Welcome to Year 2!

Each week we'll be keeping you up to date with our weekly blog. In addition to this, please read our half-termly curriculum map to find out what will be happening in Year 2. 

Important information

PE - Monday and Tuesday. Please come to school in your PE kit on these days and these days only. 

Books - Change books on Friday. Your child will come home with a new reading book linked to their phonics sessions that week and a library book every Friday. We will also set an e-book on Oxford Owl. Please read these too, but there is no expectation to complete the quizzes. Please make sure you have been reading at home at least three times a week. Please record any reading you have done in your reading diary. Your reading diary must always be in your book bag so that we can read with you in school. 

Spellings/RWI - New spellings will be sent home every Monday. Please make sure your child's spelling book is in their book bag on a Monday so that the new ones can be stuck in.  Please also see our spelling page, where you can easily access this every week. We will try to put your child's score in their spelling book after their test so you can see their progress.

 

Year Two End of Year Expectations

This table provides information for parents and carers on the end of year expectations for children in our school. All the objectives will be worked on throughout the year and will be the focus of teaching. Any extra support you can provide in helping your children to achieve these expectations is greatly valued. If you have any queries regarding the content of this, please talk to your child’s teacher.

 

Autumn 1

Week 2

It has been another amazing week in Year 2 as the children continue settling into our new class routines!

Writing The children demonstrated fantastic knowledge of the characters in The Three Little Pigs. They worked hard on thinking about character dialogue and wrote their own ideas using speech marks alongside plenty of punctuation.

Maths We explored 0–100 number lines, which everyone really enjoyed! The children practised estimating where different multiples of ten should go.

Computing We began learning about how computers work and understanding their key functions.

History We launched our new topic, Schools in the Past. The children loved looking at pictures to see what schools used to look like, what games children played, and what they did during PE lessons.

Week 1

Welcome to Year 2! What a fantastic start to the new school year! The children have settled into Year 2 wonderfully, setting a fantastic example as excellent role models across the school. Together, we worked on creating our new class rules to ensure a safe, kind and positive learning environment, and we have loved spending time exploring our new reading corner.

Writing & Phonics In Writing, we kicked off our learning with our exciting new text, The Three Little Pigs. The children had fun coming up with questions to ask the Big Bad Wolf and put their descriptive skills to work using adjectives to describe the characters. We also jumped right back into our daily phonics sessions, refreshing our skills and building confidence for the half-term ahead.

Maths In Maths, we have been focusing on understanding numbers and place value. The children have been busy exploring groups of ten using counters and working together to build amazing number lines. It’s been a week packed with fantastic learning, effort, and enthusiasm!