We are looking forward to another exciting and prosperous term in Class 2. 

In Year 2 English lessons we are going to be learning about writing non-fiction information texts. We will be reading Seasons by Hannah Pang to support our learning. 

What will we be covering this term?

Year 2 English:  Information writing and poetry 

Year 1 Maths:    Place value, addition & subtraction, length & height, mass & volume 

Year 2 Maths:     Money, multiplication and division, length & height, mass, capacity and temperature 

Science:             Seasonal changes spring & summer and plants 

Geography:       London 

History:             Florence Nightingale 

Computing:      Writing and music 

Art:                    Explore the world through mono print 

DT:                    Mechanisms - vehicle 

PE:                     Gymnastics and fitness

PSHE:                Dreams & goals and healthy me 

Music:               Granma rap and Charlie Chaplin 

French:              Food     

Thank you, as always, for your continued support towards your children and Hanley Swan. 

Best wishes for the spring term, 

Miss Gill 

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 

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 

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