2Crystal - Mrs Loynds

2Lion - Mrs Dunn

Key information: 

P.E. 

P.E. will be every Tuesday and every Friday. 

Reading Diaries - please send these to school everyday!

We value reading and have fabulous reading areas for the children to enjoy. We actively promote reading at home (aim for 10-15 minutes per evening). Children will be able to move their names up our reading challenge display each day in recognition of their efforts with home reading if their diaries are signed accordingly. 

We have regular reading sessions which will develop your child’s passion for reading as well as their comprehension and fluency skills. Each day, the class teacher will read to the children. We love this part of the day and it is always well received by the children too! We will be exploring and discussing the language, vocabulary, feelings and themes within a variety of high-quality texts. In addition to this, we will be listening to the children reading a range of texts and teaching them how to talk about books confidently and develop their comprehension skills to a deeper level.

Books will be changed on Fridays.

Reminder - Please make sure that reading diaries and books are in school everyday and that you comment in and sign your child’s reading records each time they read to you.

If children have read their book from school, we encourage children to read the book again (if it isn't too long) to help develop their fluency. They are also encouraged to read books from home. Why not visit the library? It's the perfect opportunity to look at different texts and find an author you love!

Recorders - Friday

We are very lucky to be able to have DPA providing recorder lessons each week. Update videos / photos of the classes progress shall be posted regularly on Dojo, so be sure to keep a look out. Later on in the year, the children will perform a recorder concert in-front of the parents. We look forward to this special afternoon in the summer term 2026.

Water bottles 

Please bring fresh water or squash from home each day. We politely remind you that only sports bottles (not screw top bottles) are acceptable as they help to avoid any nasty spillages!

Class Dojo

Children will continue to earn dojo points for positive behaviour, learning and displaying our school values. We will also keep you updated with our learning and achievements through our class and year group stories, so please ensure your notifications are active and you join both Dojo pages (class and year group). We would love for you to 'like' or 'comment' on any Dojo posts to show us that you have seen / read them! 

Please note: Private Dojo messages will be responded to within 48hours so please contact the school office for any urgent / going home messages. 

Our topic this half term is...

The Great Fire of London

We will be learning about how the fire started and the impact it had on the people and city of London. We will be looking at what changes needed to be made and how London was rebuilt; comparing old and modern-day London. We will debate whether we would have chosen to stay in London to help rebuild the city after the fire, or to leave to start a new life elsewhere.

English -

The children will be combine their learning in topic about the Great Fire of London with their English work. The will learn from the works of Samuel Pepys about diary writing and they will write their own diary entries about events using the past tense. They will also learn how to write in the first person and use adverbials of time and place.

Maths - 

This half term, Year 2 children will be continue their learning of multiplication, division and Fractions, including halves, quarters, thirds, unit and non-unit fractions. 

Children are expected to learn x2, x5 and x10 tables off by heart by the end of Year 2. They also need to count in steps of 3. Please remember you can also visit https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button to help your child learn their times table facts (focus on x2, x3, x5 and x10).

These are some other fun resources to help your child learn their tables:

2x table song: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/articles/zrrx92p 

2x table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDosXgAnq80 

5x table song: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/articles/zhbm47h 

5x table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uoduP6sTjA 

10x table song: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/articles/zm32cqt 

10x table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1uqnpnltI 

Doodle Learning - 

Children have all be given a log in for Doodle Learning. You will need to download Doodle Maths and Doodle Spell apps from the app store to access this resource. It is a fantastic way to help your child to progress and all the work is specifically set for your child based on their understanding. We ask for all children to complete 5-10 minutes per day per app. The children who do this regularly make huge progress.