Welcome to Year 2

You have all worked so hard in Year 2 since starting, and I am very proud of you all. 

We have practised counting to and from 100 in Maths, worked on our phonic sounds and written lots of ideas for our animal poem based on the story of Rumble in the Jungle.

Reminders

Your PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday. Please wear kit on these days.

Home Learning will be set on Google classroom every Friday. Please take a look and complete the tasks.

I can’t wait for another fabulous week next week!

Well done everyone.

Mrs Clark

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Year 2 so far...... Sept 2025

Year 2 have been working amazingly hard in all lessons.

This is what we have been learning:

Maths - counting numbers to and from 100, partitioning numbers into tens and ones e.g. 4 tens and 3 ones  = 43, placing numbers on a number line and comparing numbers.

English - we have written poems, looked at using our senses relating to the seasons, wrote a non-chronological report about The Seasons and we have worked very hard on our reading, writing, handwriting skills and spellings.

Science - we have very much enjoyed looking at materials, their properties and which ones were best to use for certain purposes and why. We then created an investigation, made our own boats out of junk and we are soon to test these.  We will then conclude our investigation to see what we found to be the best materials.

This is just a snippet of the many things we learn in Year 2.

Keep up the great work everyone!

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October 2025

Year 2 have been working very hard this week to learn about Significant Women in English and History.  They have also enjoyed counting number bonds to make 20 and 100 in Maths.  In Computing, we learnt to log in with our new personalised details, use a mouse carefully, type on a keyword and even how to copy and paste images into a Word document. We had lots of fun with this.    Well done for working so hard this week Year 2! 
 

November 2025

Welcome to Autumn term 2.

This term we'll be working hard to learn our times tables, particularly recapping x 2, 5 and 10. We will be developing our adding and subtracting skills.  In English we will create an acrostic Christmas poem for the Palmer's poetry competition, write a description of the north and South Pole and write a narrative on a fabulous story!

This term is all about making a fabulous nativity play and learning songs for our Christmas show.  The children have been working very hard of this, well done everyone.

Here are some photos of them in action so far...

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Year 2 had a great time making a delicious salad as part of their DT work. They learnt to peel, chop and concoct a delicious salad. Thank you to everyone who joined us.  
Well done Year 2!

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December brings great fun and excitement to school with the fabulous Acorns, Year 1 and 2 nativity play and carol concert. The children were amazing as they acted and sang beautifully. We are so proud of you all, well done!

We also enjoyed an amazing whole school trip to the pantomime of Sleeping Beauty.  It was hilarious and a memory for all to remember, including lots of crowd participation, singing and dancing! 

In Maths this half-term we have been working hard on adding, subtracting and multiplying.
Whilst in English we have explored stories, descriptions and so much more.  Take a look at our great photos of us sharing our amazing work!

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Welcome back Year 2!

This week we have been working very hard in all areas of learning.  This is what we have been up to:

English and Science lessons have been connected to write instructions about our fab experiments. Firstly, we created a very exciting wormery, and then we looked at how we will observe woodlice. Some great instructions were produced, well done everyone. Next week, when the weather is not so icy, we will add the worms to the wormery and observe them.

In Maths you have all been working hard to solve 2 times table problems and learn your 4 times tables too, great job!

In other lessons, we have worked on your balancing and throwing skills in PE as well as learning about your growing body in PSHE.

A fantastic first week back, here's to more learning next week!

 

Week 2 - 12 January

This week Year 2 have been working on:

Maths - Your 2, 5, 10 and 4 times tables to solve word problems.

English has been connected to History - The children have enjoyed learning about famous people in the history of aviation. They gathered some fab facts and created fact files. At the end of the week, they even produced a report about Amelia Earhart a famous pilot.

In PSHE you have been learning about how to cross the road safely, fab job!

In PE you have been working hard on your teamwork skills and in gymnastics you have been practising your balancing skills. Some very creative ideas, well done!

Great learning this week, well done everyone!

Week 3 - 19 January 

This week Year 2 have been working hard on:

Maths - comparing the 5 and 10 times tables and seeing which numbers appear in each times table e.g 2x5=10 and 1x10=10.

English - we have been finding out about Neil Armstrong, who he is and why he is so famous. We wrote a fact file about him and then created a diary.

In other areas of learning, we have been playing team games working on our listening skills, finding out about flight in the past as well as enjoying looking at habitats in Science and collecting worms for our wormery.  Amazing job everyone!

As we come to the end of January, Year 2 have been working hard to create newspaper reports about Neil Armstrong.  Take a look at our fab photos!

In Maths we have been looking at factors of multiplication and the products they make e.g. 1 group of 4 is the same as 1 x 4 = 4.  The children have been representing these really clearly, well done!

Birch class, Year 2, had a great day on Friday 6th February celebrating Number Day. They enjoyed completing activities led by the Year 6's, all based on number. Lots of brilliant costumes and dressing-up ideas!

Week of 9th February 

This week, we have celebrated being kind as part of Mental Health Week.

Year 2 have also been working hard to divide numbers in Maths, create habitat fact files in English connected to our Science and explore different materials in art to paint with. Take a look at the fab photos of us in action below.

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A very warm welcome back after our week off. Year 2 enjoyed sharing lots of learning with their parents and careers on Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who attended, it was great to see the children sharing their amazing skills with you.

This week we have been continuing to work on division in Maths. We've retold the Gingerbread man story in English and learnt about Life cycles in Science.
What a busy and productive week we've had. Well done for all of the great work!