Good afternoon, everyone,

We have had a brilliant week! The children have worked incredibly hard, and we are very proud of them. Well done, everyone! 

In English, the children have been focusing on their handwriting and are beginning to form their letters correctly. They had great fun discovering a variety of animal footprints around the school and learning which animals they belonged to. 

The children also used their imagination to create fantastic posters of their own mysterious creatures, using exciting adjectives to describe them. We have been so impressed with their creativity and enthusiasm!

Next week, the children will be creating command sentences including verbs and learn when to use –s or –es on the end of animal names. All the lessons will be centred on our class book ‘The Journey Home’.

In maths, the children enjoyed using base ten to solve calculations.

Next week, the children will partition numbers to 100 and find the missing numbers on a number line. 

Next week

Science

We will recognise that objects are made from materials that suit their uses.

RE

We will watch and discuss a virtual lesson on Rosh Hashanah from the Jewish Museum of London.

History

We will continue to learn and compare what schooling was like over 100 years ago.

 ICT

The children will be discussing IT within in the school.

Spelling for next Friday are:

 said, in, he, I, write, written, wrote, wrong, wrap, wrist, wreck.

Reminder 

Friday morning, your children will be having their individual photographs taken.

 

Half Term Project – 500 Words

Due in the week commencing 19th October 2026

500 Words Challenge

I would like all children to enter the BBC’s 500 Words Challenge. All they need to do is write a story they would love to read in 500 words or fewer. Spelling, punctuation and grammar are not marked – it is all about creativity and imagination!

500 Words celebrates children’s creativity, encouraging young writers from across the UK to create an original story. This year, the celebrity judges include Malorie Blackman, Charlie Higson, Francesca Simon, Sir Lenny Henry, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Rose Ayling-Ellis.

The bronze, silver and gold winners in each age category will be revealed by the BBC in early March 2027. The winning stories will also be read aloud by celebrities on the BBC.

There are lots of prizes to be won too! Winners will receive a bundle of books, while the gold winners will also win 500 books for their school library. Each winning story will also receive a framed, illustrated cover created exclusively by a top children’s illustrator.

Children can only submit one story each. There are very few rules, but please remember that stories must:

• Be 500 words or fewer (the title is not included)
• Be written by an individual, not a group
• Be the child’s own original idea
• Be prose, rather than a rap or poem

Stories must not:

• Include any personal details about the child, including their name
• Recount a historical event (although real people or historical characters can be used as inspiration)
• Be created, written or developed using AI

Stories are judged on:

• Characterisation
• Plot
• Originality
• Language
• Enjoyment

Please note: stories can only be submitted electronically, so they will need to be typed and sent to me rather than handwritten.

Have a great weekend

From the Year 2 team.