Welcome to Year 2
All our classes are named after famous artists. Year 2 classes are
2 Van Gogh, after the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, and 2 Picasso, after the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. Our Year 2 teachers are Mr Brooksbank, Miss Gordine and Miss Poole.
This year children will study a range of topics with a History and Geography focus. These include Queen Victoria, The World, The Dark & The Great Fire of London.
Spring Term Two
This half-term children will have a History focus to their learning with their topic centred around 'The Great Fire of London'. Children will write a diary entry, a newspaper report and publish a poem. We are also excited to take part in a Great Fire of London themed trip. Our learning will be guided using an illustrated history of the Great Fire.
In Maths, we will focus on the topic of measurement, including addition and subtraction problems involving length and height and our times table focus will be the four times table. Take a look at the attached Maths yearly overview to see all the topics we will cover this year.
What can you do at home?
Reading:
Children should be reading at least 10-15 minutes a day. Please remember to sign your child's reading journal every day - they will be given a certificate for reading every day!
Link to Mathletics
Weekly mathletics is set that links up with our maths focus of the week.Optional maths homework - an additional worksheet will be sent home to consolidate our maths learning from the week.
Link to Spelling Shed
Weekly spellings will be sent out on a Friday and tested the following Friday. Please find these attached at the bottom of the page. Weekly spellings can be practised online on Spelling Shed:
Link to TT Rock Stars
You can compete against yourself or take part in our class battles.
Link to BBC Bitesize
The BBC have their own daily primary lessons for you to explore.
Link to J2e Logon
Use your Microsoft365 logon to access J2e which includes lots of activities, including SpellBlast. On J2e, click on shared folders to see the class and this will show you activities for the children to complete. You can write straight onto the documents and then to save just press the back arrow in the top left hand corner.
Link to LGFL My USO to access Busy Things
You can access Busy Things through your using your Microsoft 365 logon.
Our class code for BusyThings is bug76.
Link to Twinkl Sign-up
Twinkl has lots of resources and activities you can access for free for 30 days.
Link to Hit the Button
Year 2 children should know the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Hit the Button is a great resource to help with times tables and other mental maths facts.
Link to Sats reading comprehension
Sample SATs style reading comprehensions can be found at the link above or on Twinkl.
Additional Resources
Useful maths links for home learning:
