Year 2

Year 2 Curriculum Project

Our curriculum is 'Under Construction' as we make some tweaks ahead of the Primary Curriculum review due in Spring 2027. Please check back soon to see the updated Long Term Plan for 2026-2027.

Year 2 Key Information

For this term, PE is timetabled for every Tuesday and Thursday. We will be doing lacrosse on Tuesdays and athletics on Thursdays. 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 31.8.26

We will:

• Start our new text 'Ravi's Roar' - answering comprehension questions and defining new vocabulary, as we go through the text
• Understand and identify nouns 
• Create a story mountain
• understand the feelings of the main charatcer and identify if they are positive or negative feelings - learn that these are adjectives.

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:

This week we are starting to review Phase 5 to make sure that we can remember which graphemes make which phonemes.

Phoneme/grapheme list:

Phoneme /ai/ as the graphemes - a-e ai ay a eigh ea ey aigh

Examples = brake, great, they, straight, eight, claim, astray and apron.

Phoneme /ee/ as the graphemes -  y ea ee e ie ey e-e

Examples = happy, treat, speech, be, believe, valley and these.

Phoneme /igh/ as the graphemes -  igh i-e i y ie

Examples =bright, time, tiger, why, cried

 

Common exception words (prickly words)

people

eye

whole

 

 

 

Maths

w/c  31.8.26

We will: 

• numbers to 20
• count objects to 100 by making 10s

Fluency Bee:

Understanding number bonds to 6 and 7

Infinity maths:

A fantastic way for your child to consolidate their maths learning.

The link you need is: 

https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home  

click 'enter code'

They can then add the

School code

SLR - JJW

Quiz Pins: (more are added as their learning progresses)

Pin code

Place Value:

37 - 77 - 11

Additional Information

Welcome to Year 2.

 

Please note that there will not be any homework sent out this week.

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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 -

 

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