Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2026. 

Another busy term is ahead, but we begin this new calendar year reflecting upon our learning in Year 2 so far and thinking about how we can extend our learning in term 3. 

Spelling homework will continue to be given out on Friday in our blue books, I will be reducing down the number of words that are sent home to practice but they will still focus upon the spelling rules for Year 2. 

Maths homework will also become weekly and be given out every Thursday to be returned on the following Wednesday. The homework will reflect what we have been learning during that week to allow the children to recap their knowledge.

Thank you for you support.

Geography

We shall be discussing if it is harder to live in the UK compared to the Polar regions, looking at the differences in the climate and environment as well as learning about both human and physical features of these differing continents. We might need our thermals for these lessons!

PE 

This term we shall be learning to play net and wall games and Dance. Our PE days will remain as Wednesday and Thursday.  Our Dance lessons will where we are putting together an exciting routine that we will be performing to our families at the end of term. 

English 

Our English reference book this term will be The Night Gardener, a lovely illustrated book, in which we follow the story of William and his new friend who is able to create beautiful Topiary in a town where all seems grey. 

Maths 

Our focus in maths will be looking at shape, money, multiplication and division. The children will learn some of the more formal ways of doing multiplication, including repeated addition, groups of and arrays.

DT

I am excited to be introducing sewing into our lessons this term, where we will be looking joining techniques to create a pouch to keep things safe. We will be starting from scratch, looking at pattern cutting, creating templates and some types of stitching used to make a join within a fabric product.

Enrichment

Something different form our enrichment this term, we are going to be working on Drama scenes where the children will be using their imagination and creativity to tell us "What happens next?" We will be filming their ideas and uploading to Dojo so that you can see their amazing acting talents.

PSHE

Citizenship is our focus in PSHE this term, we will be including our British Values in these lessons and looking at what citizenship is and how we can be a supportive, thoughtful and good citizen.

Thanks you for all of your support.