Year 2 2025 - 2026

Welcome to the Year Two Class Page

Class Teacher: Miss Croft

Support staff: Miss Purnell, Mrs Davis & Mrs Karikari

Our Christian Value this half term is 'Love'.

I would like to welcome you all to Year Two. Children will be taught through an exciting topic-based curriculum, which should stimulate discussion and questioning at home and school. Year Two marks the last year in Key Stage One and it is always one that children can't wait to experience. It is always a fun, busy, exciting year!

Your child will embark on an exciting learning experience this term where they will learn about The Great Fire of London, The Enormous Crocodile and have a special visit from the Fire Service. Our author of the term in English is Julia Donaldson. There is a wide selection of her books in our class library for the children to enjoy.

In Maths, children will dive deep into place value and addition and subtraction.In Science, children will learn about everyday materials and use their scientific skills to determine the best material for an object and undertake an experiment to test absorption. Geography this term focuses on human and physical features, identifying the features within our local area Ashton.

Year Two is the time when your child has the opportunity to perform in the Christmas Nativity at St Thomas's Church. There will be lots of lines to be learnt, songs to be rehearsed and costumes to be made. Please see the important dates at the bottom of this page.

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 at 8:35am
• 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.

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.

Dates this term:

Christmas Dinner Day - Thursday 11th December 2025

Christmas Carol Service - Thursday 11th December 2025 ~ 6pm

KS1 Christmas Party - Monday 15th December 2025

Infant Sing-a-Long - Tuesday 16th December 2025

Panto in School - Wednesday 17th December 2025

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

Exicitng Learning from Autumn Term One

Fire Engine Visit

We had a special visit from Greater Manchester Fire Service as part of our Great Fire of London learning. The children loved the visit and all have the opportunity to see the fire suit, fire engine and squirt the hose.

Making Pumpkin Soup

As part of our English learning, we made pumpkin soup! We had so much fun chopping the pumpkin, stirring the soup and dipping our bread into it. We then wrote a complete set of instructions on how to make pumpkin soup.

Great Fire of London

Autumn Term One was very exciting within History. We started the topic off by becoming detectives and trying to solve the mystery using evidence from the Great Fire of London. Then we learnt that the fire started in a bakery on Pudding Lane! To support our learning, Florence baked bread which left a delicious smell in our classroom; we enjoyed eating the bread after our learing about how the fire started.

D.T - Waterproof Materials

In D.T, we have been learning about what makes materials waterproof. We have been studying the wellington boots finding out about the history of them and how they were created! We had so much fun bringing in our wellies and testing them.

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