Welcome to our class page! My name is Ms Millward and I am the class teacher based in Curlews full time. Mrs White covers my planning time out of class on Wednesday mornings.

On this page, I will outline what our Autumn Term 2 curriculum looks like. If you have any questions about this or anything else, please do not hesitate to contact me; my door is always open. Otherwise, please email: admin@starcross-primary.devon.sch.uk

Key information

• PE days are Wednesday and Friday. Please come in wearing your PE kit.
• Reading needs to be completed and recorded in reading records at least 5 times a week and signed by an adult.
• Numberbots is to be completed at least three times a week.

Here is an example weekly timetable for Curlews. This term our topic is ‘History Makers’. We will be learning about who looked after Britian’s soldiers through key nursing figures such as Florence Nightingale.

Reading and Phonics
At our school, we use the Read Write Inc phonics programme to teach our children to read. At 9:10 am every day, the children move around the school to their phonics groups.

We ensure that children are placed in groups that match their abilities so that they feel confident to read the books that they take home. The children are assessed every half term to support their progression through the scheme. Once they have graduated the phonics programme they move onto comprehension lessons designed to continue to develop their reading and fluency skills as well as their comprehension

English

In English this term, we are learning how to write diaries. We are continuing to develop our sentence writing skills, ensuring every sentence has a capital letter, full stop and finger spaces. Towards Christmas, we will begin to explore some Christmas poetry.

Maths

This half term in Maths, our focus will be addition and subtraction, before moving onto shapes.  We use the White Rose Maths scheme for Maths lessons, as well as daily flashbacks to ensure that previous learning is embedded.

Science
This term in Science, Year 2 will exploring the needs of humans, such as exercise, hygiene and food.

Art
In Art, we will be focusing on collage. We will explore collage in the 17th century through artists such as Paul Klee. We will create our own collages using a mix of materials.

PE
Curlews PE day is Wednesday and Friday this term. During these sessions, we will be developing our gymnastics skills and playing a range of PE games.

RWE
In RW this half term, we will be continuing to explore the key question ‘What is the good news Christians say Jesus brings?’ We will investigate this question by studying parts of the Bible.

Computing
We are now using a programme called ‘Purple Mash’ to teach computing as well as enhance other subjects. This term our focus will be route explorers and online safety.

PSHE
In PSHE, we use the scheme Jigsaw. This half term, we will be looking at ‘Celebrating Differences.’ This will explore prejudice, discrimination and bullying.

Music
In Music, we will be rehearsing songs for our nativity performance, The Bethlehem Bake-Off.