Year 2
Dr. Kirby and Miss Staveley
Welcome to the Year 2 web page. You will find Dr Kirby in 2MK and Miss Staveley in 2AS along with all of our wonderful Year 2 children. If you have any concerns or queries, do not hesitate to get in touch with the school.
On this page you can find:
- Class information including spellings and home learning;
- Information about our curriculum and learning, including an overview of our current topic.
Click on our logo to find out about our Year 2 Curriculum
Year 2 Learning in Autumn- Unit 1
We’re beginning the year with a fascinating journey into the past, discovering what life was like for children and their families in Victorian times. The children will compare Victorian life with their own experiences today and explore what learning was like in a Victorian classroom. Our trip to the Black Country Living Museum will bring this history to life and help us uncover even more about how people lived, worked and went to school. In English, we will be reading The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge. The children will develop their descriptive vocabulary and learn how to use commas in a list before writing a detailed character description. They will then create and describe their own imaginative storybook beast, using the skills they have learned. In maths, we begin the year building on our Y1 knowledge of number, addition and subtraction. In science, we join Darwin on The Beagle to explore habitats across the seven continents and investigate how animals survive in different environments.
The rest of our curriculum is looking as exciting as ever, including studying still life art art by Fede Galizia and exploring how to create depth with tone and different shading techniques. In PE we are developing our ball skills to control a ball whilst rolling, kicking and dribbling and in R.E. we will be exploring what is means to be Muslim, examining beliefs and ways of living. Lastly, in Music, we will listen to pieces inspired by transport and compose our own train ride music, experimenting with tempo, rhythm and dynamics.
We're so excited to begin this new year and can’t wait to see the children's curiosity and confidence grow.
Spellings will be sent out on Mondays to practice at home before the tests on the following Monday. Current spellings can be found online on the link to the right. Maths home learning is set on Wednesday and due back by the following Monday. On a Wednesday evening your child will be sent home with both their spelling test book and their maths home learning book so you can see how your child is progressing. We also strongly encourage the children to read at least three times a week at home and reading books will be changed every Thursday.
Please make sure children wear their PE kits for our sporting activities: we have P.E on Tuesdays and Games on Wednesdays. Wednesday Games lessons will be outdoors (weather permitting) and you may wish to consider your child having a tracksuit for the day. This must be PLAIN navy please. Please make sure all earrings are removed or covered with tape before school on these days
.Year 2 Medium Term Plan Unit 12MK Timetable2AS TimetableKS1 Spellings
Year 2 Reading Workshop Slides_25/26Year 2 Writing Workshop Slides_25/26
Year 2 Maths Workshop Slides_25/26
