In Literacy, the children have been working hard to research and write their own fact books about lighthouses. They have enjoyed learning interesting facts and organising their writing into clear sections using headings and subheadings.

In maths, we have now completed our unit on multiplication and division. The children have been developing their understanding of grouping and sharing, and have shown great progress in using different strategies to solve problems confidently.

Our science topic on animals has been a real highlight. The children have also carefully observed and recorded the life cycle of a butterfly, completing butterfly diaries filled with detailed observational sketches. It has been wonderful to see their growing curiosity and attention to detail.

In Design and Technology, we have finished our unit on Wheels and Axles, where the children designed and built their own vehicles. They demonstrated excellent problem-solving skills while adding axles and wheels to make their models move. We have also completed a food technology unit, where the children made healthy yoghurt dips. They thoroughly enjoyed planning, preparing, tasting and evaluating their dips- there were some very interesting food combinations!

In Art, the children have been developing their observational drawing skills. They have focused on tone and texture, carefully drawing objects and improving their ability to add detail and shading.

We were also incredibly proud of the children during our Spring Singing Assembly, where they performed beautifully and showed great enthusiasm.

As we come to the end of term, we would like to thank you for your continued support. We wish you all a very happy and restful Easter holiday!

The Year 2 Team

In Maths we have been solving worded problems involving multiplication and division. The children have been working hard to read the questions carefully and decide which operation they need to use to find the correct answer.

In Science our caterpillars are growing, and the class has been very excited to observe the changes each day. We are watching them closely and the children are keeping a science diary to record what they see as the caterpillars grow and develop.

In Art we have been learning about texture and tone. The children have been experimenting with different techniques to create texture and practising how to use light and dark shading in their artwork.

In RE we have been learning about prophets, including the story of Jonah and the Whale and learning about Prophet Muhammad. The children have been thinking about the messages these important figures shared.

We are also working very hard practising our songs for the Spring Assembly, and the children are doing a fantastic job learning the words and actions.

Thank you for your continued support, have a lovely weekend! 

We have begun school with a week of poetry - performing poems with friends, writing an animal shape poem, learning about some incredible poets and making riddles for each other.

In maths, we begin our learning on multiplication and putting things into groups of the same number.

In art we are learning about how to draw using different types of lines and to apply tone using different pressures with our hands.

In P.E. we are performing tucks, rolls, and many more balance based movements.

In history, we are investigating old schools and how school was different in the past.

We have included a picture of some of our animal shape poems for you to admire. 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Year 2 Team 

We can’t wait to share our Design and Technology (DT) learning with you next time!

Thank you for your continued support,
The Year 2 Team

This week in English, we have continued to explore our Mary Poppins learning in more depth. The children have been developing their understanding of the past progressive tense and used it to write their own imaginative sentences. We also had lots of fun creating our own chalk drawings inspired by Mary Poppins before jumping into our pictures and going on magical adventures. The children showed great creativity and enthusiasm throughout the week. 

In Maths, we have been rounding off our learning about shapes and exploring £D shapes. The children have been identifying, naming and discussing the properties of different 3D shapes, such as faces, edges, and vertices. 

In Computing, we have been learning about instructions and algorithms. The children used Bee-Bots to practise giving clear, step-by-step instructions and enjoyed programming them to move around the classroom. 

In Geography, we have been learning about famous London landmarks and sorting them into human and physical features. 

In PSHE, we have been discussing surprises and secrets. The children talked about what makes a surprise fun and happy and the difference between a safe secret and a secret that should be shared with a trusting adult. 

We are very proud of how hard the children have worked this week and the enthusiasm they have brought to their learning. Thank you for your continued support and engagement. We wish you a wonderful weekend!

Year 2 Team

This week, in our English lessons, we have started our new book, Mary Poppins! We have read the first chapter and familiarised ourselves with the main characters using our inference skills. We have also watched and listened to Michael and Janes’ requirements for the perfect Nanny. I think the wind is about to change and she may be on her way…

In our maths lessons, we have started a new unit on shape. We began by recapping 2D and 3D shapes from year 1 and are now identifying their properties using mathematical vocabulary e.g. sides, vertex, vertices, polygons.

In our PSHE lessons we will be focusing on ‘Safety and the Changing body’. In computing, we are learning about robot algorithms and had a lot of fun pretending to be robots to practise giving instructions. In PE, we have started new unit on dance and worked in groups to use our bodies and facial expressions to portray our feelings.

A lot of new learning for a new year! Have a lovely and relaxing weekend.

The Year 2 team.

In Geography, we have been learning all about our place in the world. This week, we revisited our Year 1 learning about the continents and oceans, using atlases to help us label and locate them accurately.

In English, we began our new story, Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. The children have loved retelling the story through acting and sequencing, and have been learning about expanded noun phrases. They then put their skills into practice by creating wonderful missing posters for the penguin!

In Maths, we have continued our work on addition and subtraction, focusing on adding to the next ten and using this strategy to help us add one-digit numbers to two-digit numbers.

In Art, we have been sketching pumpkins, looking carefully at the lines and textures we use. This is great preparation for our upcoming clay sculptures at the end of the unit.

We are also busy rehearsing for our Christmas production — learning lines, acting, and singing with lots of energy and enthusiasm!

We have been so impressed with how Year 2 have come back after half-term with such a positive, can-do attitude. Their enthusiasm and determination have really shone through, and we can’t wait to see all the amazing progress they make this term!

In English, we have been looking at the Oliver Jeffers story, ‘STUCK’ which is all about a little boy who gets his kite stuck in a tree and ends up throwing up all sorts of items in the tree to knock the first one down, with each item getting more and more unbelievable! This week we had a lot of fun writing our own version of the story with a Halloween theme and have been working really hard to make our sentences more exciting by including a variety of sentence starters, adjectives and verbs.

In maths, we have started a new unit on addition and subtraction by recapping our number bonds to ten, writing ‘fact families’ and thinking about related facts.

In science, we have continued our topic on materials by investigating which materials are absorbent and thinking about the suitability of materials and their purpose.

Finally, we have also been doing A LOT of singing in preparation for our Harvest Assemblies this week. The children have worked really hard to learn the lines to the songs and poems and are really looking forward to performing them to you!

We hope you have a wonderful and restful half term break. The Year 2 team.

In maths, we have started a new topic all about time! We have learnt how to read o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. We will continue to practice this over the next few weeks. In English, we continue to read books by the author, Anthony Browne. We will be focusing on the book The Tunnel. In RE we have just finished our topic on 'What is a Prophet?'. We have learnt about a range of prophets from different religions, understanding their significance. Finally, this week we have started Forest School! We love having the opportunity to go outside and use our spacious, green outdoor area. 

We have also been learning to add and subtract 2-digit numbers in maths and we concluded our work on the book Lost and Found by writing about a new Christmas character (instead of the penguin) in our golden books. We are starting our new Oliver Jeffers' book called 'How to catch a star' which will be out last story in Literacy this half term. 

In English we finished writing about the pros and cons of zoos and continued our ongoing debate about whether zoos are for animals or humans. We also read a new book by Anthony Browne called Gorilla. We made some inferences about how the character was feeling at different points in the story and why. 

In history, we went back in time to learn about and experience what a lesson was like in the Victorian times! We learnt about the 3Rs; reading, writing and arithmetic. Additionally, we learnt about how children had to sit in rows, use a blackboard and chalk and of course the strict punishments! 

In science we have continued exploring different habitats and discussing why animals are suited to their habitat. We discussed extreme habitats such as the arctic and desert as well as local habitats such as under the ground. 

In maths we finished our work on telling the time and have now been recapping the four operations. We are also moving on to a variety of reasoning problems and learning how to solve these. 

In PE, we have been doing some artistic gymnastics! We have been balancing bean bags, balls and using hoops to travel in a variety of different ways.