Class Two
Class Two has children from Year One and Year Two and they follow the Key Stage One National Curriculum. Their class teacher is Miss Humphrey, and the wonderful teaching assistants are Miss Dodson, Mrs Atkinson and Mrs Farley.
To contact Miss Humphrey please email: mhumphrey@inspiream.org.uk
Topic Information
Experience 1 - Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Experience 2 - Fantastic Four Elms
Recommended Book Lists - Year 1 & 2
Recommended book lists Year 1 & 2
Year 1
Cinamon – Neil Gaiman
I can only draw words – Will Mabbitt
The very hungrey caterpillar – Eric Carle
Goodnight everyone – Chris Haughton
We’re going on a bear hunt – Michael Rosen
Peace at last – Jill Murphy
The bad tempered ladybird – Eric Carle
Funnybones – Allan Ahlberg
The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson
A Bear called Paddington – Michael Bond
A lion in the meadow – Margret Mahy
Cops and Robbers – Allan Ahlberg
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy – Julia Donaldson
Owl Babies – Martin Waddell
The Emperor of Absurdia – Chris Riddell
There are cats in this book – Viviane Schwarz
Mr Magnolia – Quentin Blake
Katie Morag’s Island stories – Mairi Hedderwick
My Friend Bear – Jez Alborough
Avocado baby – John Burningham
The Tiger who came to tea – Judith Kerr
Meg and Mog – Helen Nichol
Not now Bernard – David McKee
A Dark Dark Tale – Ruth Brown
Dogger – Shirley Hughes
I want my hat back – Jon Klassen
The Dark – Lemoney Snicket
You can’t take and Elephant on the bus – Patricia Cleveland – Peck
Penguin – Polly Dunbar
You choose – Pippa Goodhart
Stanley’s stick – Neale Layton and John Hegley
What to do if an elephant stands on your foot – Michelle Robinson
How to wash a wooley mamouth – Michelle Robinson
Dinosaurs in the supermarket – Timothy Knapman
The adventures of the dish and the spoon – Mini Grey
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
Experiences
There is no place like home
At the beginning of Term 3, Class Two enjoyed learning about habitats and what every habitat must include. They explored different habitats and which animals would be found in them, particularly in the woodland environment. To show their understanding, the children worked in small groups to plan a habitat for a woodland animal of their choice.
To finish the experience, we ventured to Seal to use their Forest School to build a habitat for a chosen woodland animal. They applied their creativity when utilising natural materials to create their habitat, ensuring it had shelter, space, food and water - the four basic needs of every animal.
