Year 2
Dr. Kirby and Miss Stanley
Mrs Crompton
Welcome to the Year 2 web page. You will find Dr Kirby in 2MK and Miss Stanley in 2JS with Mrs Crompton working across both rooms, 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
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Please find the slides for our recent presentation on the KS1 2025 SATs process here.
Year 2 Learning in Summer Unit 5
In this unit, year 2 will investigate the history behind the Titanic and her infamous maiden voyage. We will explore what happened, why it sank and how this incident improved safety at sea. Our English book, Samson's Titanic Journey by Lauren Graham, is a recount of a rat’s experience aboard this ship and will help us to write diaries about life on board the Titanic and her fatal collision with an iceberg.
In Maths, we will be exploring time and shape this half term. The children will recap o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to times as well as being introduced to minutes past and minutes to. We will then name and describe shapes, their different properties and learn about the lines of symmetry.
We are becoming nature explorers in science, cataloguing the plants that grow on the school grounds and learning what they need in order to grow, thrive and survive. The rest of our curriculum is looking as exciting as ever, we will be creating a sculpture inspired by the Hand of God in Michelangelo’s work “Creation of Adam” on the Sistine Chapel's ceiling and continue exploring other religious buildings in RE. There are lots of musical opportunities too, as we are making music in computing (Chrome Lab) and composing music to depict an animal’s movement. We will discuss what ‘relationships’ mean in PSHE, and in PE and Games, we’re developing underarm throwing, catching to field a ball, as well as striking it!
We’re looking forward to all the exciting learning and adventures ahead!
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 fluency questions are 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 Games on Tuesdays and PE on Wednesdays. Tuesdays 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 5
2MK Timetable
2JS TimetableKS1 Spellings
Year 2 Reading Workshop Slides
