This week's Learning in Year 2 at a glance
Year 2
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Learning Link: Beside the SeasideThis term we will be learning about the seaside and how holidays have changed over the years. We will look at changes in transportation and the impact this has had on the places we can visit including comparing Guildford and Brighton. We will be focusing on Victorian seaside holidays in history and we will be celebrating our learning at our S=P+A+C+E day where we hope to have donkey rides and a Punch and Judy show! |
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St. Dorothy: Mrs Della Maestra St. David: Miss Davis |
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Curriculum Newsletters for Autumn, Spring and Summer can be accessed here as they become available |
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Year Group reminders |
Week Commencing: Monday 27th April 2026 Week A Monday: Both classes in PE kit today please. Tuesday: Wednesday: Both classes in PE kit today please. Thursday: Library book to be returned today if your child would like to change it. Seaside Workshop from Chertsey Museum in school today. The children do not need anything special for this event. Friday: 2DM Forest School (please see separate email for further details). Looking further ahead:
Reminders: If you could send your child in with a glue stick we would be very grateful as we are running low. Thank you! 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 (if applicable), reading book, reading record book and orange spelling book in plastic folder every Monday. Reading book and reading record book to be in your child’s school bag everyday please. Thank you. |
Homework |
Spellings: Spelling test on Monday - all orange spelling books in school today. 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 Tuesday next week due to the Bank Holiday. Maths: Please ensure they complete Summer Term Workout 1 and return their booklet to school by Thursday 30th April where we will mark it as a class. |
Reading for Pleasure |
Book of the Week: The Digits by Tony Bradman and St. Sanchez |
RE |
To the Ends of the Earth This week we consider the impact that the Holy Spirit has on us and our lives. Then, reflecting on the words of the prayer ’Come Holy Spirit’ we will learn what it means to open our hearts to God. |
English |
As we are in our final week of our Master Readers text, The Bee Who Spoke, we will explore writing a diary entry. We will also explore the use of our voices through performance as we focus on one part of the book to express words in a variety of ways. Master Readers (Year 2) Text: The Bee who Spoke by Al MacCuish Focus vocabulary this week: troupe; patience; blurrily; chorus; scheme; noble. |
Phonics/ spellings |
This week we will focus on /oa/ spelt ‘o’ and /ao/ spelt ‘o_e’. |
SPAG |
Spelling Depending on the group your child is in, we will learn 'a' makes the 'o’ sound; 'ear’ and 'air’ trigraphs. Where /c/ sounds like ‘s’ before ‘e’, ‘i’ and ‘y’. Grammar Informal language in writing. |
Maths |
Fractions The children will be learning that a whole can be split into equal parts. |
Science |
Topic: Local habitats Children recognise and explore habitats in the school grounds. |
Art |
We will observe nature and use our sketching techniques to recreate it as accurately as we can. |
Computing |
The children will learn how to use the computer to create music and sound. |
History |
Beside the Seaside This week we have a fun and interactive workshop lead by Chertsey museum to teach us more about Victorian seaside holidays. |
French |
To learn 8 words for farm animals in French. |
Music |
Building on last week’s learning, we will continue to learn Papageno’s aria from The Magic Flute and explore how it is staged when performed. |
PE |
Athletics Children will run at different speeds and start to combine this with jumping. They will also be Jumping for distance and height in isolation and throwing for distance with accuracy and velocity. Children will start to remember, repeat and link combinations of actions. Striking and Fielding Children will develop overarm and underarm throwing to progress to Rounders and cricket in KS2. Track and collect a rolling ball, catching to get someone out, use hitting effectively and understand the rules of the game to play fairly. Team building KS1 OAA equivalent and begins with teamwork, building trust with good communication, strategy and planning, problem solving and basic map awareness. |
Learning for Life |
Our feelings: Children to learn that we can hold lots of feelings at once. |