Mrs Bentzien
Autumn 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, PSHRE, Computing subject lead and KS1 Lead.
Here is our class timetable for Autumn 2025
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.
Autumn Stimulus Text 1 – The Little Green Dinosaur
Using Pie Corbett strategies for Talk4Writing, the children will learn and recite the story of the Little Green Dinosaur.
They will rewrite the story focusing on time connectives and adjectives.
Autumn Stimulus Text 2: Look Up! by Nathan Byron.
Our writing focus will be information texts and fictional recounts. The children will learn the features of information texts before researching Mae Jemmison and producing an information report about her life and achievements. The children will also learn how to write in role as the character Rocket. They will produce a fictional recount of her day using the story as a guide.
SPaG – The children will be focusing on using different word classes including nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions and time connectives in their creative writing.
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 Autumn Term we recap all of the Phase 5 sounds and spellings in our daily phonics sessions.
Maths
Our focus this half term will be Place Value and then Addition and Subtraction. We will consolidate prior learning by revisiting place value at the start of the term. The children will use tens and ones frames, Base 10 equipment, part whole models and tens frames to make, order and compare different 2 digit numbers. The children will use < > and = to compare different numbers. We will then work on different strategies for addition and subtraction.
Autumn 1 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.
Autumn 2 History – The Gunpowder Plot
This half term our focus will be history. The children will learn about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. They will create a timeline of events, take part in drama activities and write letters in role.
Science Materials
This half term we will be learning about materials and their properties. The children will sort and classify materials by their properties, they will describe different materials and sort man-made and natural materials. The children will take part in a comparative experiment to find out which materials would work best for a rain coat.
Scientist Study: The children will find out about Charles Macintosh and John McAdam.
Computing
Programming – Scratch Jr.
This half term the children will be learning what the blocks on Scratch Jr do and will be using them to write code to create different short animations. The first will be an animation of an animal moving, the second will be two characters retelling a joke and the final project will be creating a short animation of a familiar fairy tale.
PE, D&T & Forest School
The children will need to come to school wearing their full Mobberley PE kit on a Tuesday and Thursday this term.
The class will be split in to Group A and Group B on a Tuesday afternoon. Half of the class will remain in class and take part in PE and D&T sessions with me (Mrs Bentzien), while the other half attend Forest School with Mrs Barker. Then, after half term the groups will change over. This ensures ALL children complete Forest School, D&T and PE units of learning.
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.