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 30.3.26

We will:

• write a hook to encourage people to read our instructions
• edit and write our 'How to make a good friend' instructions out in neat

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 will be focusing on the common exception words - any and many as well as adding the suffixes -est and -y  to words which end in e:

jam

hedge

giant

change

sponge

jelly

magic

fudge

fridge

dodge

badge

large

charge

verge

range

whinge

change

orange

village

 

Homophones:

wear

where

 

Common exception words (prickly words)

any

many

once

two

The underlined words are our focus words.

 

 

 

Maths

w/c  30.3.26

We will: 

• understand how to read temperature
• complete an end of topic check on mass,capacity and temperature
• complete a pre-topic check on fractions
• introduction to part and wholes
• equal and unequal parts

Fluency Bee:

Bonds to 20

Infinity maths:

The link is 

https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home 

click 'enter code'

They can then add the

School code

SLR - JJW

Quiz Pins:

 

Fractions:

79 - 45 - 21

Mass, capacity and temperature

02 - 61 - 97

76 - 06 - 39

Length and Height

40 - 61 - 56

Multiplication and division

16 - 15 - 61

43 - 23 - 20

51 - 03 - 50

63 - 80 - 31

Additional Information

 

Homework this week includes an example of a reading test which by the end of Year 2 your child needs to be confident in completing. Please do not read the text to your child but encourage them to read it to you including the questions. Allow them to try to find the answer before discussing different ways to help them.

We were very proud of how well-behaved every child was on the school trip. We hope they had fun.

Please note that show and tell will be on Thursday, this week, instead of on the Friday.

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, c and d(the children should be able to show you how and tell you the rhyme - they all begin with off we go ......)
• write sentences which use some of the spelling words

         Maths:

• write numbers 50-60 correctly as both numbers and words
• helped to wiegh ingredients out using grams
• complete the infinity task for length and height.

 

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