Week Ending 26th September 2025

We have had another very busy week in Year 2!

In English, the children have been gradually writing their own version of Bog Baby. They began by producing a plan, and each day they have been adding another paragraph, showcasing their imagination, creativity and writer's knowledge. We are very proud of their effort and the stories have been lovely to read. The children have also continued to practice their handwriting in print and in cursive.

Maths has given the children an opportunity to consolidate their Base 10 knowledge and apply their knowledge of symbols (greater than, less than and equal to) to this work. They have also continued with their work on counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and have been applying this to filling in the gaps in number lines.

The children explored the playground for different textures to create different tones with a pastel in our art lesson. They went on a scavenger hunt for habitat materials in science. 

During PE, the children have been learning to work in a team to accomplish physical tasks which has proved to be a rewarding challenge. They have been learning to communicate positively with each other and have shown great sportsmanship by cheering each other on and lending each other a helping hand.

Extra news: 

On  Monday 14th October, we will be seeking to bring to life our RE learning from the curriculum through an afternoon of creative art and role play. The children will enjoy an immersive experience, with support from our local church who regularly lead Collective Worship in school. We can’t wait to share this special afternoon of learning together! 

 

 

 

Week Ending 19th September 2025

English   

In English the children have been working hard on their setting descriptions using their growing knowledge and understanding of suffixes ‘ful’ and ‘less’, expanded noun phrases and adverbs this week in their writing. This week they have written a setting description all about the bluebell wood where the Bog Baby is found and have thought about his outward appearance in a character description as well his feelings before and  after he was taken from his habitat!

Maths  

In Maths, the children have been focusing on building on their place value knowledge and using the resources available particularly base 10 to help support them in their understanding of tens and ones when flexibly partitioning numbers up to 100.  We also focused on writing numbers in words and numerals. Towards the end of this week we have also looked at 10s and 1s on a number line.

Geography 

This week the children used their prior learning of key features of a coastline to identify those found in Hastings as a nearby coastline. We discussed the different features that we might see and discussed our own experiences on the beach.  

RE 

In RE this week we continued our learning all about Creation, thinking back to our big question this term ‘Who made the world?’ We shared our own favourite parts of nature and what we like about them and discussed why Creation is so special to God. 

Reading Strands   

Our focus this week was a the Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch. We predicted what might be in his lunch and discussed the new  vocabulary we noticed as we read the book.  We also answered questions related to the story, developing deeper reading of the text to find the answers, developing our inference skills. 

  

 

Week Ending 12th September 2025

What a busy first full week in Year 2!

The children have settled back into the normal timetable this week and have shown a really positive attitude and ready for a challenge.

In maths this week, we have been consolidating and extending our knowledge of Base 10 and have introduced new ways to represent tens and ones, including partitioning within part-whole models and drawing giant diagrams on the tables! We have done lots of practical work to support our learning.

We have began looking at our new story in English and have enjoyed learning about Bog Baby. Bog Baby's habitat was waiting in the classroom for the children on Tuesday morning, and provoked some very imaginative thoughts as to who or what could live there. The children have been consolidating and widening their understanding and use of conjunctions as well as learning new comprehension skills.

We have started looking at the story of creation in RE, and have focused on creating different tones with pastels and chalk in our art lesson. PE has focused on team games, and understanding the need for spacial awareness when moving ourselves in different ways.

Year 2 have earnt their weekend rest, a very hard working week for all.. 

 

Week Ending 5th September 2025

Welcome back to Year 2!  

We are so excited to be back in school again and have spent this week getting to know each other and building on the relationships with friends we have made already, as well as getting to know some new faces! 

This week the children have spent time doing team building activities as a whole year group and in their classes, including: Pictionary, making number and shapes as a team and passing a hoop to each other whilst holding hands without letting go! The children had great fun with this and learnt some new skills in keeping their balance and persevering when they found it tricky! 

The children have also been reminiscing about their favourite day of the holidays and have written all about it thinking about adjectives they could use to describe their amazing time!  

The children also had a fantastic afternoon creating beach scenes in Art linking to our Geography topic this term where we will focus on Coastlines. They used a range of materials to show colour, texture and shape and are very proud of the work they have done. 

We ended the week in our House groups taking part in obstacle races, a quiz and even some building in our house groups. The children enjoyed being outside and worked really well together – it was wonderful to see! 

We hope you all have a restful weekend after a busy week back!