Mrs Bentzien
Summer Term Information 2025
My name is Mrs Bentzien and I am the year 2 class teacher. I am also the school SENDco (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator), Senior Mental Health Lead, Computing subject lead and KS1 lead.
Mrs Franklin teaches Art and Religious Education on Monday and Wednesday afternoon (during my allocated SENDco time and SLT time).
Here is our class timetable for Summer 2025
Homework
Homework is handed out every Friday and needs to be returned by the following Wednesday.
Mobberley Reading Journey – Our Favourite Five
Summer 1 – This half term we will be enjoying, Clean Up by Nathon Bryon, The World Needs Who You Were Made To Be by Joanna Gaines, Rosie Revere Engineer by Andrea Beaty, Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty and The Something by Rebecca Cobb.
Shared Reading
Summer 1 The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton
This half term we will be reading The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton. The children will take part in daily shared reading activities to develop their comprehension, prediction and inference skills.
English
Summer 1 Stimulus Text: Seahorse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea, by Christine Butterworth
Our writing focus will be information texts. The children will be learning about the features of information texts and learning all about different seahorses. They will produce a non-fiction text about seahorses, including information about their habitats, diet, babies and body parts.
Summer 2 Stimulus Text: Dougal’s Deep Sea Diary, by Simon Bartram
Our writing focus will be real and fictional recounts. The children will be learning about the features of recounts and writing a real recount of our beach trip as well as fictional recounts based on different texts.
SPaG – we will continue to revisit different word classes including nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions and time connectives. We will review the rules for adding different prefixes and suffixes. The children will continue to learn the contracted form in the words, didn’t, couldn’t, wouldn’t, shouldn’t, isn’t.
Reading at Home – Please see information regarding Book Bands. Once your child has completed the Little Wandle Reading spine, they will be moved onto Book Bands. Book Bands for Parents
Maths
Our focus this half term will be Data, Fractions and Time. The children will be learning how to find fractions of shapes and amounts. We will continue to consolidate their understanding of telling the time and measuring length, height, weight, capacity and temperature. In our maths reasoning sessions the children will work on finding the most efficient way to solve one and two step word problems.
The children will also work on data handling using tally and block charts as well as pictograms.
Geography – The UK
The children will learn about the countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom. They will use atlases and google maps to locate different landmarks in the UK.
Beside the Seaside
This half term our focus will be geography and looking at coastal environments. The children will be going on a beach trip this half term, where they will study the physical and human features of the area and find out about the plant and animal life in coastal environments.
History
This half term the children will learn about seaside holidays of the past. They will learn why seaside holidays were so popular and how innovations in transport allowed more people to enjoy seaside holidays.
They will look at photographs and compare seaside holidays then and now.
Science 
Plants
This half term we will be learning about the parts of plants, different plant habitats, seed dispersal and the life cycles of plants.
The children will design and carry out a fair test to find out what plants need to grow well.
The Environment
This half term we will be finding out about ways to help the environment by reducing, reusing and recycling. They will learn about sustainable energy and ways to conserve energy and water. The children will take part in comparative and observational experiments and they will also gather and record data.
This half term we will be finding out about ways to help the environment by reducing, reusing and recycling. They will learn about sustainable energy and ways to conserve energy and water. The children will take part in comparative and observational experiments and they will also gather and record data.
Computing
What is a Computer?
In the unit, the children will learn about inputs and outputs and develop their understanding of how computers work in the wider world.
Kapow PSHE
At Mobberley C of E Primary School, we follow the Kapow Curriculum for RSE and PSHE.
Lessons are categorised into five key areas over the year. These are revisited in each year group.
- Family and Relationships
- Health and Wellbeing
- Safety and the Changing Body
- Citizenship
- Economic wellbeing
Family and Relationships
Learning how to form respectful relationships with others, deal with conflict and bullying and the importance of challenging stereotypes.
Health and Wellbeing
Learning strategies for looking after their mental and physical health, including: healthy eating, relaxation techniques, sun safety, immunisation facts and the benefits of sleep.
Safety and the Changing Body
Learning how to administer first aid in a variety of situations and about safety around medicines, online and road safety and the changes which occur during puberty.
Citizenship
Learning about human rights and the rights of the child, democracy, diversity and community and protecting the environment.
Economic Wellbeing
Learning how to make decisions when it comes to spending, budgeting and savi
PE
The children will need to come to school wearing their full Mobberley PE kit on a Thursday and Friday this term.
Art
Art is taught on a Tuesday afternoon by Mrs Franklin.
Religious Education
RE is taught on a Monday afternoon by Mrs Franklin. The children will be learning about Easter and Salvation.
My Happy Mind
We will continue to use My Happy Mind to help children develop their awareness of their own strengths and wellbeing.
My Happy Mind is taught across five modules and each introduces a new set of content and habits to help children build resilience, self-esteem and confidence.
Meet Your Brain
Understanding how your brain works and how to ensure we look after it so that we can manage our emotions and be at our best. Growth mindset is a key part of this too.
Celebrate
Understanding your unique character strengths and learning to celebrate them. This is a fantastic module for building self esteem.
Appreciate
Understanding why gratitude matters and how you can develop gratitude as a habit. Gratitude is key to well-being and resilience and we’re all about making it a habit!
Relate
Understanding why positive relationships matter and how to build them. We’re focussed on the building blocks of good relationships and friendships.
Engage
Understanding how to set meaningful goals that matter and how to keep resilient in times of challenge. This module is all about building self esteem and resilience too.
Maths Game Links
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