Mrs Bentzien
Summer Term Information 2026
Happy New Year!
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, PSHRE, Computing subject lead and KS1 Lead.
Here is our class timetable for Summer 2026
Homework
Homework is handed out every Friday and needs to be returned by the following Wednesday.
Mobberley Reading Journey – Our Favourite Five
This half term we will be enjoying The Invisible by Tom Percival, Meercat Mail by Emily Gravett, Sweep by Louise Greig, Silly Poems by Michael Rosen and Atlas of Adventures by Lucy Letherland.
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 make sure your child has their reading book and diary in their bag each day.
Once your child has completed the Little Wandle Reading spine, they will be moved onto Book Bands. Book Bands for Parents.
Little Wandle
During the Spring Term we continue learning rules for adding suffixes and prefixes in our daily phonics sessions.
Maths
Our focus this half term will be 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.
FOREST SCHOOL RETURNS
The children will be in the same groups as last term. The children who are not in forest school will be with me doing PE and D&T.
D&T – Structures
The children will be testing the strength of different materials and will be making a stable chair for Baby Bear.
Geography – The UK
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 – Seaside Holidays of the Past
The children will learn about seaside holidays in Victorian times. They will look at travel and transport and find out about seaside activities in the past. We will also compare our holidays to holidays of the past.
Science – 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.
Scientist Study: David Attenborough
Science Summer 2 – Animals including Humans
In this unit, Animals Including Humans, children will begin by looking at animal young and comparing them to their adults. They will look at how animals change as they grow up and be introduced to the life cycles of several varied common animals, including humans. They look in detail at how humans change as they grow older, drawing on their own observations. Children are introduced to the three basic needs of animals for survival (water, food and air). They will apply this knowledge, alongside research from secondary sources, to suggest ways to look after pets. The unit ends with children looking at healthy lifestyles, including the importance of exercise, healthy eating and hygiene. These healthy living lessons develop ‘working scientifically’ skills through investigating the impact of exercise on our bodies and how handwashing is essential for good hygiene.
Scientist Study: Louis Pasteur
Computing - Word Processing Skills
This half term the children will be working on producing a digital scrap book of our beach trip.
In this unit the children will learn which are the home row keys and how to find them for typing, how to use the spacebar and backspace correctly, to type and make simple alterations to text using buttons on a word processor, search for, import and alter appropriate images for a text document, modify text in a document and use copy and paste to copy text from one document to another.
As always, we will start this unit with a look at e-safety and develop the children’s understanding of what information is safe to be shared online.
Touch Typing
In this unit the children will begin to learn how to touch type and recognise some keyboard keys and shortcuts. We use BBC Dance Mat to strengthen our touch typing skills and increase our typing speed.
PE
The children will need to come to school wearing their full Mobberley PE kit on a Tuesday and Thursday this term.
Art
Art is taught on a Wednesday afternoon by Mrs Franklin.
Religious Education
RE is taught on a Wednesday afternoon by Mrs Franklin. The children will be learning about Christianity and the Bible.
Kapow PSHE
Kapow has 5 units of learning:
- 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
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.