Year 2
Welcome to Year 2. Year 2 is a time for children to take ownership of their learning and enjoy increased independence and responsibility. Our broad and interactive curriculum allows every child to flourish, preparing them for Year 3 and beyond. Teamwork and developing a class identity is very important in Year 2 and contributes towards the amicable and productive working environment. We celebrate our achievements and encourage each other to be a little bit better every day.
Staff In Year 2
Year 2 Class Teacher - Miss Hambly and Miss Kouppi (student teacher)
Year 2 Teaching Assistants - Mrs Hlushko
Learning In Year 2
Click here to view the Year 2 Autumn Curriculum Map
Click here to view the Year 2 Curriculum Map.
Click here to view the Year 2 Timetable.
Year 2 Class Blog
Autumn 1
In Year 2 we have had a busy start to the year. Our English book this half term has been Rapunzel by Bethan Woolvin. We have enjoyed reading the twisted tale, creating story maps, writing diary entries and even instruction texts on how to capture the witch. In RE we have been learning about the Lord’s Prayer. We have discussed why Christians pray, considered what God’s Kingdom looks like, the difference between needs and wants and explored the importance of forgiveness. Our geography topic has been coasts. We explored different coastal features, both human and physical, and enjoyed making radio adverts to advertise the coastal town of Weymouth. As part of Black History Month, we have been learning about Walter Tull, who was an English professional football player and British army officer of Afro-Carribean descent. We identified some of the key periods of his life and arranged them in chronological order on a timeline. Aretha Franklin was another person we learnt about during Black History Month. We enjoyed listening to her music whilst creating abstract portraits that capture her beehive hair style
Parent Information
Forest School
Every Wednesday for the first half of the Autumn term, Year 2 spend time at Forest School in Highgate Woods. The ethos of Forest School allows children the time and space to develop skills, interests and understanding through practical, hands-on experiences. It also allows teachers to step back and observe the children in order to then encourage and inspire individuals to achieve.
The children will be taking part in all sorts of activities that are linked to parts of our curriculum such as Geography or Science and they include: games; storytelling; natural art activities; exploring, nature watching and bug hunting; climbing, rolling; practical woodland skills (e.g. willow weaving); building dens; time to be quiet, reflect or talk.
