Year 2
Welcome to the Year 2 page!
We are so happy that you are here and hope that you enjoy finding out about our learning journey along with being kept up to date with important events. We would like to wish you a warm welcome to Year 2! We know the children are going to have a fantastic year, and we cannot wait to start our new adventure together.
Similarly to Year 1, the children will still be able to take school books home to read, and we encourage them to read as often as possible. The children will be given weekly spellings to learn which will follow the Year 2 spelling rules.
Autumn 1 Curriculum Highlights
This half term, Year 2 have enjoyed a wide-ranging and exciting curriculum. Our English lessons have been ‘rooted in reading’, with a rich selection of books and stories forming the foundation of our writing. As part of our history unit - Kings and Queens - children have enjoyed reading texts such as The Queen’s Knickers, Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine, The Queen’s Orang-utan, and Little People, Big Dreams: King Charles III. These engaging stories have inspired a wide range of creative writing activities, including designing knickers for Queen Elizabeth II using expanded noun phrases, writing instructions for Queen Victoria’s bathing machine, and imagining adventures involving an orang-utan butler at Buckingham Palace.
Children also responded to a letter from King Charles III by writing thoughtful replies, and they researched significant monarchs to produce a non-chronological report about King Charles III and a biography of Queen Elizabeth II. Throughout the term, pupils have been developing their grammar skills by practising questions, exclamations, and using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to extend their sentences.
We hope you enjoyed reading some of the children’s fantastic work at Parents’ Evening!
Our geography lessons have taken us on a journey from our local surroundings to the wider world. Pupils have been learning about the four countries that make up the United Kingdom—England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland—and their capital cities: London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast. Using cubes to represent population sizes, children explored the differences in population between each country and capital city, helping them to visualise and compare their relative sizes.
We also expanded our horizons by studying the seven continents and five oceans that shape our planet. Pupils investigated global climates, learning how temperature and weather patterns vary near the equator and in the polar regions. Our exploration of the oceans included discovering their sizes, temperatures, and the fascinating animals that inhabit them. This unit has helped pupils build a strong foundation in geographical knowledge and global awareness.
In Science, we investigated different materials and their uses, developing an understanding of how everyday objects are made and why certain materials are chosen. In PSHE, we focused on responsibilities within the classroom, encouraging teamwork, respect, and shared values. Our RE lessons introduced the Christian creation story, sparking thoughtful discussions about beliefs and beginnings.
In Computing, pupils explored the world of Information Technology, learning how technology is used in everyday life and developing basic skills in logging on and keeping passwords safe.
If you need to contact us, please catch us after school. Alternatively, leave a message at the office, and we will phone you back as soon as we can.
Staff Team:
2GT: Mrs Gee (teacher), Mrs Thomas (teacher), Mrs Williams (teaching assistant) and Miss Bromley (1:1 teaching assistant)
2D: Mrs Dodd (teacher), Mrs Cooper (teaching assistant)
Important Information:
PE: Wednesday and Friday
Homework to be given out on a Wednesday and returned to school on a Monday.
Spellings to be given out and tested on a Monday.
Reading books and diaries will be checked on Mondays and Thursdays. The children can change their reading books as many times a week as they would like: please ask them to let us know during registration times if they would like to change their books. Please encourage your child to show us their diary if they have any messages from home as diaries will not be checked every day.
Please find a sample timetable at the bottom of the page showing a typical week of lessons for your information.