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Year 2 - Dragonfiles
Year 2 Dragonflies
Welcome to Dragonflies class page!
Our Class Teacher is Miss Nevison - lnevison@inspiream.org.uk
Mrs Hart is our Teaching Assistant.
Forest School is on a Thursday afternoon. Children should bring in their Forest School kit every Thursday.
PE is on a Tuesday. Children should come into school dressed in their PE kit.
What are we learning this term?
Main Experiences
The Circle of Life
In Year 2, our experience has focussed on the Circle of Life, where children explored the connections between living things. We have learnt about food chains, discovering how predators and prey depend on one another for survival. Through exciting discussions, activities, and research, the children developed a deeper understanding of how animals and plants are linked in nature. To showcase their learning, each child will create an informative fact file about a chosen farm animal, demonstrating their knowledge of its role within the food chain and its importance in the wider ecosystem.
Hook: To launch our Circle of Life experience, Mrs Spellman brought in a chicken from the farm, which immediately captured the children’s curiosity. The chicken became the perfect hook to explore how animals fit into food chains. Together, we discussed what chickens eat, who might eat , and where they belong as consumers. Year 2 loved having a real-life connection to their learning and it helped them understand producers, consumers, predators, and prey in a memorable way.
How can you support at home?
Please talk to your child about their learning. Key knowledge that the children need to know is detailed on their launch pages.
Encourage your children to read at home regularly and model reading to them too. Discuss what your child is reading and find out about their reading habits - what do they like and dislike?
Continue to practice phonics sounds with your child, especially when writing.
Recommended book list - Year 2
Salty dogs – Matty Long
Don’t look in this book - Samuel Langley-Swain
Gorilla – Anthony Browne
Dr Xargle’s book of Earthlets – Jeanne Willis
The legend of Spud Murphy – Eoin Colfer
Mr Majeika – Humphrey Carpenter
Jinnie Ghost – Berlie Doherty
I was a Rat; or the Scarlett Slippers – Phillip Pullman
The day the Crayons Quit – Drew Daywalt
Tuesday – David Wiesner
Beaver Towers – Nigel Hinton
A royal lullabyhullabaloo – Mick Inkpen
Triangle – Mac Barnett
Fungus and the Bogeyman – Raymond Briggs
Mr Wobble and the Waitress – Allan Ahberg
The Adventures of Captain Underpants – Dav Pilkey
The Dunderheads – Paul Fleischman
The man whose mother was a Pirate – Margret Mahy
Pirate School: Just a bit of wind – Jeremy Strong
The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me – Roald Dahl
Mog Time Treasury: Six stories about Mog the Forgetful Cat – Judith Kerr
Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed – Michael Rosen
Mr Wolf’s Pancakes – Jan Fearnley
Gobbolino the Witches Cat – Ursula Williams
The Enchanted Wood – Enid Blyton
Clarice Bean, That’s me – Lauren Child
The Story of Babar – Jean de Brunhoff
Nim’s Island – Wendy Orr
Fluff the Farting Fish – Michael Rosen
The Tear Fish – Carol Ann Duffy
How to live forever – Colin Thompson
Press Here – Herve Tullett
The Penderwicks – Jeanne Birdsall
The Dragonsitter – Josh Lacey
Learning Experiences 2023-2024
Harmonious Harvest
In this experience our key concept is performance. We will be building upon our learning in Year 1 and will be focusing on pitch, dynamics, duration, rhythm and tone. We will experiment with these concepts on different instruments. Our outcome is to perform using what we have learnt at our Harvest Festival.
There's no place like home
In this science experience, the children will be creating habitats for local wildlife within forest school. We will need to learn about the needs of different wildlife, in order to provide a perfect habitat for them to live in.
Motion and Motive
In this experience, we are focusing on the sculpture work of Alexander Calder. We will be learning about how to manipulate and join wire. We will also learn to draw and cut shapes accurately. Once we have learnt these skills, we will use them together in order to create our own sculptures in the style of Calder.
