Year 2 Blog

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 →