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Year 2 Weekly News

Weekly update of activities in Year 2

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  • 05/12/25

    Friday 5th December 2025

    We have had a very busy week in Year 2 this week.  During the topic of Baptism in RE, the children learned that for Christians, Jesus is "the Light of the World" because he brings hope, guidance, and life, which combats the "darkness" of sin and sadness. They listened to the...
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  • 28/11/25

    Friday 28th November 2025

    Year 2 class visited Christ Church to go on a sensory journey round the church to hear the story of Christmas.  The Christmas Journey illustrated the Christmas story in a multimedia and hands-on way, enabling the children to experience the Christmas story in a thought-provoking way...
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  • 21/11/25

    Friday 21st November 2025

    This week we have been looking at stories based upon Friendship. We have been looking at the story Lost and Found, Elmer and The Rainbow Fish. We have been talking about the qualities of a 'good friend' and how we can all be a good friend to one another. We made a class 'recipe for frien...
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  • 14/11/25

    Friday 14th November 2025

    During Numeracy this week the children reinforced their knowledge of 2D and 3D shapes; they identified and named as many 2D and 3D shapes as they could.  In their table groups, they then explored how many different ways they could sort the shapes.  They explained the criteria for the...
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  • 06/11/25

    Friday 7th November 2025

    This half-term our class book is “The Tunnel” by Anthony Browne.  The children looked at the front cover of the book and predicted what it would be like to go through a tunnel.  They then generated a list of vocabulary to describe what it would be like in the tunnel.  They...
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  • 23/10/25

    Thursday 23rd October 2025

    This week in PE, Year 2 improved their throwing and catching skills.  They began by practising throwing the beanbag up in the air, individually, and catching it with accuracy.  Then in pairs, the children practised throwing and catching to a partner, extending by increasing the distance be...
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  • 17/10/25

    Friday 17th October 2025

    This week in year two, we have been exploring work by a wonderful artist who uses mark making to create portraits of animals. She is called Olga Gamynina. We had lots of fun using the pens, pencils and crayons exploring mark making with to reimagine parts of her work. We really focused on the dir...
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  • 09/10/25

    Friday 10th October 2025

    We have had a very busy week in year two this week.  Continuing our work on ‘The Villains’ we have been working on creating Mr Wolf WANTED posters for his crimes against grandmothers, children and little pigs.  First, we discussed the things he has done, and then we created wor...
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  • 02/10/25

    Friday 3rd October 2025

    Year 2 have had another very busy week this week.  During RE the children began by learning about the Creation story in Genesis 1 and that God put humans in charge of caring for and protecting His creation, that God created the world and all living things over six days, and on the seventh day h...
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  • 25/09/25

    Friday 25th September 2025

    This week the children have explored their book ‘Inside the Villains’, by Clotilde Perrin.  Together as a class, we read Mr Wolf’s introduction.  Then, we opened the flap to reveal his personality page or fact file.  To consolidate their understanding, the children m...
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  • 19/09/25

    Friday 19th September 2025

    Year 2 have had another busy week this week and all the children have been working very hard.   In Maths, we have been learning about place value and writing numerals as words.  They have been using the part–whole method to partition numbers.  In Literacy, the children have...
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  • 12/09/25

    Friday 12th September 2025

    This week Year 2 were taught about Saint Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa), the Roman Catholic nun and missionary known for her humanitarian work with the poor and destitute. Her feast day is on 5th September.  The children learnt about key aspects of her life which included founding the...
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