Year 2
07.03.2025 Weekly Round-Up!
This week we have been learning about shapes in maths. Year 2 are beginning to count the number of edges, faces and vertices on a 3D shape. We have enjoyed finding out about London in 1666 compared to London today and have been able to write super sentences using the conjunction ‘but’ to compare and talk about the changes in London. We are enjoying our new class read ‘Vlad and the Great Fire of London’. Year 2 have been working really hard on their comprehension skills recently and we have focussed on inference and sequencing this week. We are becoming fantastic readers in Year 2!
Year 2 have been counting the number of faces on 3D shapes.
31.01.2025 Weekly Round-Up!
It’s been a tricky week in Year 2 as we have been working really hard in maths to be able to add and subtract 2 2-digit numbers. We have looked at different methods to do this, including; partitioning, practical methods using place value chart with regrouping and exchanging, the column method and on a number line. We will continue to revisit this throughout the year. In English, we took some time revisiting capital letters and full stops and particularly capital letters for proper nouns. Year 2 have worked really hard this week, you should be very proud of yourselves.
Adding 2-digit numbers and exchanging
24.01.2025 Weekly Round-up!
It’s been a musical week in Year 2 this week as we began our Music topic singing along to songs about the Great Fire of London. The children were able to able to clap a rhythm and recognise the pulse of a piece of music. In Science, we investigated how materials can change shape by bending, squashing, twisting etc. Keep up the great work Year 2!
We have been adding 2 2-digit numbers by partitioning.
17.01.2025 Weekly Round-Up!
This week Year 2 have been busy learning to add 3 1-digit numbers. We learnt to find number bonds to 10 and then add the remaining number, find doubles or add the smallest numbers first. We finished writing our own innovated stories similar to the story ‘Dogger’. The children created their own characters, whom had a special toy that was lost. Check back soon to read our completed work!
We played in the park and helped our friends with some of the tricky slippery apparatus!
Year 2 had a fabulous time at the library on Monday! We chose some great books to bring back to school and enjoy!
10.01.2025 Weekly Round-Up!
Happy New Year and welcome back to Term 3 in Year 2! I hope you all had a lovely, well rested Christmas break. This term we have started our new maths topic; learning to add and subtract three single digit numbers. We have started our new Science topic looking at everyday materials and their uses. The children revisited their learning from Year 1 naming materials and talking about their properties. Looking ahead to next week; we will be testing materials, starting our new history topic learning about the ‘Great Fire of London’ and focussing on ‘sequencing’ skills as our new viper in Reading comprehension. And not forgetting our half-term trip to the library.
Busy, busy, busy!
Christmas lunch!
Well done Issy for achieving writer of the week! You have been working so hard on your handwriting recently!
Congratulations Stefania on receiving the Richardson Award for your resilience and fantastic progress this term!
Merry Christmas from Year 2
13.12.2024 Weekly Round-Up!
This week was lots of fun! On Wednesday we had our Christmas sing along! Year 2 enjoyed singing and performing on stage. Thank you to all of our lovely families for coming along and joining in. In English we learnt how to use apostrophe s to show possession and in Science this week the children revisited food chains and talked about how animals are suited/adapted to live in their habitat.
06.12.2024 Weekly Round-Up!
This week in maths we compared number sentences using the greater than, less than and equals symbols. We also learnt how to use the inverse to check out calculations. We enjoyed reading and sharing the beginning of our story Dogger and wrote missing posters describing Dave’s beloved toy Dogger; we used lots of expanded noun phrases. In RE we revisited the Christian faith, we learnt how and why Christian’s celebrate Christmas. Another great week of learning Year 2 well done!
29.11.2024 Weekly Round-Up!
A huge well done to Yellow house this week for bringing home the achievement cup! Looking good in the Year 2 room! ;-)
Well done to Elijah on achieving writer of the week! He has been working hard on his spelling and always tries to include expanded noun phrases to extend his sentences.
Well done Stefania for achieving problem solver of the week! We are all very proud of your progress this half term!
22.11.2024 Weekly Round-Up!
In math this week, we have been able to add and subtract a 2-digit number and ones and we were able to find fact families using our knowledge of number bonds
to 10 and 20. This week was a great week for writing in Year 2! We revisited using commas in a list when writing our dictated sentences and further embedded our learning about expanded noun phrase. Year 2 wrote their own versions of the story ‘Peace at Last’ but this time Mr Bear lived in his natural habitat in the woodlands. Year 2 chose their own noise words to represent what was keeping Mr Bear awake and was able to use repeated phrases throughout their story. Check back soon to read our fantastic stories!
Check out Year 2's amazing habitats in a shoebox! I am super impressed!
15.11.2024 Weekly Round-Up!
Week 2 already and we’ve had another fantastic week of learning. This week we learnt about food chains in Science and were able to create some food chain to show animals ‘eaten by’ other animals(predators!). We learnt about using commas in a list as well as the comparative and superlative suffixes -er and -est. Tricky stuff!
The London Fire Brigade visits Year 2!
08.11.2024 Weekly Round-Up!
Welcome back to Term 2! This term we will be writing our own innovated story in the style of ‘Dogger’ by Shirley Hughes. We will be learning to add and subtract in maths and in History we will be learning about the changes in technology over the years and all about the achievements of Alexander Graham Bell (famous for inventing the first ever telephone!)
24.10.2024 Weekly Round-Up!
Our last week of Term 1! We worked hard this week to plan our stories ready to write up after the half term. We revisited counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and began learning to count in 3s. In art this week we learnt about primary and secondary colour and had a go at mixing colours. After half term we will learn about a famous artist called Piet Mondrian and produce our own versions of his famous works.
Stay and learn with our parents; finding out about the life and significant achievements of Rosa Parks.
18.10.2024 Weekly Round-Up!
This week we have been super busy doing some fantastic writing. Year 2 have been learning about expanded noun phrases and how to use these to describe our character Mr Bear and a bear’s habitat in the forest. Next week we will begin writing our own version of peace at last. In maths, we have been learning to partition 2-digit numbers into different combinations of tens and ones. Year 2 enjoyed working ‘systematically’ with the dienes cubes to partition numbers.
Year 2 have been learning to partition numbers into different combinations of tens and ones.
Year 2 had a fantastic time making all sorts with loose parts play!
Year 2 have been practicing using capital letters and full stops correctly. We were able to edit sentences from our focus text Peace at Last.
11.10.2024 Weekly Round-Up!
'We were writing about Muslims. Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) asked Abdul to take the poor man in so that they can give him food. Abdul told his wife and his wife said "we only have enough food for the children". The children were sent to bed and they gave the food to the poor man.' ~ Daniel
'We learnt about the five pillars. I remember 3 of them.' ~ Elijah
'We went on a walk to see habitats. We found bugs under logs.' ~ Adonai
'We were using tens and ones and finding the value of each digit.' ~Maceo
Ball skills in PE!



A huge thank you to all of our lovely parents and carers who were able to contribute donations for Harvest Festival.
We have been using dienes cubes to help partition 2-digit numbers into tens and ones.
Year 2 went on a walk today around our local area. We did some fantastic Science fieldwork looking for habitats and exploring the environment for things that are alive, was once alive or have never been alive.
Year 2 were able to apply lots of the new skills we have learnt about number and place value.
04.10.2024 Weekly Round-Up!
This week we worked hard on improving our handwriting and focused on the various diagonal joins. In maths we revisited recognising numbers from different representations. We were counting forwards and backwards in tens and begun to partition numbers into tens and ones.
on Monday we visited the library, it was great fun to go on our first outing of the year, in year 2! The children chose some exciting books and we have been sharing these back in class. A fabulous week Year 2!
Year 2 had a special visitor today; Charlotte came to teach us some ball skills in PE!
Our first outing in Year 2! Today, we got to visit the library and choose some books to bring back to school.
Year 2 created a piece of art using collage to show human and physical features of the seaside.
Learning to collage!
A fantastic well done to Year 2 this week as we were awarded both the Attendance and Green Class of the Week award!
A quick snippet of what we have been up to in maths so far.
20.09.2024 Weekly Round-Up!
We had a fabulously arty week in Year 2 this week. The children learnt what ‘collage’ was and practiced their collaging skills creating a seaside scene and helping the colour monster to sort his feeling into jars. In English, we wrote poems about our chosen feeling. The children in Year 2 were able to use a variety of advertises verbs and similes. In Maths, we have been comparing numbers using the >, < and = symbols.
A little look at what we have been up to in writing so far.
13.09.2024 Weekly Round-Up!
This week we continued our Geography topic looking at the Great British Coastline, we learnt what an island was, some key features of different islands and what the coastline is. In maths the children have been ordering numbers.
Check back soon to see a great video of what we got up to in PE!
06.09.2024 Weekly Round-Up!
Well done to our new Year 2s! Our fantastic first week back. We worked hard on our letter formation this week, starting and finishing letters in the correct place in continuous cursive. Year 2 used contraction words such as haven't, wouldn't and didn't to write silly sentences about the summer break. Unfortunately, I haven't had any crocodile flavour ice cream and I didn't fly to the moon and back with my pet monkey! We began our Geography topic looking at the Great British Coastline, the children learnt what and island is and the names of some of our nearest seaside resorts.
**Don't forget to practice your spellings each week (testing on Friday) and complete your Reading Eggs and Mathletics Homework. We will be checking these on Wednesday.
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06/09/2024
Welcome to Year 2! It's great to have you back!
Your teachers in Year 2 are Mrs Stiles and Mrs Snape.
We will start the term off reading some much loved classics, such as 'The lighthouse keepers lunch', 'Gorilla' and 'Mog the Forgetful Cat'.
As our writing focus for this half term, we will start work on 'The Colour Monster' and we will look at stories with familiar settings, including 'Dogger' by Shirley Hughes, and 'Peace at Last' by Jill Murphy - both fantastic texts! We will write our own version of the story Dogger innovating the characters and events.
In Maths we will be focussing on number and place value. Year 2 will be learning to add multiples of tens and partition numbers into tens and ones- recognising the place value of each digit in a 2-digit number.
Our Science topic for this half term is animals including humans. We will find out what a carnivore, herbivore and omnivore are and be able to classify types of animals.
Check back soon to see some photos of what we have been up to in Year 2.
The Year 2 team!
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