Year 2 Blog

One more week to go until chocolate eggs, hot cross buns and lie ins! I’m an early riser even in the holidays but I always look forward to a slower start during the holidays! What a wonderful week we have had! On Tuesday, the Year 2 Sing from the Hart choir had a very exciting visitor… Ben, the musical director of the event! Oooo! The children have been so excited to meet him since starting their rehearsals. He loved listening to the children singing the songs that they have been learning and they even bought a tear to Mrs O’Connor’s … Read more →

A very red Friday! We just wanted to send a huge thank you for your generosity and support on Red Nose Day! Put on your nose, so bright and red,Let’s spread some joy, and cheer ahead!With laughter loud and hearts so kind,We’ll help the world, one smile at a time! Your donations will go a long way in helping those in need, and it was wonderful to see the children getting involved dressed in red for such a great cause. Your kindness and contributions truly make a difference, and we are so grateful to have such a generous and supportive … Read more →

I hope you read the title of the blog in the voice of Michael Buble, just like I did writing it! Blossom is coming, thick and fast and the daffodils are out in force. I do love spring and the lighter days, although I don’t like the itchy eyes and sneezing! What a great week we have had in school. We began the week with an exciting visit from the athlete, Kirsty Way. Our jaws hit the floor when we saw her trampolining skills and her handfuls of amazing medals! She is incredibly talented and the children were buzzing with … Read more →

What a fabulous World Book Day we had on Thursday! As always, it was great to see the children all dressed up. Such an array of costumes and imagination across the year group, well done everyone! To start off World Book Day, the children were lucky enough to have a dance workshop which was focused around the theme of the day, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. When the children twirled and whirled back into the classroom, they loved the imaginative task of designing their own bar of chocolate or sweets. They were able to bring their design to life in … Read more →

It’s Miss Heafford back again writing the Year 2 blog for the term, I hope you’ve enjoyed hearing the rambles of my lovely colleague as I think it’s always nice to hear a different voice! I hope you all had a great half term break and managed some R and R (it’s always nice not to have to set the alarm clock!). The children have settled back down really quickly into the school routine and we have been busy as always. Well, we are exactly halfway through Year 2 now, it’s difficult to believe but the time really is flying … Read more →

It’s the end of the first half term of 2025, I often think this is the toughest half term as a lot of us feel a bit urgh after the Christmas festivities and the weather is generally grey and a bit bleak. However, as I was driving to work this morning, I noticed that it wasn’t pitch black anymore. Spring is starting to think about making a reappearance which is lovely but I have tried hard this year to accept the beauty of winter, and it certainly does have its own merits. After all, there isn’t another season where it … Read more →

As I’m writing the blog this afternoon, the rain is pouring down and we’ve had sleet and hailstones. The children have had wet play so it may be a rowdy afternoon! I really hope it clears up before the weekend. Today, the children were able to wear a scarf in school to remind us all about the importance of our mental health and wellbeing. In Year 2 we use the ‘My Happy Mind’ programme to learn about the brain and how to keep it happy with modules based on gratitude, celebration and relationships. The children really enjoy these sessions, sharing … Read more →

Hi everyone, this term seems to be just flying by, despite January always seeming like a never-ending month. Very strange indeed. However, we are now in February and spring is just around the corner. As ever, we have been busy in Year 2. In English, we have been dreaming up new characters and planning for our own written story about Toys in Space. We are looking forward to beginning them on Monday and pencils are sharpened in readiness. In maths we have adding a 2 digit number to another 2 digit number using a whole range of skills and steps, … Read more →

It has been quite a chilly week this week and we have been remembering to wrap up warm during playtimes and lunchtimes, well done if you could fasten your coat by yourself and you did not lose your hat, scarf or gloves!  However, if they did go missing, please check the lost property in the Year 2 corridor. As ever what a busy week we have had in Year 2! This week, in our English lessons, we have carried on with our ‘Toys in Space’ unit, we have had a go at writing advice notes using the vocabulary, should, could … Read more →

A big welcome back to school and after a great start back these last two weeks, everyone is very excited about all the fabulous learning we have planned for this new spring term. We enjoyed reading the wonderful Christmas recounts last week in English and had a giggle over who tried sprouts with their Christmas lunch! It was lovely to hear about the children’s experiences over the Christmas holidays but now we are back into full learning mode and steaming ahead. You may have noticed, or your child may have told you that each Year 2 class has a trainee … Read more →

There’s been lots of sneezing, sniffles and tissues around Year 2 this week… it’s definitely almost time for the Christmas holidays as our tissue boxes are nearly empty! We started off our week with our Reindeer Run which has raised a lot of money for such a special cause, Phyllis Tuckwell. Thank you for all of your donations. The children were VERY excited to meet a special visitor out on the playground too… ho ho ho! Year 2 enjoyed designing and making their own clay Christmas baubles. They are currently drying, ready for painting next week. Time to get the … Read more →

What a week we’ve had! All of the Year 2 staff are incredibly proud of the Christmas performances that the children have put on this week. Every single one of the children tried their best, they smiled from ear to ear and no one even fell off the stage – phew! Thank you so, SO much to everyone who came to support and watch the shows. Each classes performance will be put up onto Google Classroom on the class page by next week. Thank you to the wonderful TAFF team for organising the Jingle Bell Brunch last weekend. The children … Read more →

As I am sure you are aware, this week we have had a VERY special visitor in school. She has really enjoyed looking at our wonderful learning and the Year 2 children have really done our school proud. You are all superstars!   In amongst a very busy week, we have been continuing with some Christmas show practice. It is almost SHOWTIME! I know that all of the teachers are feeling incredibly proud of the children, as they are all working so hard. It is so wonderful to see all of the performances coming together! A huge thank you for … Read more →

It’s the time of year where the gloves and scarves are out and the de-icing begins… Christmas songs have been filling the corridors this week, as each class have begun to practise their Christmas show. Letters have been sent home that detail your child’s role in the show. Costumes need to be in next week in a clearly named bag please, ready for the Year 2 Christmas shows which will be the following week. The children who will be performing at Fleet Festivities in the choir have carried on with their rehearsals at lunchtimes. Less than a week to go … Read more →

A very spotty Friday! Once again it is that time of year,Pudsey bear is finally here,Donate some money to show you care,Spots, spots EVERYWHERE! It was wonderful to see so many of you wearing spots to raise money for Children in Need. It truly is such an important charity, and it highlights the importance to be grateful for everything that we are lucky to have. Thank you for all of your donations!This week, in our English lessons, we have been continuing to look at our text called Meerkat Mail. The children came up with the wonderful idea that Sonny the … Read more →

Hello! It’s Miss Heafford here, I am your new author of the blog! I hope you all had a wonderful half term break and had lots of fun, whether you were busy carving pumpkins, watching the fireworks or just catching up on some much-needed sleep! What an amazing first week back we have had in Year 2! On Tuesday, it was FIREWORK HAIR DAY! It was amazing to see so many incredible hair styles and hats! It must have been a mission to get all the hair dye and glitter out in the bath Tuesday evening…! Thank you so much … Read more →

I can’t believe we are at half term already, those first seven weeks have flown by and we have done so much already.  The children have been fabulous in settling down quickly and getting on with the business of  being a Year 2 person! We have had a very busy week finishing our Incy Wincy Spider stories. The children worked hard remembering to write in the past tense and include lots of interesting detail. Well done Year 2, we are looking to reading them all. In maths we carried on with our partitioning learning. Partitioning the same number in different … Read more →

Another busy week here in Year 2 but the children are hanging on and still working really hard. Well done Year 2! In English this week we have been reminding ourselves about the story of Incy Wincy Spider and how to use time connectives appropriately. We have sequenced the story using time connectives and created a story plan so we are ready to write our story on Monday. In maths we carried on with our partitioning learning. Partitioning the same number in different ways using tens and ones and representing these using cherry diagrams. The children are developing a great … Read more →

Autumn feels as though it’s on her way, the nights are drawing in, the leaves are gradually changing colour, there is a nip in the air in the morning and I’m considering wearing tights again. The weeks are rushing by and before we know it, we’ll be humming Christmas songs and getting the glitter out! For the time being though, life in Year 2 has been fairly settled with our routine of reading, maths, English, phonics and topic work. This week the children have been refreshing their knowledge on the difference between fiction and non fiction in English. They have … Read more →

We’d like to say a massive thank you for the generous donations of food that was sent into school on Wednesday for our Harvest Festival. When it was all packed up, it filled 15 huge boxes, 3 more than last year which is wonderful. The local foodbank was extremely appreciative so thank you so much. Across the year group we have been busy as usual. In English we did our first big write! The children worked very hard on their descriptive animal leaflet. Appropriate adjectives, different sentence starters and a fair amount of connectives were flying about the classroom as … Read more →

I’m never quite sure what to wear in the autumn but this week it has mainly been waterproofs! Another week has zoomed by in Year 2 and we have even been thinking about Christmas… Difficult to believe, isn’t it?! We have been busy with our Christmas card designs ready for TAFF to send them off to the card factory to be made into lovely bundles of festiveness. I’m hoping now that I can leave Christmas on the side lines for a little longer yet. This week in English, we have started our prep work for writing our animal leaflet. The … Read more →

What a great week we have had in Year 2, the children have continued to settle in beautifully and they have been getting to grips with the pace of learning in Year 2 – well done everyone! This week in English we have been recapping the skills learnt in Year 1.  It’s surprising how much is forgotten over the space of six weeks so we are carrying on refreshing our memories next week. In maths, we have been practising counting forwards and back from 100, really concentrating on crossing over the tens, 71, 70, 69 . We have also been … Read more →

It only seems a few hours ago when I was setting the alarm clock for a very silly time, packing up a lunch and choosing my outfit for the first day and already, we are at the end of our first week.  What a whirlwind it has been! We have spent the four days settling into our new classrooms and getting used to new routines. The children have been busy creating class charters, voting for school councillors, collaging their summer holidays, creating number puzzles, painting self-portraits and learning all about their new class animal. By Friday, I think it was … Read more →