Year 2 is an exciting and challenging year. Children in Year 2 are encouraged to work with increased levels of independence within a more structured lesson approach. They relish the chance to take on challenges to develop and grow.
We work hard to promote resilience and effective learning behaviours that enable children to work to their full potential both academically and emotionally.
PE
Year 2 has PE on Monday and Wednesday. Please ensure your child comes to school wearing the correct PE school uniform.
Forest School
Y2 will have Forest School every other week on Wednesday in Terms 1 and 2. The dates are: 17/9, 1/10, 15/10, 12/11, 26/11, 10/12. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the forecasted weather and any outdoor activities we may do. They will need to bring their PE kit in a spare bag to change into.
Reading
Children are expected to read at home at least 4 times a week, with an adult, for at least 10 minutes, and this should be recorded in their reading record. The class teacher or LSA will then check the reading records every day.
When children are on RWI (phonics), they will bring home a RWI bookbag book (which they need to read twice before changing it) and a library book to read for pleasure. As they progress off RWI, they will take an Accelerated Reader test to assess their book level, and will bring home an Accelerated Reader book which they need to read once, before they take a quiz to assess their understanding. They will continue to bring a reading for pleasure book home too.
Spellings
Spelling tests will be weekly. Children will practise spellings in class everyday.
There will be 10 spellings to learn over the week. These will be a mix of spellings from the Oxford Owl unit which the children are working on, alongside Red Words and Year 2 Common Exception Words (words which don’t follow a phonetic pattern).
Homework
Homework will be sent home on Mondays, with the link in the school newsletter.
The homework will be Maths and English based, with recall of number facts and times tables practice, spellings and Doodle Maths assignments. There will also be a Citizenship and Character Award task to complete each term at home.
Homework is expected to take the children around 20 minutes.
Our Learning
Details of learning in our class can be found in Our Learning pages. The curriculum map below is a summary overview for the year.
Year 2 finished a very busy half term with decorating their chairs for Baby Bear, which we’ve been working on in DT. The children worked brilliantly in teams over the last few weeks to design, make and decorate their chairs, …
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Our Year 2 children had an exciting Forest School session today filled with creativity and teamwork. The highlight was completing our wooden spinners. The children showed concentration and care as they used an electric drill and it was wonderful to …
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This term in Science, we are looking at Living Things and Their Habitats and h ave been learning all about how animals adapt to their surroundings. Today in our Science learning, we learnt about how animals camouflage to hide from …
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Wow, what a busy week it’s been in Year 2! We started the week with a visit from the author Rachel Bright, performed our Harvest festival to parents and started making our chairs for Baby Bear in DT! We really …
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Year 1 and 2 had a very exciting visitor this afternoon, Rachel Bright the famous author. She came to celebrate the release of her new book ‘The Turtle Who Turned The Tide’ and also the 10th anniversary of her first …
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This week, Year 2 have been busy getting ready for our Harvest festival next Tuesday. We’ve been practising our songs and a Harvest poem, and this afternoon we started creating beautiful autumn artwork. We went outside and collected leaves, then …
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Year 2 had a fantastic trip to Victoria Art Gallery today! We took part in a workshop, where we started by looking at a range of portraits in the top gallery, and thinking about what they told us about the …
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It’s been another busy week in Year 2, as the children continue to settle in brilliantly. In Science, we’ve been investigating microhabitats, and we enjoyed exploring the conservation area to find and identify minibeasts! In History, we’ve found out about …
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We’ve had a very busy start to Year 2! In Maths, we have been learning about place value, and learning how to represent 2-digit numbers in different ways, using concrete and pictorial resources. We have been reading a range of …
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Well done to our Year 2 children who represented the school on Saturday at the Midsomer Norton Town Fayre. We were one of 7 schools who competed in the traditional Maypole Dancing spectacular. Our Year 2 children had been practicing …
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