Welcome to Year 2.
Our Teachers are Mrs Carter, Mrs Garcia and Mrs Wood. Our Teaching Assistants are Miss Kotrcova and Miss Moss.
Mar 062026
Dragon Machines, World Book Day and Discovering St Alban!
We have had a very busy week. It started with everyone designing their own Dragon Machine to help the dragons find their way home. They were very imaginative, filled with pipes, cogs and pulleys – we even had lifts and ladders to get people aboard! Lots of children then made their machine in Continuous provision.
On Thursday we had World Book Day with a chance to dress up and celebrate books with exciting activities including a quiz and a workshop based on Matilda.
Early in the week we did some research about the story of St Alban and then on Friday we went to the Cathedral to find out more.
It was a particularly busy day for Crimson class as we had our class assembly on Friday too. Congratulations Crimson – you did a great job! It’s Scarlet class’s turn next week. Please learn your lines for the beginning of the week. Good luck.
We hope you have a great weekend!
The Year 2 team
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Feb 272026
Can you find the dragon?
Welcome back to Spring 2! This term will fly by and hopefully we can begin to start enjoying longer days and some sunshine. We are looking forward to our trip to the Cathedral next week and the Year 2 sharing assemblies too.
This week we told the children about some very interesting sightings around the school over half term. Shiny, blue dragon’s tails were spotted in different areas. This unusual situation will inspire our writing over the next couple of weeks, starting today with the writing of a letter to Mrs Stray to let her know about what has been witnessed!
In Geography and History we are finding out about Mary Anning and Lyme Regis. We really enjoyed looking at a map of Lyme Regis and finding all the key landmarks and attractions. We also created some fantastic leaflets and posters all about Lyme Regis.
Next Thursday is World Book Day and we are planning lots of fun reading activities. Look forward to seeing you dressed up as your favourite book character or wearing your cosy clothes.
Remember to read lots at home, learn your spellings and do your homework in your purple book. Also, Crimson class have their assembly next week, so check to see if you have any lines to learn. Scarlet will have their turn next week.
Have a lovely weekend.
The Year 2 team
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Feb 132026
Happy half term!
It was Mental Health Week this week and we thought about Places Where I Belong. We realised that we belong in lots of places and showed this by drawing and making special maps.
We also learnt about what our bodies need to stay healthy and had an exciting session with Kai’s dad helping us to understand that our hearts pump faster after we do exercise!
Sponsored Read: To celebrate and promote a love of reading and to raise funds for the school, the PTA are inviting your child to take part in a sponsored read. This will take place from Friday 13th February to Wednesday 4th March. See the school newsletter for further details.
We hope you all have a dry, happy and healthy half term break,
The Year 2 team
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Feb 062026
Metamorphosis in Year 2
This week has been all about ‘changing and growing’ and we have found out all about metamorphosis. We have been so creative in our discovery time showing how different animals grow and change.
In English we have planned the second part of our ‘Paper People’ stories. We can’t wait to read the stories next week as it looks like lots of them will be going on some great adventures – to the beach, a farm or even Mars.
In Maths we have been working on subtracting 2 digit numbers by using dienes to regroup numbers.
It was lovely to see the sun make a short lived appearance during Wednesday lunchtime!
We hope you have a lovely weekend,
The Year 2 team.
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Jan 302026
Changing and surviving
In Science we learnt about how humans change and grow. We thought about what we needed as a baby and what we can do now. Luckily, Miss Hanbury was back and we got to ask her lots of questions about her baby including if he had ever been on a train or plane. (He has been on both)! We showed this in our Discovery time.
We also learnt about the survival needs of all animals including humans. We discussed what we thought was most important and ranked them; air, water, food and then shelter. Everyone really got excited showing our learning about this in Discovery time.
In Maths we worked on coins and making amounts out of different types of coins .e.g. 64p=50p+10p+2p+2p
In English we continued to work on Paper Dolls, thinking about our own Paper People and what adventures they might have.
Three times a week we have ‘Let’s Read’ where we really enjoy reading in groups. Sometimes we read with an adult, sometimes in the book corner and sometimes we do independent reading tasks.
Have a lovely weekend.
The Year 2 team
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Jan 232026
Paper People
In English we have introduced the story ‘Paper Dolls’ by Julia Donaldson. It is such a wonderful story and the children have loved the rhythm and repetition. We have seen lots of fabulous creations in Discovery time and look forward to our own paper dolls going on adventures.
In Maths we have been working on adding 2 digit numbers when you need to exchange 10 ones for one 10. See the steps below for the sum 17+15=32
We had great fun in Art this week choosing an instrument to combine with an animal or imaginary creature. The results were amazing and the children worked so well together with their ideas and a partner, including naming their design.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend,
The Year 2 Team
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Jan 162026
Fancy a coffee?
The highlight of the week has got to be the opening of our class coffee shop. The children have thoroughly enjoyed role playing, ordering drinks, writing receipts, counting out money and making items to sell. What a fantastic way to learn about money!
This week we have completed our non-chronological report about the rare creature we created. We have thought about why we need sub-headings in non-fiction writing and have structured our writing really well.
On Wednesday, we really enjoyed a creative afternoon of drawing. The children were so focused and enjoyed using different methods of drawing. Our focus this term is on ‘Music and Art’ and we drew in time to different rhythms and music.
Spellings – Each week your child has a list of spellings to learn. They are words we have learnt during the week and are familiar to the children. Please spend time learning the spellings with your child (the list is in the homework book and on Google Classroom). Every Friday we have a spelling quiz and the children need to show that they have learnt the words at home. Thank you for your support.
Have a lovely weekend.
The Year 2 Team
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Jan 092026
Welcome back!
Welcome back to the Spring term of Year 2. Time is flying! We hope you all had a peaceful break and are happy to be back into a routine!
We have started the week reading a non-chronological report about a strange creature called a ‘Tigglewump’ and have been inspired to create and name our own. We have had some very imaginative designs and descriptions and look forward to writing our own reports about them next week, using the plan we have written.
In Maths we have been working on fact families and the relationship between addition and subtraction. The children have really enjoyed creating families from three numbers.
In RE we have thought about ‘belonging’ and ‘being thankful’.
Have a lovely weekend, snow or no snow!
The Year 2 team
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Dec 192025
Happy Holidays
What an exciting week, with Christmas themed work and practising for our amazing concert! Remember to keep reading and look out for the TTRS battle starting on January 1st.
Thank you for your generous presents and thank you to all of you for your hard work this term.
All that remains to say is…. we hope you have a wonderful holiday and a great start to 2026!
Best wishes the Year 2 Team.
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Dec 122025
Countdown to Christmas!
Excitement for the holidays is building and we are starting to bring Christmas into our continuous provision. We have had a cracker with paper hats inside, sleighs, Christmas trees and presents in Crimson class!
The story we are working from is the brilliant ‘Meerkat Christmas’ by Emily Gravett, about Sunny the Meerkat who searches for his perfect Christmas. At the end of the story he realises that the most important thing is having friends and family around.
In Crimson class some children made meerkat costumes and they loved making desert scenes in the Small World area.
Scarlet class have continued creating ways to get across a wide river, coming up with some very inspired ideas.
We investigated how triangles (triangulation) make a very strong structure to support our creations.
Crimson class have been working hard on building their carts in DT.
We are all really looking forward to next week:
Tuesday – pantomime
Wednesday – Christmas lunch
Friday – 9 am Year 2 singing concert
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 2 team
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