Lakefield Church of England Primary and Nursery

Welcome to Class 2! The final year in the infants promises to be a busy one for the children with lots of fun and exciting things planned over the course of the year including the annual Christmas Nativity and Sports Day.

During the Autumn Term we will be learning all about the world with our Welcome to Planet Earth! topic. We will be focussing mainly on Geography, looking at the school and local area, before studying the UK and then the rest of the world using maps and aerial photos. We will be learning to read maps and name the continents and oceans as well as comparing the UK and its weather to contrasting countries. In Science we will be looking at the uses of everyday materials, exploring their properties and investigating their uses.

In the Spring term our first topic will be The Great Fire of London studying this important part of British History and looking at the diary of Samuel Pepys. In the second half of the term we will be studying all things chocolate with our Charlie and the Chocolate Factory topic. This will allow us to explore local history and the link with the Cadbury factory in the village as well as the waterways. We will be keeping the chocolate theme going through DT and English, studying Roald Dahl’s famous ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ book.

During the Summer Term we will finish the year with a Green Fingers topic, planting lots of seeds and bulbs and beginning to learn about how plants grow. We will be looking at traditional tales in English and studying famous artists in Art sessions.

Year Two Staff

Mrs Clements will be teaching Year 2 and Mrs Sprague and Mr Jones will be working with the class at different times through the week. Mrs Pearce will teach the class on Wednesday mornings, focussing on RE and Music with the children.