Good afternoon, everyone!

The children had a wonderful week! They thoroughly enjoyed designing and making their own hand puppets. They pushed themselves, showed great determination and even completed the sewing on their own—fantastic effort!

The children also worked very hard on their recounts of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, successfully using expanded noun phrases in their writing. Well done, Year 2!

Learning Next Week

English – The children will plan a sequence of events for their own version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Maths – We will revisit and consolidate the key topics covered throughout the Autumn term.

Geography – We will explore local weather patterns and discuss whether we would prefer to live in a hot or cold climate.

RE – We will continue thinking about the question “Why does Christmas matter to Christians?” and sequence the Christmas story.

We will also continue rehearsing for our performance of Bethlehem’s Buzzin’ throughout the week.

Reminder

Friday will be Christmas dinner day and Christmas jumper day. In the afternoon, the children will enjoy a movie.

Spellings for next Friday

Group 1: they, one, who, was
Group 2: flies, tries, replies, copies, babies, carries, cries, dries, marries, families

Wishing you all a lovely weekend!
The Year 2 Team

Good afternoon,

The children have been practising their songs for their Christmas performance at the end of each day and are doing wonderfully.

In English, the children have been enjoying the story of Goldilocks. Our classroom porridge keeps disappearing and different items are being moved, which has added lots of excitement! This has helped the children develop their use of adjectives and deepen their understanding of Goldilocks’ character as they create their wanted posters.

Next Week’s Learning

English – The children will write their own story using a range of sentence openers, explore events from different points of view, and compare two versions of the same story.

Maths – The children will complete assessments on the topics taught during Year 2.

Geography – We will continue learning about life in a hot place, exploring local weather conditions and identifying the features of hot and cold climates.

Throughout the week, we will also be practising our performance of Bethlehem’s Buzzin’.

Spellings for next Friday are:

 Group 1 – so, with, and, be

 Group 2 – cry, fly, dry, try, reply, sly, shy, terrify, sky, multiply

Have a wonderful long weekend!

From the Year 2 Team

 

Wow, it’s Friday again!

We have had a busy and enjoyable week rehearsing for our Christmas performance, and the children have been practising their lines and songs during their English lessons.

In maths, the children learnt the properties of 3-D shapes and lines of symmetry. They enjoyed searching for 2-D and 3-D shapes around the classroom and describing their properties.

Next week, we will continue exploring 2-D and 3-D shapes, focusing on their edges and vertices and creating repeating patterns.

The children also challenged themselves by independently learning a range of sewing techniques to use when creating their puppets. Please see the photos below.

Next Week’s Learning

English – Comparing three different versions of Goldilocks, identifying adjectives to describe her character, creating a wanted poster and sequencing the original story.

Science – Investigating how to make paper waterproof.

Geography – Learning about life in a hot place, exploring local weather conditions and identifying features of hot and cold climates.

PSHE – Understanding that our differences make each of us special and unique.

D&T – Designing a glove puppet.

Computing – Digital photography

 Spellings for next Friday are:

 Group 1 – of, but, this, went, to.

 Group 2 – pencil, fossil, nostril, pupil, metal, pedal, capital, hospital, animal, oval.

Have a wonderful weekend.

From the Year 2 Team

Happy Friday everyone!

We have had an extremely busy day today and I apologise the children’s orange reading record books are still on the step in the classroom. The books have been uploaded to the system and I will hand the reading records out on Monday.

The children thoroughly enjoyed designing and creating their finger puppets. They took great care when cutting out the fabric and loved decorating them, please see below their finger puppets.

In English, the children have worked extremely hard on their information leaflets about how special our Earth is. The children wrote factual sentences describing environmental problems and possible solutions.

In maths, the children have been learning the properties of 2-D and 3-D shapes.

Next week we will be learning:

English – the children will practising for their Christmas performance.

Maths – the children will learn lines of symmetry in a shape and count the faces on 3-D shapes.

PSHE – reinforce how we work together, the children will create friendship tokens

D&T – the children will learn different sewing techniques to use when creating a puppet.

Geography – the children will find where is the equator?

Science – the children will explore what materials are required to build a rocket.

Home learning

Following on the topic of puppets, I would like the children to create a moving puppet of their choice. The children are very excited to create their Hand puppet in school and have shared some wonderfully imaginative ideas. I look forward to seeing their moving puppet and hearing them talk about the character they created and the materials they used.

Date for the puppets to be in by please is the Monday 15^th December 2025.

 

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 – they, but, this, went, because.

Group 2 – camel, tunnel, squirrel, travel, towel, tinsel, bagel, hazel, vowel, jewel

Have a lovely weekend!

From the Year 2 team.

Hello to all!

This week in English, the children have enjoyed learning about the importance of our Earth. We discussed some of the problems our planet faces and explored possible solutions. The children will use this knowledge to create an informative leaflet, making sure to include conjunctions, question marks and exclamation marks in their writing.

In maths, the children took part in a range of activities to strengthen their understanding on adding and subtracting tens to two-digit numbers. They also practised solving addition and subtraction problems finding the missing number. Next week, we will begin our new topic on 2-D and 3-D shapes.

Next week

Geography – Research the coldest places on Earth.

 Science – Exploring sculptures and the materials used to make them.

 RE – Continue to learn about how Hanukah is celebrated.

PSHE – Taking part in Anti-bullying week. Please remember to wear odd socks on Monday!

ICT – Learning about digital photography, focusing on landscape and portrait images.

 D&T – Designing and creating a hand puppet.

 

We would like to invite all parents and carers to attend a Cyber Safety Presentation led by the Police team next Wednesday between 2:00pm and 3:00pm. The presentation will offer valuable, practical advice on protecting yourself, your family and your data online. It will also explain how parents can help children make safe and responsible choices when using technology.

 

Spellings for Friday are:

Group 1 – child, every, with, our.

Group 2 – table, apple, bottle, little, middle, able, wobble, multiple, dazzle, riddle

Have a great weekend

Mrs Beadle, Mrs Alimadadi and Mrs Ameen.

Happy Half Term, Everyone!

It was lovely to see so many of you at our parent consultations this week. The children have settled beautifully into the routines and expectations of Year 2 — I’m sure you’ll agree that their progress so far has been fantastic!

Below is an overview of the topics we will be covering next term:

English – We will continue with our book Dear Earth. The children will create a travel log, write a letter and produce an informative leaflet.

Maths – Our focus will be on addition and subtraction, as well as exploring 2D and 3D shapes.

Science – We will continue learning about the uses of everyday materials, exploring transparency and opacity, natural and manmade materials and researching famous inventors.

Geography – Our topic question is “Would you like to live in a hot or cold place?” The children will begin by learning Where are the continents?

PSHE – Our theme will be Celebrating Differences.

RE – We will be learning about Hanukkah and Christmas.

D&T – Our focus will be on creating Hand Puppets, and the children will also design and make a hand puppet.

Computing – The topic will be Digital Photography.

Wishing you all a fun, restful and well-deserved half term break!

From Mrs Beadle, Mrs Alimadadi and Mrs Ameen

 

Hello everyone!

We had a wonderful afternoon during our Materials Workshop! The children took part in a range of exciting activities to explore, investigate and describe different materials and their properties.

Next week

English – We will be starting our new book ‘Dear Earth’ by Isabel Otter and Clara Anganuzzi. The children will write a set of instructions and record factual statements about their chosen animals.

Maths – We will be practising different methods to solve calculations involving 10 more, 10 less, adding and subtracting multiples of 10, as well as adding two 2-digit numbers (both across and not across a ten).

PSHE – Our focus will be on working well with others, learning how to cooperate effectively and support one another.

Computing – The children will use iPads to research their chosen animal from our English lessons.

Spellings – Next week we will be focusing on common exception words. The children will practise these daily in class. You can find the list under the “Year 2 Common Words” tab, starting with the first column – door to everybody.

Have a lovely weekend!
The Year 2 Team