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: mrsdellamaestra@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk

St. David:

Miss Davis: missdavis@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk

Year Group reminders

Week Commencing: Monday 20th October 2025

Week B

Monday: Parents evening (in person) for those who have booked.

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday: Library book to be returned today

Friday: Flu immunisation for those who have booked.  Non-uniform day - raising the postage funds for the shoeboxes. Please make a donation on Scopay.

Looking further ahead:

Week commencing 27th October is half term. Have a lovely week.

Reminders:

Please provide your child with a named art apron and glue stick.   We have been doing a lot of sticking so glue sticks are nearly running out! We are always grateful for boxes of tissues!

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

Please return Little Wandle reading book, reading record book and orange spelling book every Monday. Thank you

Homework

Spellings:

Spelling test on Monday.  Your child will come home with their new spellings for the week on Tuesday.  Please follow the instructions on the inside cover and ensure the grid is completed and sentences are written ready for their weekly spelling test on the following Monday.  This week the children will be revising all the rules we have looked at this half term and be tested on some common exception words.

Maths:

Your child will come home with a maths booklet on Friday 17th October.  Please ensure they complete Workout 4 and return their booklet to school by Thursday 23rd October where we will mark it as a class.

Reading for Pleasure

Book of the Week: Katie and the Mona Lisa by James Mayhew

RE

Prophecy and Promise

We will explore what a prophet is and look at Isaiah.

Following some scripture reading, we will examine the importance of darkness and light in religious artwork and create some of our own.

English

Continuing our poetry topic, we will be looking outside and be influenced by autumn to create our own autumn poems.

The rest of the week will have a focus on covering all the different word classes and thinking about how adverbs can improve our writing.

Phonics/ spellings

We are in the final review week of the Phase 5 phonic sounds: /or/, /zh/, /ch/, /sh/, /ur/, /sh/, /ai/, /igh/, /ee/, /oa/,/oo/, /air/, /ur/, /ow/

SPAG

Spelling

This week will be a review of all the spelling patterns we have covered this half term.  We will look at words with an irregular spelling pattern and the children will be set a mixture of all of these plus some common exception words as their half term homework.

Grammar

Word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives, conjunction and adverbs.

Maths

ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION

This week the children will be learning how to add and subtract 1’s, how to add by making 10, adding using a numberline and adding three 1 digit numbers.

Science

MATERIALS

The children will be explaining the process of recycling.

Art

The children will apply their knowledge and skills to create a portrait in the style of Kehinde Wiley.

Computing

The children will be explaining how to use information technology safely.

Geography

LONDON’S BURNING

Can I write about a key historical figure?

The children will learn more about some important historical figures during the Great Fire of London and do an extended piece of writing to show their knowledge.

French

We will rediscover all the French we have learned this term.

Music

Listen and respond to music. Find the pulse. Rediscover chants and rhythm games. Perform song with percussion instruments.

What do you like/dislike about this music? Can you play an instrument with the music? Can you listen critically and suggest improvements for the performance?

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

The children will be respecting each other's differences. They will know that everyone is different and unique and that God made us all special and that we should listen to other people and respect their ideas and opinions.