Happy Sunny Friday!

The children have had a fantastic and productive week. They have worked incredibly hard, completing English and Maths SATs practice papers, including the 2026 English Reading Paper and Maths Paper 1 (Arithmetic). Well done everyone!

Lessons for next week:

English – We will continue exploring our class book, Toys in Space. The children will write a fantasy setting description, consider the story from different perspectives, and use expanded noun phrases to create a character profile.

Maths – We will continue revising reasoning strategies and complete the 2026 Maths Paper 2 (Reasoning).

Geography – We will continue our learning by discussing: How do people use Weymouth?

Science – The children will enjoy a nature walk around the field and create bug hotels for mini-beasts.

PSHE – We will discuss the natural process of growing and changing from young to old.

Reminder:
If you have any small cardboard boxes at home (shoe box size or smaller), please could your child bring one into school to use for their moving vehicle project.

Spellings for next Friday:

Group 1:
be, bee, one, won

Group 2:
quite, quiet, bare, bear, son, sun, flower, flour, right, write

Sports Day
A reminder that Sports Day will take place on Thursday morning, weather permitting, and will begin at 9:15am.

Have a wonderful sunny weekend!

Mrs Beadle

Good afternoon to all,

I hope you all had a lovely half term; the children have settled back quickly into the daily routine and have worked extremely hard this week.

In English, the children are enjoying our new book ‘Toys in Space’ by Mini Grey. They have created a found poster using expanded noun phrases.

In maths, the children finished the topic on statistics.

In geography, the children located the countries, cities and oceans around the United Kingdom.

Throughout this week and next week, the children are completing a range of reading and mathematics practice papers, including this Year 2 SATs papers. To support the children, our lessons will focus on developing effective strategies for approaching and answering different question types, helping them build confidence and apply their learning independently.

These practice papers are being used solely to inform my end-of-year teacher assessments and will not be published. As the assessments are optional and not part of the statutory SATs process, they are being used as a tool to help identify strengths and any areas that may benefit from further teaching before the end of the academic year.

The children will be introduced to the papers as learning activities that will help inform future lesson planning and ensure that teaching continues to meet their needs throughout the remainder of the year.

The spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 – with, they, see, sea

Group 2 – there, their, they’re, here, hear, to, too, two

Please see below an insight of our topics for next term.

Maths – position, direction, and consolidating all the topics throughout the year.

English – fictional worlds and fantasy.

Science - living things and their habitats.

Geography - what is it like to live near a coast?

D&T – moving vehicles

ICT - programming.

PSHE - changing me

RE - who made the world and creation stories

Wishing everyone a great weekend.

From the Year 2 team.

Happy sunny Friday everyone!

The children have worked extremely hard this term and they should be very proud of all they have achieved.

Please see below photos taken today of the children creating clay tiles.

Well done, everyone!

Wishing you all a sunny, relaxing and well-deserved half term break.

From the Year 2 team. 

Good afternoon to all!

Next Week’s Learning

English – The children will edit for spellings against the success criteria on their narratives inspired by The Dragon Machine, checking their writing includes expanded noun phrases, past tense verbs, conjunctions and exciting vocabulary. Then the children will re write their edited version in their neatest handwriting.

Maths – We will start our new topic on Statistics, focusing on:

·                Tally charts

·                Tables

·                Block diagrams

·                Pictograms

Science – We will continue to be learning about life cycles and observing the growth of our sunflowers.

RE – We will continue exploring stories from different faiths.

Art – The children will be creating their 3D clay house tiles.

History – We will identify similarities and differences between medical care in the Victoria era and medical care now.

Spellings for Next Friday  

Group 1: any, many, water, kind.

Group 2: Megan’s, the girl’s, the boy’s, the child’s, the man’s, the woman’s, the school’s, a dog’s, a teacher’s, a postman’s.

Reminder – Wednesday at 3pm, it is open afternoon where you will have the opportunity to come into the classroom and share your child’s learning with them.

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!

From the Year 2 Team.

 

Happy Friday everyone!

The children have worked incredibly hard across all subjects this week – well done to them all!

Next Week’s Learning

English – We will be writing our own narratives inspired by The Dragon Machine. The children will include expanded noun phrases, past tense verbs, conjunctions and exciting vocabulary in their writing.

Maths – We will continue learning about time, focusing on:

• past the hour
• to the hour
• five-minute intervals
• minutes in an hour

Home Learning – Please continue to support your child by asking them to tell the time throughout the week. Thank you for your support.

Science – We will be learning about life cycles and observing the growth of our sunflowers.

RE – We will continue exploring stories from different faiths.

Art – The children will be creating their 3D clay house tiles.

History – We will order and summarise the key events in the life of Florence Nightingale.

Spellings for Next Friday

Group 1: Mr, Mrs, I’m, I’ll

Group 2: can’t, didn’t, hasn’t, couldn’t, it’s, wouldn’t, shouldn’t, wasn’t

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!

From the Year 2 Team.

Good afternoon everyone,

We have had another busy and productive week in class, and the children have worked incredibly hard—well done to all!

Looking ahead to next week:

English – We will be planning and writing our own narratives inspired by The Dragon Machine, focusing on using verbs, suffixes and adverbs effectively.

Maths – We will continue our work on fractions, with a focus on recognising three-quarters and whole numbers. We will also begin a new topic on time, learning o’clock and half past.

Science – Our focus will be on the life cycles of plants. We will take part in an observational walk around the school grounds and continue monitoring the growth of our sunflowers.

RE – We will be exploring a range of faith stories.

History – We will learn about how Florence Nightingale improved conditions at the Scutari hospital.

Spellings for next Friday:

Group 1 – there, their, of, off
Group 2 – station, fiction, motion, national, section, addition, subtraction, potion, option, introduction

Wishing you all a fun and relaxing long weekend.

Best wishes,
The Year 2 Team

Good afternoon to all!

We have also had a brilliant Spanish Day! The children fully embraced the experience, enjoying lots of flamenco dancing and learning Spanish songs. It was lovely to see their excitement as they explored a different culture through music, movement, and language.

In art, the children created detailed clay pots using a range of tools. They also learned how to join two pieces of clay effectively using the score and slip technique.

This week in English, the children really enjoyed writing their own diary entries and working together to create a class-rhyming poem inspired by The Owl and the Pussy-cat.

Next week, we are excited to begin our new class book, The Dragon Machine by Helen Ward. The children will be using positional language to write descriptive sentences, as well as creating commands to give advice.

In maths, the children have been enjoying learning about fractions and have developed a good understanding of halves, thirds, and quarters. Next week, they will build on this knowledge by recognising the equivalence of one half and two quarters, as well as identifying three quarters.

Next week

In history, the children will learn about how Florence Nightingale improved conditions at the Scutari Hospital.

In science, the children will take part in an observational walk around the school to explore trees and plants. They will then write instructions explaining how to plant a sunflower seed.

In RE, we will continue exploring charities and their role in promoting justice and fairness.

Spellings for Friday are:

Group 1 – should, also, what, when.

Group 2 – badly, hopeless, penniless, happily, lovely, joyless, slowly, quickly, careless, fearless.

Wishing you a fun, sunny weekend.

From the Year 2 team.