Year 2
PE: PE days for Y2 are Wednesday and Friday.
Welcome to our Year 2 blog, where we share the headlines about the learning our children have been enjoying, including amazing events and inspiring teaching moments.
26.09.25
Year 2 had a fantastic time exploring space in the Explorer Dome. We started with a close up of the sun, and then the moon before looking at the constellations of the stars. There was lots of 'oohs and aahs' as each new moving image appeared in the blackness before us and some great knowledge was shared by the brilliant adults leading and the excellent answers to questions from the children. We will be using this knowledge in our English writing next half-term! Thank you to our parents for supporting us with this great experience, all in the comfort of our own hall!
12.09.25
What a fantastic start to the new academic year we have shared in Year 2! Thank you to all our children, with support from their families, for the calm, purposeful and smartly dressed way they have come into school every day, ready to learn.
In writing, we’ve started a brand-new book called Beegu by Alexis Deacon. It all began when Mrs Ballam found a mysterious spaceship had landed on our school playground. After careful questioning from the children, we began to piece together the story of a creature who had landed on Earth. Using this as inspiration, the children will be writing their own setting descriptions, focusing on noun phrases and exciting adjectives to bring their ideas to life.
In Maths, we have revised our Place Value knowledge and have been partitioning two digit numbers in tens and ones. This knowledge is going to help us build our addition and subtraction skills as we move through the term.
In History, we have started to explore great explorers! This is going to take us all over the world and even beyond! In week one we read all about Sir Ranulph Fiennes (a tricky name for us to tackle) and found out about his 93 day adventure travelling across Antarctica on foot. We can’t wait to find out more.
In Design and Technology, we will be designing and creating our own model moon buggies, which we hope to let go down a ramp to check that they work! We have been enjoying saying some technical words, including axle, exhaust and chassis! Soon we will begin to make our own moving models – watch this space!
No home learning required yet, please continue to support your child by reading to them and listening to them as often as possible.