Year 2
Dr. Kirby, Mrs Matthews and Miss Diggines
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
Year 2 Learning in Summer- Unit 5
In unit 5, Year 2 will be investigating the history of the Titanic and her infamous maiden voyage. The children will explore what happened, why the ship sank, and how this tragedy led to improvements in safety at sea. Our English text, Samson’s Titanic Journey by Lauren Graham, recounts the adventure from the perspective of Samson the rat and will inspire the children to write diary entries about life on board the Titanic and its fatal collision with an iceberg. In Maths, we will be learning to measure mass, capacity and temperature, read simple scale intervals, and tell the time. The children will revisit o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to, before being introduced to minutes past and minutes to.
In science, we are becoming nature explorers, identifying and recording the plants growing around our school grounds and learning what they need to grow, thrive and survive. Our wider curriculum is equally exciting: in Art, we will create a sculpture inspired by Michelangelo’s David, and in RE we will begin exploring different religious buildings. There are plenty of musical opportunities too, as we use Chrome Music Lab in Computing and compose music to represent an animal’s movement. In PSHE, we will discuss what ‘relationships’ mean, and in PE and Games we will develop underarm throwing, catching to field a ball, and striking skills.
We are looking forward to all the exciting learning and adventures ahead this term.
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 52MK Timetable
Year 2 Reading Workshop Slides_25/26Year 2 Writing Workshop Slides_25/26
Year 2 Maths Workshop Slides_25/26
