Year 2

This term is all about, 'The Living Rainforest'

We have an exciting month of learning all about tropical rainforests, where they can be located and the animal and plantlife that can be found in them.

In Maths, we will be learning we will be re-visiting and embedding multiplication and division; learning how to use grouping and arrays to help us solve related problems. We will also be learning about lines of symmetry, 2D and 3D shapes and money.

In English, we will  be reading the texts: The Rainforest Grew All Around, The Great Green Forest and The Great Kapok Tree to inspire our own poetry, letter and story writing. We will be learning about different types of sentences including: statements, commands and question sentences.

In Science, we will be investigating facts about the rainforest, how animals and plants adapt to their surroundings and will be creating our own investigation, answering the  question; ‘What rots?

In Art we will be looking at the artwork of Megan Coyle, Sue Coccia and Henri Matisse.  We will be learning how to collage using cutting, tearing, layering and arranging. 

We will also be sharing our learning and performing in our Class Assemblies:

Thursday 15th January 2026 - Tawny Owls 
Thursday 22nd January 2026- Barn Owls 
Thursday 29th January 2026- Snowy Owls