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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 Mills, Miss Andrews, Mrs Farley and Miss Rees-Peskett. 

To contact Miss Humphrey please email: mhumphrey@inspiream.org.uk

Topic Information

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.