Year 2 2024 - 2025

Welcome to the Year Two Class Page

Class Teacher: Miss Croft

Support staff: Miss Ellison, Mrs Coombes & Mrs Karikari

Our Christian Value this half term is Compassion.

I would like to welcome you all to the Year Two class page. Year Two marks the last year in Key Stage One and is always a fun, busy, exciting year!

As the sunshine gets warmer and the nights get lighter, the children in Year Two will have fantastic opportunities for more exciting learning.

Our Author of the Term has now changed to Mini Grey and she is the author of the story Traction Man; this is the book we will be reading together within our English. As well as Traction Man, we have very exciting topics within English this term! We are starting the term by writing our own list poems using adjectives. Then, we will move on to read Dave and the Tooth Fairy together where children will be writing their own stories and writing a character profile. Some exciting learning coming up for Year Two!

Within Maths this term, we are going to be looking at our timestables (2's, 5's and 10's), time, fractions and money. To help your child at home, please log in to TT Rockstars so they can practise their timestables - it is a fantastic game where children can quickly learn their 2's, 5's and 10's tables (it also provides hours of fun)!

As part of our History this term, we will be exploring the history in our own locality; Ashton-in-Makerfield. The Year Two children are excellent historians!

Within Geography, we will continue to compare London and Nairobi identifying the human and physical features. We will then be moving on to fieldwork and map skills before concluding our Year Two Geography learning by studying the Amazon Rainforest. 

We have two exciting Science topics to cover this term; Plants and Living Things and their Habitats. Within our Plants topic, we will be learning the important things plants need to survive as well as growing our own cress and observing/recording over time how a seed/bulb grows into a plant. How exciting! 

Please see the long term plan at the bottom of this page to find out more exciting learning for this term!

Exciting Learning from Spring Two!

We had the best day for World Book Day!

In R.E, we made bread in the shape of the crown of thorns to represent the crown Jesus wore on the cross.

The ducklings came to St Thomas's in Year One; we were lucky enough to see them swimming in the pool.

As part of Science day, we discovered what reversible and irreversible changes are. To understand our learning, we melted chocolate in our hand to understand how it can be melted and then return to its original state. As part of our day, we had a Science show!

Within Maths, we have been learning how to add and subtract two two-digit numbers. Year Two have been amazing!

General Reminders

• Our P.E days are on a Monday and Thursday
• Every Monday afternoon, Mrs Karikari will teach your child R.E and P.E
• For breaktime, one snack should be brought into school with a bottle filled with water, only.
• Earrings may be worn but only studs and they must be removed on P.E days, we cannot take them out or put plasters over them.

Homework

• Daily reading is expected at home. Please sign and date the reading record so an adult can pick it up in school. Your child will read in school with an adult a minimum of twice a week and have their book changed accordingly. If your child finishes their level book at home, please take the opportunity to re-read your child's book and ask questions to improve comprehension skills.
• Spellings and homework are given out every Friday. Homework is due in for the following Wednesday and our spelling test takes place every Friday morning. Spellings are tailored to match the Phonics taught within school and also include a mixture of common exception words.
• This year, your child will be introduced to TT Rockstars. This supports your child in learning their 2's, 5's and 10's timestables.

Ways to help your child

• Please ensure your child is on time for school each day; the doors open at 8:25am and learning starts promptly after registration
• Listen to your child read daily and write a comment in their reading record books
• Talk to your child about their school day
• Ensure that your child learns their spellings
• Ensure all homework is carefully completed in pencil and handed in on time
• Teach your child the time and the concept of money

Useful websites and games to support learning:

TT Rockstars is excellent for learning timestables (focus especially on 2's, 5's and 10's)	Numbots is fantastic for securing knowledge of numbers within addition and subtraction. It increases fluency and rapid recall.	Hit the Button is an excellent game which increasses fluency and encourages rapid recall. It helps in learning number facts.

Dates this term:

PFA Rainbow Raffle - Friday 2nd May

VE Day Celebrations - Friday 16th May 2025

Numeracy Day - Friday 6th June 2025

25 Things to Spot PFA Day - Friday 20th June 2025

Sports Day - Friday 27th June 2025

Move up Morning - Wednesday 16th July 2025

Y2 Class Trip - TBC

Parents, I am delighted to be teaching your child this year and I hope it will be a very happy and successful year for all of us.
Thank you for your support. Please do not hesitate to come and see me or message me on Dojo if you wish to discuss your child's wellbeing.

Make sure you keep up to date by checking Class Dojo.

Thanks to Wigan Today for allowing us to use their photograph.