Year 2
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Welcome to Year 2!
Welcome back, Year 2! We hope you have had a fun and relaxing Christmas break, and are ready to learn. We have such an exciting Half Term ahead!
PE DAYS FOR SPRING 2
PE days for Spring 2 will continue to be Tuesday and Thursday.
Tuesday - Yoga (inside)
Thursday- Real PE (outside)
Year 2 teaching team:
Your teacher for this year will be Miss Lilley.
We will also be joined by Mrs Kinghorn on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning.
Mrs Meek will be teaching on a Wednesday afternoon.
We hope you enjoy reading our class page. Topic information will be updated ready for the start of each half term.
Miss Lilley and Mrs Kinghorn
The Year 2 Team
Reading books
Library books are to be handed in on a Monday. These will be changed and returned home on the Tuesday.
Little Wandle books are also to be handed in on a Monday to be changed.
Please can Little Wandle reading books and Reading Records come to school every day.
Important Dates:
Spring 1:
WB Monday 2nd February- Assessment Week
Thursday 12th February (1.15pm)- Parent Event
Spring 2:
Tuesday 24th March and Wednesday 25th March- Parent Consultation Evenings
Tuesday 31st March- KS1 Easter Church Service
Summer 1:
Monday 27th April - MindMate Managing Emotions Workshop
Wednesday 20th May - Sports Day
Summer 2:
Monday 29th June (1.15pm)- Parent Event
Monday 29th June - Once upon a time workshop
Monday 6th July - Transition Week
Homework
Homework will be live on a Thursday morning and the completion date will be stated as this can change. Please note that nothing will need to be 'handed in'. Children will complete a 'Writing Task' every Monday and information about the write is always set for homework so children can prepare.
If you need any help or support with homework please do not hesitate to contact a member of the team.
You will receive a homework pack shortly after the Little Wandle meeting. If you do not receive a pack please let a member of the Year 2 team know.
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Weekly Spellings
To be tested Friday 5th June 2026
Unit focus: Why do some words have the spellings kn and gn for /n/, and wr for /r/?
Words:
gnome
knight
wriggle
knee
design
wrap
knock
write
Tricky Words:
once
two
Homophones:
knight and night
To be tested Friday 12th June 2026
Unit focus: Why do some words have the spellings kn and gn for /n/, and wr for /r/?
Words:
knitter
wrapped
gnashing
knowing
gnawed
knitting
wrapper
knocker
Tricky Words:
once
two
Homophones:
knight and night
To be tested Friday 19th June 2026
Unit focus: Why do I drop the ‘e’ when I add the suffixes
-ed, -ing, -er, -est and -y?Words:
hoping
later
liked
scaring
dancing
scared
driver
dancer
Tricky Words:
any
many
Homophones:
one and won
To be tested Friday 26th June 2026
Unit focus: Why do I drop the ‘e’ when I add the suffixes
-ed, -ing, -er, -est and -y?Words:
latest
noisy
bravest
scary
shiny
nicest
safest
icy
Tricky Words:
any
many
Homophones:
one and won
To be tested Friday 3rd July 2026
Unit focus: Why do some words end ‘ge’ or ‘dge’?
Why can /j/ be spelled ‘j’ or ‘g’ in different
words?Words:
verge
badge
large
giant
whinge
dodge
fudge
range
Tricky Words:
once
two
any
many
Homophones:
where and wear
To be tested Friday 10th July 2026
Unit focus: How do 'w' and 'qu' change the sounds that 'a', 'ar' and 'or' make in some words?
Words:
watch
reward
word
quarter
squash
towards
swap
world
Tricky Words:
who
whole
Homophones:
our and hour
To be tested Thursday 16th July 2026
Unit focus: How do 'w' and 'qu' change the sounds that 'a', 'ar' and 'or' make in some words?
Words:
washes
wants
working
watering
squashes
squatting
swaps
matches
Tricky Words:
who
whole
Homophones:
our and hour
Year 2 Curriculum
English
Core Books and Poems
We have introduced core books and poems this year - see chart below. These are books and poems that we will read and re read to enable the children to develop a broad and balanced repertoire of good quality texts.
Maths
Mass, Capacity and Temperature
Fractions
Science
Living things and their habitats: How do we know something is alive?
RE
Who is Muslim and what do they believe?
Computing
Computing Systems and Networks: Word Processing
PSHE
Keeping Safe and Managing Risk (Indoor and Outdoor).
History
What did McAdam, Dunlop and Kwolek have in common and how have they impacted our lives today?
Geography
Fieldwork: How can our school environment help bees?
Music
How can music make us happy?
PE
Real PE: Sending and Receiving. Reaction/ Response
Yoga
Art/DT
French
RESPECT Code
NEW Maths Written Calculation Policy
Mental maths calculation policy
Year 1 and Year 2 common exception words (red words)
KS1 Tricky Word Spellings
EYFS and Key Stage 1 Tricky Words
Reading Questions
Simple view of reading
Expectations for year 2 in reading, writing and maths
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