Year 2 News
Year 2 News 16.05.25
16/05/2025 · 1 comment
English At the start of the week, we wrote explanation texts to show how objects in the 1960s were different to today. The children were able to organise their writing into clear paragraphs with subheadings. We then read a new text called, ‘The Sea of Tranquility’. We enjoyed making predictions from the front cover Read More
Year 2 News 9.5.25
09/05/2025 · 1 comment
English This week in our English lessons we have been building up the skills needed to write an explanation text. We looked at a range of artefacts from the 1960s and discussed what they were used for and how they worked. We had a go at writing captions to match photographs. We then moved Read More
Year 2 News- 02/05/25
02/05/2025 · No comments yet
English The children have been writing their own versions of ‘The Tiger who Came to Tea’ this week and have done a fantastic job. We began by making a plan for our story by drawing our ideas onto a story mountain. This then helped us to write coherent stories with a clear beginning, middle Read More
Year 2 News 25.04.25
25/04/2025 · No comments yet
Welcome back Year 2. It has been a busy few days and children have come back after the holidays with lots of enthusiasm for learning. Please read the April Newsletter for information about what is happening in Year 2 this half term. English The week we read the story ‘The Tiger who came to Read More
Year 2 News 4.04.25
04/04/2025 · 1 comment
English This week in English we have been reading, performing and writing poems about African animals. We have talked about patterns, alliteration and rhyme. Spelling This week we have been learning how to spell contractions such as don’t, can’t, I’m, shouldn’t, they’re. Children can still bring in their completed spelling homework sheets for a Read More
2LA Yorkshire Wildlife Park
24/03/2025 · 6 comments
2LA had a brilliant day out at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. We saw lots of incredible animals, took part in a workshop about different world habitats, had a sunny picnic and a play in the adventure playground. Here are a few pictures of our amazing day! 17
Year 2 News 21.03.25
21/03/2025 · No comments yet
English This week in our English lessons, we have been focussing on non-fiction writing. We began by grouping sentences together based on a topic and chose appropriate subheadings to go with each paragraph. We then had a go at writing some of our own sentences that linked to a given topic sentence. Using fact Read More
Year 2 News 14.03.25
14/03/2025 · 2 comments
English This week the children have retold one of the Tingatinga tales. This is a great way for young children to practise writing stories as they already know the key events and language. We focussed on moving the story along using time adverbials and adding detail and description to entertain the reader. Next week Read More
Year 2 News 7.3.25
07/03/2025 · No comments yet
It’s been another busy week in Year 2 this week and we have particularly enjoyed learning how to skip and celebrating all things reading! World Book Day On World Book day this year, we enjoyed 4 different sessions in all the KS1 classes. Mrs Tomlinson read a book called ‘I like Myself’, Mrs Broadhead Read More
Year 2 News 28.2.25
28/02/2025 · No comments yet
We have had a wonderful first week back after the holidays and have been busy learning about lots of new topics! English This week in our English lessons we have been looking at the Tinga Tinga tale ‘Why Elephant Has a Trunk’ inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Just So’ stories. We began by watching the Read More
