Koalas

Welcome to Koalas!

Class Teacher: Mrs Curran

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Hunter

Student Teacher: Mr Slater

Parent/Carer Information Morning

Weekly Updates

Welcome to Year 2

General Information

This half term, our topic is 'Nurturing Nature'. In Geography, we will be comparing and understanding the differences in climate of Harrogate and India, as well as comparing and understanding the differences in the way of life and culture for people in Harrogate and an Indian village. In science we will be observing plants and trees, planting seeds and bulbs and doing a comparative test to understand what plants need to germinate and grow. In RE we will be learning about Islam. We will be finding out about Muslim celebrations and thinking about the religious meanings behind Muslim stories.

Spellings

We aim to practice a range of spellings from the year 1/2 common exception word list twice a week to support the children within their writing. Every 2 weeks, we have a spelling test. The next spelling test is on Tuesday 6th May

Please spend time with your child to learn the following words:

most, move, Mr, Mrs, old, only, parents, pass

Home Readers

When you read with your child at home, please write a comment to that effect (or just your initials) in the school planner. Please try and read with your child each day, even if it’s only a couple of pages or for a few minutes, every little helps. We will aim to read with your child at least once a week in school. If your child needs a new book during the week, they can pass their book and planner to Mrs Hunter who will change it for them.

P.E. Days

Koalas will be doing PE on a Thursday.

Please ensure your child comes dressed in their PE kits every Thursday, with any earrings taken out and hair tied back.

Show and Tell

Children are welcome to bring in an interesting item for show and tell on the following Fridays for this term:

Echidnas : 25/4/25 & 6/6/25

Emus : 2/5/25 & 13/6/25

Wombats : 9/5/25 & 20/6/25

Kookaburras : 16/5/25 & 27/6/25

Kangaroos : 23/5/25 & 4/7/25

Exciting Learning Websites

Below are some exciting websites where you can practise your writing and maths skills.

Karate Cats A fun game where you can practise spelling, punctuation and grammar skills.

Small Town Superheroes An exciting game where you can practise spelling, punctuation and grammar skills.

White Rose 1 minute maths A fun app where you have 1 minute to answer a variety of questions on the four operations.

Topmarks An exciting website with games to practise all areas of maths.

ICT Games An exciting website with games to practise maths and English skills.

Karate Cats Maths Improve your maths skills with the Karate Cats. Test times tables, division, shapes, fractions, addition, subtraction and more!

Planetarium

DT

Pizza making in Design Technology.

PE

We've been practising dynamic balance in PE, a lot of skill involved!

Computing

In computing, we've been interpreting data and the creating a pictogram online.

Maths

In maths, we've been playing lots of games to learn about money.

Art

The Koalas finished off their amazing clay model animals by painting and glazing them.

Maths Rocks

We had an awesome day with Rock kids Uk! Koalas also practised their times tables alongside lots of jumping and dancing!

PE

In PE Koalas have been working on their dynamic balance, with the challenges getting more tricky each week!

Hepworth Gallery

We had a great day at Hepworth Gallery. We took part in an artist lead workshop in the morning, where we created sculpture designs out of natural pieces. We then created our own clay sculptures based on what we had seen so far in the Gallery. After lunch, we found our favourite pieces in the Gallery and sketched in our art books before finally having a wander around the gallery gardens.

Enchantica Elf Village

We had a great time at the Elf Village, learning all about recycling at Christmas.

Design Technology

The children had great fun designing, making and evaluating their wind up toys.

Unity Day- Brilliant Brains

Science

In science, we've been learning all about materials, working out which one would make the best umbrella for Ted, and experimenting to see which materials can be bent, stretched, twisted and squashed.

Maths Week

Structures Day

Autumn 1

The Koalas have enjoyed creating a healthy eating plate after learning about a balanced diet in our science lessons this half term. They have created some fantastic writing based on Incredible You and The Day the Crayons Quit in English lessons. In Maths we have been working on addition including number bonds to 10. When the weather has been kind to us, we’ve managed to get outside to practice hopping, balancing and different kinds of movements outside for PE. We loved learning about how to say hello and goodbye in different languages during languages week too. I think you’ll agree that our portraits based on the style of Romero Britto are coming along nicely and the end results are looking fantastic!