Year 2
PE: PE days for Y2 are Wednesday and Friday.
Welcome to our Year 2 blog, where we share the headlines about the learning our children have been enjoying, including amazing events and inspiring teaching moments.
5.12.25
As December begins with all its Christmas fun including Year 2 getting a chance to see our Reception friends rehearsing their Nativity, it seems like a great time to reflect on the learning that we enjoyed during November.
Did you know the ring of Saturn is the biggest in our solar system and is made of tiny chunks of ice? Well, Year 2 children do! In English, we have been developing our non-fiction reading and writing skills with the help of Professor Astro Cat and his exploration of the Solar System.
This highly visual text is crammed full of facts which we have enjoyed learning, such as: Did you know that Saturn could float on water? We have been writing letters, postcards, rhetorical questions and next week we will be writing instructions to the postal service so they can return a lunchbox that we found in lost property that came all the way from Saturn!
The outcome of this engaging unit, which features as part of our ‘Power of Reading’ scheme, will be for the children to plan and complete their own fact page with their own drawings, labels and information writing.
In Maths, the children have risen to the challenge of completing their own blank numberlines with jumps of ones and tens to complete addition and subtraction calculations involving 2 two-digit numbers. This has gone well and we encourage the children to share what they have learnt at home.
Our school Maths Lead, Mr. Bisby, also held a Maths Information for parents earlier in November and will publish useful information to parents who were unable to attend on our website very soon.
RE in Autumn 1 enabled Year 2 to learn about how people worship as part of different religions, and this included a visit to the Exeter Temple Salvation Army in October. This was an excellent visit and the leaders of the Temple were highly complimentary of the children’s behaviour and the questions they asked. This term we are looking at the importance of the Christmas Story to Christians through bible extracts and drama.
When we return in January, we begin 2026 with a visit from a Barn Owl to launch our exploration of the text - White Owl, Barn Owl. Watch this space for photographs and a review of this exciting event!
26.09.25
Year 2 had a fantastic time exploring space in the Explorer Dome. We started with a close up of the sun, and then the moon before looking at the constellations of the stars. There was lots of 'oohs and aahs' as each new moving image appeared in the blackness before us and some great knowledge was shared by the brilliant adults leading and the excellent answers to questions from the children. We will be using this knowledge in our English writing next half-term! Thank you to our parents for supporting us with this great experience, all in the comfort of our own hall!
12.09.25
What a fantastic start to the new academic year we have shared in Year 2! Thank you to all our children, with support from their families, for the calm, purposeful and smartly dressed way they have come into school every day, ready to learn.
In writing, we’ve started a brand-new book called Beegu by Alexis Deacon. It all began when Mrs Ballam found a mysterious spaceship had landed on our school playground. After careful questioning from the children, we began to piece together the story of a creature who had landed on Earth. Using this as inspiration, the children will be writing their own setting descriptions, focusing on noun phrases and exciting adjectives to bring their ideas to life.
In Maths, we have revised our Place Value knowledge and have been partitioning two digit numbers in tens and ones. This knowledge is going to help us build our addition and subtraction skills as we move through the term.
In History, we have started to explore great explorers! This is going to take us all over the world and even beyond! In week one we read all about Sir Ranulph Fiennes (a tricky name for us to tackle) and found out about his 93 day adventure travelling across Antarctica on foot. We can’t wait to find out more.
In Design and Technology, we will be designing and creating our own model moon buggies, which we hope to let go down a ramp to check that they work! We have been enjoying saying some technical words, including axle, exhaust and chassis! Soon we will begin to make our own moving models – watch this space!
No home learning required yet, please continue to support your child by reading to them and listening to them as often as possible.