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 Flag football on Tuesdays and OAA on Wednesdays. 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 2.3.26

We will:

• understand and write stage three of the explanation text
• understand and write stage four of the explanation text
• edit and neat write my explanation text about ladybirds (several lessons)

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:

This week we will be focusing on the 'n' phoneme as the graphemes 'kn' and 'gn' and the phoneme 'r' as the grapheme 'wr'

kn

knight

knife

knock

knit

knee

 

gn

gnash

sign

design

gnat

gnaw

gnome

 

wr

wrap

wrong

write

wrote

wriggle

The underlined words are our focus words.

 

 

 

Maths

w/c  2.3.26

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:

Length and Height

40 - 61 - 56

Multiplication and division

16 - 15 - 61

43 - 23 - 20

51 - 03 - 50

63 - 80 - 31

money:

20 - 38 - 42

49 - 39 - 84

Additional Information

Please ensure that you have booked a parents' evening appointment.

 

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.

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        This week's homework is:

• To read for at least 10 minutes everyday to an adult.
• complete the work in the homework folder and return it by Thursday for marking.
• 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 letters cursive a and c (the children should be able to show you how)
• write sentences which use some of the spelling words
• spot words which end with the suffixes -ful, -ing or -ment and write them down

         Maths:

• write number words 1 - 50 correctly as both numbers and words
• measure items in your household - estimate whether they should be measured using centimetres or metres
• complete the infinity task for length and height.

 

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