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 Thursdays 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.
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.
