Year 2

Welcome to the Year 2 page!

Here, you’ll find everything you need to know about the Year 2 curriculum, including both Core and Foundation subjects your child will be learning this year. This section includes a curriculum overview and knowledge organisers to support learning at home. In Year 2, we believe that children learn best when they feel happy, safe, and secure. Our caring and committed teaching team works hard to create a warm, supportive classroom environment where every child feels valued. 

We follow our school mission: “Following in Jesus’ footsteps, We Pray, Play and Learn Together showing Respect, Responsibility and Resilience.”

We aim to make learning exciting and enjoyable, with a wide range of fun and memorable experiences throughout the year.  We understand that every child is unique, and we celebrate these differences by using a variety of teaching and learning approaches to suit all learning styles. Whether we’re exploring new topics, working together as a team, or making discoveries through play, our goal is to create meaningful learning moments your child will remember.

We encourage children to share any personal achievements or experiences with the class using the Seesaw App. We will share content in class, giving students a chance to express themselves and build confidence in speaking and listening.

Please note: For any direct communication with the teacher, kindly use Arbor. The Seesaw App is not intended for messaging the teacher.

We’re looking forward to a fantastic year of learning, growing, and having fun together in Year 2!

Physical Education & Forest Schools 

Forest Schools (Outdoor Education): Takes place every Monday.  Please ensure your child brings wellingtons and a spare pair of socks.

P.E. Lessons are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Children should come to school dressed in their P.E. kit and wear appropriate footwear. A spare pair of sock and change of footwear may be required for outdoor lessons particularly during the Autumn/Winter and early Spring.

What will your child need to bring with them?

• A reusable water bottle – Children are responsible for taking their bottles home each evening for cleaning and bringing them back each day.
• A healthy snack – For morning break — please ensure it is nutritious and nut-free.
• Packed lunch (if required)
  If your child is not having a school lunch, please send a packed lunch each day.
• Home Reading Books – These will be sent home every Friday and should be returned on Friday so they can be changed and redistributed the following week.  Please read with your child every night for 20 minutes and document this in their reading diary.
  The reading diary and books should be returned each Friday for monitoring.

Homework

Homework is here to help support your child’s learning. We know that sometimes other things come up, so our main ask is that daily reading at home remains the top priority. Homework is using our online programs.

Homework set in Year 2 will consist of:

• Reading (20 minutes per night) recorded in the reading diary.
• SPaG Online – Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (1 activity per week)
• Spelling Shed –  Spelling practise (15 words to be practised across 2 weeks) 
• NUMBOTS – Games that support fluency and number recall.
• Maths Shed – Number activity based on Maths taught in class (1 activity set per week) 
• Every Friday, children take a short arithmetic quiz in class. This note is sent home so you can see how your child is doing and to help support their learning.  It also gives you an opportunity to practice similar questions at home with your child, helping them improve and feel more confident.

From time to time, we may invite children to take part in a fun, creative project for example, making a model or something they can bring into school to share. These activities are completely optional, and there’s absolutely no pressure to take part. They’re just a lovely way to extend learning in a hands-on, enjoyable way if your child is interested!