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Our English focus for the term will be:
This term, our first focus book is 'Old Bear' by Jane Hissey. This is a a beautiful story with a powerful message. When Old Bear gets lost up the attic, it is up to his friends to rescue him...
After half term, our second focus book will be 'Rapunzel' by Beth Woolvin. This is a twist on a classic, full of adventure, bravery and a cunning plan to match...
Our Maths focus for the term:
ClassDojo
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Our English focus for the term will be:
This term, our focus book is 'A River by Marc Martin'. This is a beautiful geographical story with lush landscapes and poetic text from an award-winning Australian illustrator.
After half term, our second focus book will be 'The Night Gardener' by The Fan Brothers. This is a twist on a classic, full of adventure, bravery and a cunning plan to match...
Our Maths focus for the term:
ClassDojo
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Our English focus for the term will be:
This term, our first focus book is 'Hermelin' by Mini Grey. Hermelin is a noticer. He is also a finder. The occupants of Offley Street are delighted when their missing items are found, but not so happy to learn that their brilliant detective is a mouse! What will happen to Hermelin? Will his talents go unrewarded?
After half term, our second focus book will be 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak. One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief - so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his supper. That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room, an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are... Max tames the wild things and crowns himself as their king, and then the wild rumpus begins!
Our Maths focus for the term:
ClassDojo
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Our English focus for the term will be:
This term, our focus book is 'Bog Baby' by Jeanne Willis. When two small sisters go fishing to the magic pond, they find something much better than a frog or a newt. They find a bog baby....
After half term, our second and third focus books will be 'Cyril The Lonely Cloud' by Tim Hopgood & 'Jack and the Baked Beanstalk' by Colin Stimpson.
- It is sad but true that no one is ever pleased to see Cyril the cloud. He's always being blamed for ruining everyone's fun: casting shadows over everywhere he goes, and making things look dull and miserable.
- When the flyover threatens their café, Jack's mother sends him to buy the best coffee beans to attract new customers, but he buys baked beans instead. His mother throws them out, yet after climbing the resulting beanstalk, he finds a giant whose cooking skills save the business...
Our Maths focus for the term:
ClassDojo
Please use our Year 2 ClassDojo page to access information around P.E. days, events, STOP days etc...
Our English focus for the term will be:
This term, our first focus book is 'The Secret of Black Rock' by Joe Todd-Stanton. Erin loves to lie on the jetty, looking for the weirdest fish in the sea the weirder, the better! And she knows the best ones must be further out, where her mum won't let her go... Out there in the deepest sea lies the Black Rock: a huge, dark and spiky mass that is said to destroy any boats that come near it! Can Erin uncover the truth behind this mysterious legend?
After half term, our second focus book will be 'The Last Wolf' by Mini Grey. But the woods aren't all they seem - and are there even any wolves left? Can Little Red help her new friends in need and recover the wild days of the past?
Our Maths focus for the term:
ClassDojo
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Our English focus for the term will be:
This term, our focus book is 'Grandad's Island' by Benji Davies. With subtlety and grace, Benji Davies paints a poignant and ultimately uplifting picture of loss. At the bottom of Syd’s garden, through the gate and past the tree, is Grandad’s house. Syd can let himself in any time he likes. But one day when Syd comes to call, Grandad isn’t in any of the usual places...
After half term, our second focus book will be 'Rosie Revere, Engineer' by Andrea Beaty. Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her Great, Great Aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal--to fly--Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt's dream come true...
Our Maths focus for the term:
ClassDojo
Please use our Year 2 ClassDojo page to access information around P.E. days, events, STOP days etc...