Retelling The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson

• Exploring A Discovery Disappears by Pip Murphy

We will focus on:

• Story retelling

• Writing clear sentences

• Using adventurous vocabulary

• Creating our own mystery writing

We will also be working through the spelling rules for year 2. Home learning practice: https://www.spellingplay.co.uk/interactive-resources

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🔢 Maths

We are learning about multiplication and division.

Using the NCETM mastery approach

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, we will:

• Recognise and make equal groups

• Understand multiplication as repeated addition

• Learn the 2, 5 and 10 times tables

• Explore doubling and halving

• Understand the commutative law (e.g. 3 × 5 = 5 × 3)

We will use practical equipment, drawings and arrays to help us explain our thinking clearly.

Practise multiplication and division skills at home:

• Topmarks – Hit the Button
  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

• Times Tables Rock Stars (school login)

• BBC Bitesize KS1 Multiplication
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqbg87h

📚 History

This term we are learning about:

• Changes within living memory

• The lives of significant individuals

• Our local area and why it is important

We will explore Hertford Castle and discover why it is such a special place in our town.

We will also learn about Queen Elizabeth I, who spent much of her childhood at Hertford Castle.

By the end of the unit, we will create an informative leaflet explaining:

• How Hertford Castle was used in the past

• What it is used for today

🔬 Science – Animals Including Humans

We will learn:

• That animals (including humans) have offspring which grow into adults

• The basic needs for survival (water, food and air)

• The importance of exercise, healthy eating and hygiene

We will:

• Watch videos of animals growing and changing

• Explore how humans stay healthy

• Explain why exercise and hygiene are important