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We are a happy, family school with strong Christian values. We all work together to promote a love of learning where children succeed and reach their full potential. We hope you enjoy your visit.Hanley Swan Primary School is part of the Hanley and Upton Educational TrustClass 2
We worked together as a team to build a snowman!
We raised money for Children in Need
In English, we have been busy writing instructions on how to plant a tulip bulb.
We enjoyed a trip to the Storytelling Festival and even had our books signed by Jeanne Willis!
To introduce our new class story, we have been busy making our own pumpkin soup!
We enjoyed story time at Forest School with hot chocolate and marshmallows!
In Art, we have been exploring with different media to make autumnal pieces
In Science, we made our own paper boats to test whether paper is a waterproof material.
As part of our topic 'the history of Hanley Swan' we enjoyed a walk around the village. This will help us compare the village to how it used to be.
Welcome our newest member of Class 2 - Barnaby Bear!
Barnaby Bear is looking forward to going on holiday and spending the weekend with each pupil in Class 2. After your time with Barnaby, you will then be able to share with the rest of the class what he has been up to by looking through the photographs or drawings in his passport and reading your diary entries. This summer, Barnaby has already enjoyed soaking up the sun in Mykonos and playing on the beach in Crete! I wonder where his next adventure will be...
Welcome to a new academic year in Class 2
I hope everyone has had an enjoyable and restful summer spent with friends and family.
Mrs Jones, Miss Martin and I are thoroughly looking forward to a new term in Class 2.
For the first part of the term, we will be reading 'Little Red Riding Hood' to support our fluency in reading.
What will we be covering this term?
Year 2 English: Traditional tales and fables
Maths: Place value, addition and subtraction and shape
Science: Everyday materials and uses of materials
Geography: Sustainable Village
History: Hanley Swan
Computing: Data and pictograms
Art: Explore and draw!
DT: Structures - playgrounds
PE: Ball skills
PSHE: Being me in my world and celebrating differences
Music: Echoing actions to a beat, melody and musical conversations
French: French greetings and all about me
Thank you, as always, for your continued support towards your children and Hanley Swan.
Best wishes for the autumn term,
Miss Gill
Forest School Information 2024-2025
Some of the Year 1's enjoyed a walk to post their own postcards
In Year 2, we can identify the features used in instruction writing
At forest school, we had great fun labelling the different parts of bulbs and seeds. We even dissected a tulip in science!
In computing, we have been running a command on a device
Welcome to the Summer Term in Class 2
The children have enjoyed the first week back at school and are looking forward to another exciting term ahead.
For the first part of the term, we will be reading 'The Knight that Wouldn't Fight' by Helen Docherty to support our fluency in reading.
What will we be covering this term?
English: Writing a set of instructions and a recount
Maths: multiplication and division, fractions, time, money, statistics, position and direction
Science: Plants, living things and habitats
Geography: Continents
History: Castles
Computing: Robot and algorithms
Art: Being an architect
DT: Sewing and Joseph's coat of colours
PE: Cricket, target games and athletics
PSHE: Relationships and Changing Me
Music: Call and response
French: Numbers and colours
Thank you, as always, for your continued support towards your children and Hanley Swan.
Best wishes for summer term,
Miss Gill
In Maths, we explored different ways of measuring volume and capacity
We made our own moving pictures of Amelia Earhart in DT
For National Science Day, we explored how polar bears stay warm in icy waters
Welcome to the Spring Term in Class 2
It has been lovely getting back to school after a restful Christmas break and hearing all about what the children have got up to during the holidays.
The first part of the term, in Year 2 we will be reading 'This is How we do it' by Matt Lamothe to support our non-fiction letter writing. We will use this book to make comparisons between our school day and the children in Italy, Iran, Peru, Uganda, Russia, Japan and India. The children will have opportunity to write their own letter to a pen pal at our link school in Maweni, Tanzania to tell them all about themselves.
We will also be reading a Little People, BIG DREAMS book all about Amelia Earhart in our History lessons to discover more about the first female aviator to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and her legacy!
What will we be covering this term?
English: 'This is How we do it' - non-fiction letter writing
'The Building Boy' - non-fiction adventure
'The Crow's Tale' - narrative fable
Hibernation - non-fiction non chronological report
Maths: Money, multiplication and division, length and height, mass and capacity
Science: Uses of materials and animals
Geography: The United Kingdom
History: Amelia Earhart
Computing: Painting and photography
Art: Exploring watercolours
DT: Moving pictures
PE: Gymnastics and multi-skills
PSHE: Dreams and goals and Health
Music: Football song
French: Numbers
Thank you, as always, for your continued support towards your children and Hanley Swan.
Best wishes for the new year,
Miss Gill
Please see the Class 2 2023-2024 letter below for information on staffing, expectations, forest school, PE and the teaching of Year 1 and 2
2023-2024
Class 2 have enjoyed exploring old and new toys as part of our history topic
