Year 2 2025 - 2026

There are 3 classes in Year 1 this year: 2B, 2D and 2M.

2B - Miss Browning, Ms Molla and Ms Hussain/Ms Toft

2D - Miss Donovan and Ms Abdi/Ms Ahmed

2M - Mr Mahamoud and Ms Toft/Ms Hussain (Mrs Higham is continuing to teach in 2M during Mr Mahamoud's absence).

Autumn 2 Focus

This half-term we are covering the following topics:

Phonics: We will continue to revisit and apply our sounds to read new words, building on our knowledge from Year 1.
Reading: We will widen our reading skills by exploring a range of texts and beginning to learn and apply DERIC skills.
Writing: We will be writing our own poems and rewriting the story of Where the Wild Things Are.
Maths: Finding the difference as subtraction using pictograms and bar charts. The moving onto learning the 2, 5 and 10 time tables.
Science: Planning and taking part in experiements linking to materials
History: Great Fire of London
Art: Abstract art inspired by the work of Alma Thomas
PE: Great Fire of London Dance and Outdoor games
Music: Our Bodies (vocal sounds and instruments).
RE: Judaism
PSHE/Rights: What is bullying? Remembrance Day.

We will also continue to learn a different Right each week!

Reading books: Please bring your book bag in every day to be read with an adult in school. Books will be changed each Monday. Your child will recieve a colour coded book for their level of indepedent reading as well as a reading for pleasure book to read with an adult.
Reading records: Your child will receive a reading record to log the books they are given and to share the amazing reading they have been doing at home. Please also bring your reading record in to be checked by your class teacher weekly.
Phonics packs: Phonics books will be changed by your childs Phonics teacher each week.
Please bring a reusable water bottle to have in class every day.

PE Days:

Wednesdays indoor Dance.

Fridays outdoor games.

If you ever have a concern please feel free to email your child's class teacher to arrange a chat.

Spellings within reading record to practise
Reading and Phonics books to be read daily
- Check out our Year group blog page for weekly oracy based homework questions!

Useful links

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button