| 23/10/25 |
During this final week of the first half-term, Year 2 have been busy writing instructions for how to hollow out a pumpkin referencing our previous class text Pattan's Pumpkin. We of course had to hollow out our own pumpkins first so we got our hands dirty on Tuesday and got to scooping! In Maths, we have begun learning how to partition numbers using our knowledge of number bonds to 10. This will help us next term when we continue learning how to add numbers to 20 fluently. We also wrapped up our Art unit about portraits and self-portraits by drawing each other using chalk outside - so much fun! I hope everyone has an enjoyable half-term break, and the Year 2 team all look forward to seeing you soon! |
| 17/10/25 |
Year 2 have been writing news articles this week about slugs breaking into our classroom. They're using thier knowledge about non-fiction writing and using features including headlines and hooks to engage their readers. We have been learning all about fact families in Maths and the children have been working hard to use their number bonds to 10 to answer addition questions all the way up to 100. In Geography, the children had the opportunity to use compasses to navigate to areas around the classroom. Well done, Year 2! |
| 10/10/25 |
This week in Year 2 has been spent learning all about Slugs through our text Slug Life. We learnt about conjunctions and used them to write persuasively to convince others that slugs are interesting and helpful for our environment. In Maths, we've been recapping number bonds to 10 and practising strategies to add to 20. In Science, we conducted an experiment to explore how exercise affects our heart rate and learnt about our 5 senses. Keep up the great work, Year 2! |
| 3/10/25 |
Year 2 have been learning all about slugs in our new non-fiction text Slug Life. This week, Year 2 even conducted an interview with a talking slug who answered the impressive questions they wrote. In Maths, we wrapped up our unit on Place Value with practising skills including counting in 2s, 5s, and 10s. In Geography, the children learnt about countries with different climates and how this relates to the equator. We also welcomed our trainee teacher Miss Rolls this week who will be with us until January. Thank you to everyone in Year 2 for being so welcoming and impressing Miss Rolls so much already! |
| 26/9/25 |
Year 2 have been busy with place value this week with our focuses being on representing numbers in various ways and estimating numbers on a number line. We dove deeper into our Science topic this week where we learnt about ways to keep our bodies healthy. The children were able to explain why sleep, eating healthy, and exercise help us grow and keep healthy. In PE, we learnt throwing and catching skills in order to prepare to learn how to play tennis later in the term. Keep up the great work, Year 2! |
| 19/9/25 |
This week, Year 2 have been learning about writing in the past tense and have shown off this skill in their own re-tell of Pattan's Pumpkin. The children have mastered adding the suffix -ed onto regular verbs and enjoyed creating a story map as well. In Maths, we have been focusing on partitioning numbers to 100. Year 2 have really enjoyed using the manipulatives to represent numbers in a variety of ways. The children impressed us on Thursday with their fantastic skills in PE. Well done Year 2! |
| 12/9/25 |
Year 2 have had an amazing start to the new school year. We have spent this week embedding our routines and expectations and Year 2 have risen to the challenge of being the leaders of KS1. We started our new text Pattan's Pumpkin and spent our writing lessons mastering the difference between nouns and adjectives. In Maths, we have started our unit focusing on place value where we began using base 10 to represent numbers. We also spent time learning about the countries that make up the UK. Make sure to ask your child about the NEWS acronym to see if they can remember all 4! Well done Year 2 on a great start to the year. |
