Year 2

Learning Link: London's Burning

We will be very busy in Year 2 this term!  As part of our topic on the Great Fire of London, children will have lots of opportunities for hands on learning including a London’s Burning workshop and a visit to the capital. We will also learn how London has changed as a result of the fire.  We will study the Plague and make links to the importance of staying safe and healthy in Science. Children will learn important skills of colour mixing when painting their portraits and will have the opportunity to make a London landmark with a moving part.  We will also focus on the uses of IT in the world and use a programme to locate London landmarks.

St. Dorothy:

Mrs Della Maestra

St. David:

Mr Jones

Curriculum Newsletters for Autumn, Spring and Summer can be accessed here as they become available

The Curriculum Evening Presentation can be accessed here

Year Group reminders

Week Commencing: Monday 7^th September 2026

Week B

Monday:

Tuesday: Children in 2DM only in PE kits today please.

Wednesday: Whole school mass to celebrate the new school year.

Thursday: Both classes, children in PE kits today please. 

Friday:

Looking further ahead:

Wednesday 16th September - Curriculum Evening 

PE for Year 2 will be every Thursday and alternating Tuesdays – 2D in Week A and 2DM in Week B.

Reminders:

Please send your child in with a glue stick – we can label them in class.

Please ensure all items are clearly named so they find their way back to the children (water bottles, snack pots, coats, jumpers, cardigans etc.)

Homework

Spellings:

No spelling homework.

Maths:

No maths homework.

Reading for Pleasure

Book of the Week: The Twits by Roald Dahl.

RE

Creation and Covenant

This week the children will hear about the Noah story and be able to recall and retell it in their own way.

English

This week the children will be introduced to compound words, identify nouns, remind themselves about conjunctions and use commas correctly.

Phonics/ spellings

We will review our phase 3 sounds this week.

SPAG

Spelling

There will be no spelling test or lesson this week.

Grammar

Commas, conjunctions, nouns and compound words.

Maths

Numbers to 100

Counting and using apparatus to count to and from 100.

Science

Materials

The children will identify materials and their properties.

Art

Portraiture

The children will use their skills to create a portrait of their peers.

Computing

Online safety

How technology makes me feel

Geography

London’s Burning

This week the children will learn about the Great Plague and how the Great Fire of London impacted on this historical event.

French

Music

We will rediscover our stick notation learning, using the chants and rhymes we learned last year.

PE

Sending and Receiving

Pass and receive the ball with some control by throwing and kicking with your feet. Track a moving ball. Begin to use equipment for send and receive e.g. rackets.

Ball skills

Track and intercept a moving ball with equipment and different sized balls (GD smaller ball). Beginning to understand simple tactics. Throw overarm with accuracy at a target. Say when someone was successful.

Invasion Games

Pass, receive and shoot the ball with increasing control. Work as part of a team to keep possession and score goals when attacking.

Learning for Life

Our ideal classroom

Children learn the importance of rules and decisions.