Year 2
Dr. Kirby and Mrs Matthews
Mrs George
Welcome to the Year 2 web page. You will find Dr Kirby in 2MK and Mrs Matthews in 2LM with the amazing Mrs George working across both rooms, along with all of our wonderful Year 2 children. If you have any concerns or queries, do not hesitate to get in touch with the school.
On this page you can find:
- Class information including spellings and home learning;
- Information about our curriculum and learning, including an overview of our current topic.
Click on our logo to find out about our Year 2 Curriculum
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Year 2 Learning in Autumn- Unit 2
During this unit, children wil be immersed in a rich blend of storytelling, global discovery, creative projects, and festive preparation.
In English, we'll explore the beautifully eerie picture book 'The Dark' by Lemony Snicket. Children will write letters to Laszlo, encouraging him to overcome his fear, extending their ideas using subordinating conjunctions (because, when, if). After sequencing the key events, they'll retell it in their own words, using the past tense and vivid language to bring the narrative to life.
In Maths, our focus will be on addition and subtraction within 100. Children will practise strategies for crossing the tens boundary and apply their skills to solve one-step word problems. We'll revisit 2D shapes, learning to name and describe polygons and sort them by symmetry.
Our Geography topic, Our Wonderful World, introduces the seven continents and five oceans. Children will locate the UK on a world map and explore how proximity to the equator and poles influences climate. The rest of the curriculum is looking as exciting as ever, including programming robots in computing and celebrating our differences and exploring what makes each of us unique in P.S.H.E. In D.T., children will practise cutting techniques and food hygiene as they prepare a vegetable soup. They'll select ingredients, considering how flavours work together. Finally we will be reflecting on the Christian message of forgiveness, peace and love and rehearsing our songs for the the Christmas production.
Spellings will be sent out on Mondays to practice at home before the tests on the following Monday. Current spellings can be found online on the link to the right. Maths fluency questions are set on Wednesday and due back by the following Monday. On a Wednesday evening your child will be sent home with both their spelling test book and their maths home learning book so you can see how your child is progressing. We also strongly encourage the children to read at least three times a week at home and reading books will be changed every Thursday.
Please make sure children wear their PE kits for our sporting activities: we have Games on Tuesdays and PE on Wednesdays. Tuesdays Games lessons will be outdoors (weather permitting) and you may wish to consider your child having a tracksuit for the day. This must be PLAIN navy please. Please make sure all earrings are removed or covered with tape before school on these days.
Year 2 Medium Term Plan Unit 22MK Timetable
Year 2 Reading Workshop Slides_25/26
Year 2 Writing Workshop Slides_24/25
