Welcome to Year 2 - Pine

Mrs Willer

In Year 2, we have recently finished the book Grandad's Camper. The children have spent time writing their own version of the story, focusing on the use of extended noun phrases and conjunctions. We have now started the text The Dragon Machine. The class went on a scavenger hunt around the school hall to find dragon tails. They used prepositional phrases to explain where they found them. They have also explored the feelings of the main character, George.

In Maths, we have been learning to tell the time in 5-minute intervals. We started our unit by recapping o’clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past. The children then explored telling the time past the hour in 5-minute intervals. They have read the time on analogue clocks and drawn hands to match given times. We then repeated these activities, telling the time to the hour. We have explored different units of time, such as how many hours are in a day and how many seconds are in an hour.

During our Magnificent Monarchs unit, we have been looking at timelines, and the class have spent time adding significant British monarchs, ordering them chronologically. The children practised how to read the dates and worked out the length of their reign. We have started to explore some significant monarchs such as Alfred the Great, King Henry VIII and William the Conqueror. The children have learnt about royal residences and spent time collecting facts.

In Science, Year 2 have been looking at life cycles. The children spent time matching adults to their offspring and then completed diagrams showing the life cycles of different animals. We are really looking forward to seeing their learning extended through our school trip after half term.

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be learning:
Literacy: Writing commands
Maths: Tally charts and block diagrams
History: Significant monarchs

Summer Term 2025

Links to Summer Term learning are in the process of being uploaded.