September News 

Year 2 have had a fantastic start to the new school year, it has been wonderful to see them looking so smart in their uniforms. They have settled really well into the new routines of Year 2 and are taking it all in their stride.

In English, we have started our first unit of writing based on the story ‘Meerkat Mail’ by Emily Gravett. We have been creating character description full of adjectives and expanded noun phrases to describe Sunny the meerkat. We have also been focusing heavily on punctuation and handwriting as we get back into the swing of writing after six weeks off! 

In Maths, we have been recapping our place value knowledge and skills, working hard on understanding number up to 100. We have also been writing numbers in words and looking at the tens and ones in any 2-digit number.

We have started lots of new units across other subjects. In Science, we have begun our unit ‘Animals and their needs for survival’. So far, we have looked at the needs of different animal groups and how they are similar and different.

In History, we have learned about schools in the past and how they have changed. So far we have compared schools within living memory to our school now. We are very much looking forward to our trip to Beamish to consolidate all of this learning! Please talk about what school was like when you went with your child and if grandparents could join the conversation that would be even better! 

In DT, we have had been learning all about levers and pivots including making our own human mechanism. We then explored which classroom items would make the best pivot and lever. Lots of super investigation and teamwork skills on display in year 2!

What a brilliant start to year 2!