Year 2
Hello from the Year 2 teachers: Mrs Phillips, Mrs Allen and Miss Pearson. Our classes are supported by Miss Rowe and Miss Southall. We are really looking forward to teaching the Year 2 children this year and can't wait to celebrate some of their successes and achievements with you. Please keep an eye out on our year group page for key information and to take a sneak peak at some of the fantastic learning that goes on inside and outside our classrooms.
Key Information:
- Please make sure your child brings their reading book and homework diary into school every day.
- Homework is set on My Maths on a Wednesday and needs to be completed by the following Wednesday.
- Every half term your child will receive a spelling booklet detailing the spellings for each week. A copy of this will also be uploaded to the website in case these get mislaid (See below). Please make sure this is kept in their blue book back at all times.
- The children will be tested on their spellings every Friday.
- When hearing your child read, please comment and sign their diary.
- Reading books will be changed every Monday.
- Any work at home on learning 2, 5 and 10 times tables would be very beneficial.
PE:
- 2AP PE lessons will take place on Mondays and Fridays during the Spring term.
- 2P PE lessons will take place on Wednesdays and Fridays during the Spring term.
Please make sure any jewellery is removed on these days and that hair is tied up.
Please keep visiting our page to see some of our wonderful learning. You may find some of the documents and links below useful.
Design and Technology
This term in Design and Technology, we have investigated how puppets are made, evaluated different joining techniques, developed our sewing skills and designed and made our very own puppet.
Computing
This half term in computing, we have looking at how games are made and using purple mash to create our very own castle themed multi-level 3d game.
2P PE - Fitness
This term in PE, we have been working on our fitness skills including running for different purposes, skipping ability, strength training and various agility courses. We have been having so much fun - take a look at us in action!
Glockenspiels
This term in Music we have continued learning how to play the Glockenspiel. We have mastered how to play Hot Cross Buns three basic notes. Then we challenged ourselves by learning to play sing and play Frere Jacques at the same time! It was tricky but we all persevered well.
Watch our fantastic performances of Frère Jacques.
Watch our fantastic performances of Frère Jacques.
2P PE - Gymnastics
This term in 2P we are looking at gymnastics. We have been practising different shapes, balances, jumps and rolls - have a look at us in action!
World Book Day 2025
We had a fabulous day celebrating World Book Day. We started our day with a whole school assembly and quiz where 2P came third! In the afternoon we had great fun completing some book-based activities and had a wonderful star reader of the day. Take a look at how fab we looked:
Drumming Workshop
We had an exciting visit today. First we watched an amazing performance from an African Drummer, we even got to join in with the traditional dance of the African Ballet. Then we took part in a workshop where we learnt all about the Djembe drum, the rhythms and skills needed to play it and had the chance to have a go!
Check out our drumming skills
Check out our drumming skills
Writing
We received a mysterious package today! It contained clues to our new writing topic and another quest from William the Conqueror. Can you guess what our story is?
Once we figured out our clues we sorted out what we will need in our toolkit to make a good story ourselves.
Science Nature Walk
We had a great time starting our new Science topic with a nature walk around our school. We found lots of different plants and animals that sparked some great discussion and started our learning about all the different habitats around us! Take a look at us in action:
2P PE - Team Building
This half term, 2P have been focusing on their team building skills in PE - check us out:
Oh, how we have changed!
This term in PSHE, we are going to be learning about growing up and how we have changed since we were babies. To start off our topic we really enjoyed guessing which baby photo belonged to who - even our teachers! After our hunt, we revealed the answers and loved looking at how each person had grown and changed over the years. Take a look at our hunt, see if you can spot who's who!
Measuring in litres
Today, in maths, we put our detective hats on to see whether containers held less than, more than, or exactly one litre. We had a great time investigating (even if it was a bit breezy!) and had some fab discussions about being accurate with our measurements. Take a look: 
The day a Knight came to Year 2
On Friday 24th January Year 2 had a very exciting visit from Sir Robert the Hood who came to teach them all about Knights and Castles. The children had a fantastic day learning about what Saxon and Norman soldiers would wear in battle, taking part in a jousting competition, building a castle and exploring how to attack a castle using a trebuchet. The children learnt lots and looked amazing in their costumes! Take a look at the wonderful photos below:
A line is just a dot that went on a walk
In art, we have started our new topic looking at the abstract work of Paul Klee. We loved learning about how he developed his own unique style and trying to find pictures within his art. We even practised using some of these skills ourselves and are excited to continue developing these skills over the next half term. Take a look at some of our lovely artwork below:
Maths - How much does this weigh?
In maths, we have been looking at the mass of items, how we measure this, what units we would use and how we can compare these measurements. We had been using balance scales but today we moved onto weighing scales - it was tricky to see the numbers but we did an amazing job! Take a look at us in action:
Year 2 newsletter - Spring 25
The day Santa came to Year 2
Santa came to the Straits! He told us stories about his reindeer, we sang songs and he even gave us all a little present! We were all very excited.
Year 2 Christmas Performance
Fire! Fire!
This term in DT, we have looked at vehicles and how they move using wheels, axles and chassis. We linked this to our Fire and Ice topic by looking at how Fire Engines have changed since the ones used in the Great Fire of London in 1666. We had lots of fun exploring how vehicles work and how they have changed. On Monday 9th December, we finished off this topic by designing and making our very own fire engines - we even got out the saws and hammers! We had to be very sensible but we all did a great job! Take a look at some of our pictures below:
Open the door
Thank you for coming and spending some time with us at school, we love sharing our learning with you!
Gladiators ready!
We had a fab time raising money for Children in Need on Friday 15th November! Have a look at us in action:
There's a dragon outside my window!
In art, we used the techniques we have learnt from our work on Jeannie Baker to create a collage linked to our Fire and Ice topic. First, we worked on creating collages of what was outside our classroom window - the playground! Then, we used our imagination to create collages of a dragon outside our window! Take a look at some of our lovely work: 
Selly Manor Trip
Take a look at some of the highlights from our trip to Selly Manor. We made exciting discoveries about life in the 1600s and acted as history detectives as we toured a 500 year old house! We all made a fantastic start to our new history topic as we took part in a role play of the Great Fire of London. We can't wait to continue our learning back at school!
Following instructions
As part of our work in English, we have started exploring Instruction texts. Today we followed a set of instructions to make a scaly dragon head using printing. We discussed what features made the text easy to follow. Take a look at us in action. We were all very pleased with our final product!
Maths - Sorting 2D shapes
This week we have been sorting 2D shapes using all our knowledge about their different properties. Take a look at us in action:
Maths - Partitioning
Take a look at our wonderful place value skills. This week in Maths we have been using part whole diagrams to help us to partition two-digit numbers into tens and ones.
Author visit
On Tuesday 17th September, all of Year 2 and Year 3 received a visit from the Author Jessica Howard. She shared both of her picture books with us and we had the opportunity to ask lots of questions about her job as an author.
Art - Nature collage
In art this week, we worked hard to collect natural materials from our playground - we found lots of twigs, and who knew there was so many different types of leaves? Then we used them to create a collage in the style of Jeannie Baker. We really enjoyed ourselves!
Maths - Making 2D shapes
This week in our maths lessons, we have been learning about the properties of 2D shapes. Take a look at the regular and irregular 2D shapes we have been making together!
Look what we found!
On Thursday 5th September we made an exciting discovery when we found two unusual eggs in the trees next to our playground. Fortunately, the mystery was solved when we received a letter later in the day from the dragon curator explaining that he has left us some dragon eggs to look after. We are all very excited to be finding out all about dragons over the coming few weeks.
