Welcome to our Year 2 Information Page. On this page you will find our Y2 Long term plan, our latest termly class newsletter, details of our homework project for this half term and any other relevant information. 

Termly Homework Project

Alongside weekly class homework, a termly homework project will be set to support classroom learning. Below is this half terms project. 

Phonics and reading 

Systematic synthetic daily phonics is taught following the Read Write Inc Programme throughout Early Years and Key Stage 1, beginning in the summer term of Pre-school. Pupils are grouped according to ability across the year groups. Progress is tracked throughout the year by the early reading and phonics lead and groupings are adjusted accordingly. Pupils in Year 1 have a National Phonics Screening Test in June. Pupils who do not achieve the expected standard re-sit the test the following year when they are in Y2.  Fast track tutoring will be used as an intervention when required to support early reading and writing. 
When pupils complete the Read Write Inc phonics programme they begin 'No-nonsense spelling'.  This programme is taught throughout Key Stage 2. 

Reading
We use the Read Write Inc reading scheme throughout Early Years and Key Stage 1 where books are fully decodable and correlate with where the child is up to in the scheme.  Children are also sent home two books which are matched to their reading level from Read, Write, Inc. and a book to read for pleasure with an adult, which will be from the school library..

If you have any questions or would like any further information about the curriculum or how you can further support your child's learning at home then please speak to your child's class teacher.  

If you would like any copies of the documents on this page, the school office will be happy to print them for you.  

Year 2 News and Gallery 

September

In Maths Y2 are learning about Place Value, we used resources to represent numbers in different ways.

October

We have been thinking about helping others.  At the end of the school day, we shared our CAFOD Prayer and Liturgy with parents.

November

We had a Jewish visitor in school.  We enjoyed learning about how Jewish families celebrate ‘Shabbat’.

December

In our Geography lessons, we have been learning about the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.

Our homework projects show the countries of the UK and their capitals, the seas surrounding the UK and some of the landmarks in each country. Some children created globes to help us to reflect on learning from Year 1 too.

January

In RE, we have learned about special books used in Church. We role-played the part of Mass where the priest reads from The Book of the Gospels.

February

In Science, we planned and carried out an investigation to find out which material would be most suitable to make an umbrella. We discussed the properties of the materials and made sure we carried out a ‘fair test’.

March

Computing: Year 2 enjoyed tinkering using Scratch Jr on the ipads and then finding out what various blocks made the character do.