Green Dragon Primary School

Science

We will know:

• that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited

We will be able to:

• describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and how they depend on each other explore
• compare differences between things that are living, dead and things that have never been alive
• identify and name a variety of animals in their habitats, including microhabitats
• describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain
• identify and name different sources of food

Geography

We will know:

• the location of the North Pole and South Pole, and the equator

We will be able to:

• make comparisons between hot and cold places around the world
• describe the impact of weather and seasons on plants and animals
• recognise and talk about key physical features, especially in our local area, the Forest of Dean and the Serengeti: forests, mountains, valleys, soil

Computing

We will be able to:

• create digital music.

PSHE

Our new puzzle piece is ‘Healthy Me’

• To be able to use 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
• To measure in metres and centimetres, grams and kilograms and millilitres and litres; to be able to compare; to be able to answer word problems involving these.

We will be enjoying lots of books including Hamza’s Wild World and Wild.

Some areas of grammar and punctuation we’ll be learning include:

• idenitfying coordinating conjunctions and writing them in our own sentences: and, or, but
• idenitfying subordinating conjunctions and writing them in our own sentences: when, if, that, because
• identifying and writing prepositions of time, place and movement

We use a knowledge organiser for every project in every year group. It is a helpful way for children and families to see the key knowledge that children will learn. This key knowledge helps the children ask more questions and then find out more information.

It would be helpful to talk with your child about this knowledge organiser. As the project develops, they will be able to share more knowledge. Thank you!

PE Kits:

School PE uniform is black shorts (or tracksuit bottoms) with a white t-shirt and trainers. All children will come to school wearing PE kit on their PE days.

Year 2 PE days are: Tuesdays and Fridays.  

Year 2 Home Learning

• Daily reading – new books will be sent home weekly and should be brought into school every day.
• A weekly activity based on the classroom learning - sent out via email or paper copy
• Half-termly project activities - sent out via email or paper copy

Dates

• Monday 24^th February – Entry Point – Art Day (painting habitats).
• Friday 7^th March – Green Dragon World Book Day
• Wednesday 23^rd April: Class Photo Day
• Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th March: Open Evenings for all children
• ZooLab visit to school: children will learn about (and hold if they wish) a variety of animals
• Friday 4^th April: break up for the Easter holidays

Can you help?!

If you have any information (stories, photos, experiences, artefacts etc) from the regions on our knowledge organiser, then please contact your class teacher: sphinx@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk

PHONICS (READING AND SPELLING)

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR PHONICS AND READING WEBPAGE

At Green Dragon Primary School, we believe that all our children can become fluent readers and writers. This is why we teach reading through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised, which is a systematic and synthetic phonics (SSP) programme. We start teaching phonics in Reception and follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised progression, which ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, mastering phonics to read and spell as they move through school.

As a result, all our children are able to tackle any unfamiliar words as they read. At Green Dragon Primary School we also model the application of the alphabetic code through phonics in shared reading and writing, both inside and outside of the phonics lesson and across the curriculum. We have a strong focus on language development for our children because we know that speaking and listening are crucial skills for reading and writing in all subjects.

Here is the link to the 'For Parents' section of the Little Wandle website. https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

The resources on this page will help you support your child with saying their phonemes (sounds) and writing their graphemes (letters). There are also useful videos so you can see how your child is taught at school, to be able to confidently support their reading at home. 

There are two main ways to talk with your child’s teacher.

You can talk at the start or end of the day – remember that teachers have more time at the end of the day!

Alternatively, teachers check the year group email every day so you can contact them here:  sphinx@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk

Teachers will respond between the hours of 8:00 and 4:00pm.