Welcome to Year 2 - Pine

Mrs Willer

Year 2 have had a great start to this half term. In Literacy, we have been reading The Journey Home, a text about endangered animals. The class have written questions about the animals in the story and created expanded noun phrases about scenes from the book. They have retold elements of the story and created their own narrative. The class have also looked at persuasive writing by writing letters and creating posters.

In Maths, we have focused on the addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers. We have used base 10 equipment as a visual representation and to show exchanging of ones for tens when crossing a ten. The class have also really enjoyed using Numbots to develop their fluency skills.

During our topic of Movers and Shakers, we have taken a closer look at activists. The children learned about Rosa Parks and wrote about how her actions impacted others. We also looked at Emmeline Pankhurst and distinguished the difference between fact and opinion.

We have started new topics in other areas of the curriculum. In Computing, we have begun looking at online safety and search engines. The class spent the lesson using the search tool on Purple Mash and adding philtres to their searches. In Science, the class explored living and non-living things by discussing the needs of animals and plants that are living. In Geography, Year 2 have practised map skills by labelling continents on a world map.

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be learning:

• Literacy: Water Protectors
• Maths: Shape – recognising 2D shapes, counting sides and vertices
• Geography: Using compass directions
• Science: Identifying plants and animals in a habitat

Learning Update

Stay tuned to find out what children have been doing, and the upcoming learning in Year 2. 

Autumn Term 2025

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