Year 2

Year 2 Curriculum Project

Year 2 Project - Magnificent Monarchs

In the Magnificent Monarchs project, your child will learn about English and British monarchs from AD 871 to the present day and consider how the power of the monarchy has changed over time. They will study six significant sovereigns; Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria and Elizabeth II. Finally, they will choose which of the sovereigns that they have studied is the most significant.

Memorable Experience: English and British monarchy timeline

Geography: Significant places - royal residences

History: Historical vocabulary; Historical periods; Timelines; Power and rule; Historical artefacts; significant people - Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror; Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Elizabeth II

This project is also supported by mini projects in; 

Science: Animal Survival

Art and Design: Portraits and Poses

Design and Technology: Cut, Stitch and Join; Push and Pull

Computing: lessons derived from D.A.R.E.S

Music: lessons derived from Kapow

PE: lessons derived from TeamThemeKent

PSHE: lessons derived from JIGSAW content

RE:  lessons derived from Kent SACRE scheme and Cornerstones projects 

 

More information about the Year 2 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 2 Long Term Plan 2025-2026  document found below.

Year 2 Key Information

For this term, PE is timetabled for every Tuesday and Wednesday. We will be doing hockey on Tuesdays and gymnastics on Wednesday. Please ensure that all earrings are removed on those days and that your child has their full PE kit in school. Please make sure that your child has a colder weather PE kit in school, including spare socks and trainers.

 

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English  

w/c 23.2.26

We will:

• understand the life cycle of a ladybird
• understand and write the introduction for an explanation text
• identify the nouns and adjectives on a piece of text
• understand and write stage one of the explanation text

Reading - Remember that they do not need to read the entire book in one day. Please continue to hear them read daily and write it in their reading record books.

Spelling by phoneme:

In class, we focus on a different phoneme each week. The phoneme and its corresponding graphemes will be introduced on the Monday with different activities running until the Friday. This gives them the week to practice the spellings with you at home or on Edshed. Their understanding will then be checked by writing a dictated sentence.

This week we will be focusing on the tricky words:

why

what

when

where

which

through

said

there

their

they're

was

some

come

because

they

The underlined words are our focus words.

 

 

Maths

w/c  23.2.26

We will: 

• divide by 5
• the 5 and 10 times-tables
• complete an end of topic check on multiplication and division
• complete a pre-topic check on length and height
• measure in centimetres
• measure in metres

Fluency Bee:

understand 10

Infinity maths:

The link is 

https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home 

click 'enter code'

They can then add the

School code

SLR - JJW

Quiz Pins:

Multiplication and division

16 - 15 - 61

43 - 23 - 20

51 - 03 - 50

63 - 80 - 31

money:

20 - 38 - 42

49 - 39 - 84

Additional Information

 

Enjoy half term - the children have worked incredibly hard and deserve the rest.

TTrockstars has now been set up with the times-tables they should practice - the login is the same as their Numbots logins. Please make sure they have plenty of practice on Numbots, TTrockstars and Edshed throughout the week as this helps them with their learning in class.

 

All homework folders should be returned to school (completed) every Thursday.

If your child wears earrings,  please can these be removed or taped before school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to prevent the risk of them being caught during PE.

As the weather continues to be varied, please ensure that you send your child in with a coat and warm PE clothes (tracksuit bottoms and jumper/hoodie) as both our PE lessons are outside activities.

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        This week's homework is:

• To read for at least 10 minutes everyday to an adult.
• spend 20 minutes (over the week) on Numbots (Usernames and passwords are in your child's reading record) or Infinity (see link and codes in the maths section above)
• spend 20 minutes (over the week) on Edshed (usernames and passwords in reading records)
• For those wanting additional work -

• English:

• complete the activity in the homework folder
• practice handwriting
• write sentences which use contracted words (I'll, haven't etc)
• write sentences which are questions or statements and know the difference including the correct punctuation

         Maths:

• write number words 20 - 30 correctly
• write their 2 times-tables and then write the division facts (1x2=2 so 2 divided by 1 = 2)

 

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