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Year 2 Weekly News

Weekly update of activities in Year 2

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  • 09/10/26

    Friday 9th October 2026

    This week in Year 2, the children have been working hard in geography, learning all about weather symbols and patterns. Working collaboratively in groups, they wrote and performed their own weather forecasts focusing on the different countries within the United Kingdom. It was wonderful to hear...
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  • 02/10/26

    Friday 2nd October 2026

    This week in English, Year 2 have been exploring the feelings and motives of the wolf from our key text: Inside the Villain. The children have been busy gathering descriptive vocabulary and exploring his side of the story, preparing themselves to write some wonderful alternative perspective pieces...
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  • 25/09/26

    Friday 25th September 2026

    This week in Year 2, the children have been working hard in their RE lessons. Earlier in the week, they explored the biblical story of Noah by watching a video and answering questions. Afterward, the pupils drew and wrote about the parts of the story they found most significant.
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  • 18/09/26

    Friday 18th September 2026

    This week, Year 2 have been working on their partitioning skills in maths. The children have explored key vocabulary such as part and whole, using practical manipulatives to break down and build two-digit numbers. As well as this, they have been developing their number recognition by matching w...
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  • 11/09/26

    Friday 11th September 2026

    This week in Year 2 the children started their learning around Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Throughout the week we have started to explore her early life, her inspirations, and her global impact. After reading a range of information texts together, we began writing our own detailed fact files, foc...
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  • 03/07/26

    Friday 3rd July 2026

    On Wednesday, year 2 presented a beautiful assembly for the whole school and parents retelling the important story of Noah's Ark. They shared meaningful lessons from this Bible story before teaching us some fascinating facts about materials and which ones would have the best properties for build...
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  • 26/06/26

    Friday 26th June 2026

    This week, Year 2 drew pictures of Noah and the Ark as part of their Religious Education (RE) curriculum to explore the biblical story of obedience, patience, animals, and new beginnings. These drawings typically featured a large boat, pairs of animals, and a rainbow.  The children first listen...
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  • 19/06/26

    Friday 19th June 2026

    This week Year 2 class practised foundational athletic skills and fun races in preparation for Sports Day designed to build confidence, coordination and teamwork whilst enjoying being active outdoors. Standard practise drills included running sprints, egg-and-spoon balancing, throwing beanbags, the...
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  • 11/06/26

    Friday 12th June 2026

    This week year 2 were introduced to the concept of persuasive writing.  To begin the lesson, we discussed how we persuade our friends to play our favourite game or our parents to buy the latest toy and then finally where these ideas came from: Persuasive adverts.  We then watched advertisi...
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  • 04/06/26

    Friday 5th June 2026

    The children in Year 2 have continued their history topic looking at Florence Nightingale. They looked at artefacts, different sources and fact books. We were able to learn lots about her life and about how important she was!  The focus this week was on how Florence Nightingale fundamentally tr...
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  • 22/05/26

    Friday 22nd May 2026

    In Year 2, we have been investigating animals living in a variety of microhabitats. A log in the Forest School is an example of a microhabitat. We discovered many insects such as woodlice, worms, a caterpillar and a slug, in microhabitats made out of dead wood. Even a pile of leaves is a microhabita...
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  • 15/05/26

    Friday 15th May 2026

    In Year 2 this week, children were engaging in a variety of activities, including learning about Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole and compiling a timeline of events during the Crimean War.  The children have been reinforcing their understanding of ‘time’ o’clock and half...
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