What a wonderful week we’ve had in Year 2! It’s been full of vibrant learning experiences and it’s so rewarding to see how the children are actively embodying our school values each day. One of the highlights has been our Forest School, where the children immersed themselves in the natural world, their hands busy molding clay into the shapes of various forest creatures they imagined and observed. From hedgehogs to birds and even a wild boar, one we’re lucky enough to share our beautiful forest with :-), each creation reflected both their creativity and their deepening connection to nature.
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In English, we are revisiting our wonderful traditional stories with a twist! The children have already written their unique versions of these classic tales, adding exciting changes to characters, settings or plots. Now, we are reviewing and polishing these creative retellings.
We are focusing on making sure each story includes essential elements of traditional storytelling. First, we are ensuring each story starts with a classic opening (like “Once upon a time…” or “Long, long ago…”) and ends with a traditional closing (such as “…and they lived happily ever after”).
Next week, we are going to focus on the use of repeated phrases and descriptive language.
In Maths: we’re focusing on counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, with extra practice in counting by 3s. Through hands-on activities like exploring patterns on number charts. Maths W5 worksheets blog
In Stem: our focus was flexibility and rigidity. Children explored different materials to see which were flexible and which were rigid. They began by predicting the flexibility or rigidity of each item, then conducted a “fair test” by bending each material to observe its properties. This hands-on experiment allowed them to confirm whether their predictions were correct, helping them understand material properties through direct observation and testing.
Key messages
Reading books: please make sure these are returned on 11th October . The phonics books relate to the spellings we have been learning in class so please use them for any spelling practice alongside the reading.
Please make sure you return books on the day. You will incur a £5 fine if this isn’t returned. Your child will be given their new phonics book once the old one is returned.
PE days: all classes have PE on Mondays. Please ensure your child has a complete kit that includes: black or navy blue shorts and jogging bottoms or leggings, a plain white t-shirt, navy blue jumper or hoodie and trainers.
Forest school
We are lucky to have forest school this half term in year 2.
Robins – Tuesday
Swifts – Monday
Skylarks – Thursday
Please ensure your child has a forest school kit in on those days that includes: warm clothing, waterproofs and a change of shoes (ideally wellies or sturdy shoes).
Snacks
The school provides all children in KS1 with fruit or vegetables. However, please do send your child in with an extra healthy snack if you wish but this must not contain nuts.
Family photos
We are busy creating our new class family boards for the year and would love a family photo from each family to put on display. Please can you send your child in with a:
– photograph or alternatively email this to enquires.
– photo or drawing of a club/ extra curriculum activity.
– celebration of your home language.
Have a wonderful and restful weekend !
Year 2 team.