Year 2
Dahl Class - 2K Bryon Class - 2M
Teachers: Mrs Maund and Miss Keeling
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Banks and Mrs Buczkowska
Welcome to our Year 2 Newsletter for Term 3. Even though we have a slightly shorter term this time we have lots to pack in. We are looking forward to lighter days as the term progresses and moves us towards Spring.
Please take a look at our curriculum for term 3 below and continue to support your child with their understanding of these areas of learning at home. We really appreciate all you do with your children at home. It makes such a big difference to their understanding and capability in school.
Please also refer to the termly newsletter for further information. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us on the Year 2 email account - year2@kingsnorth.kent.sch.uk.
THIS WEEK'S SPELLINGS: spelling test on Wednesday 14th January 2026:
1. again
2. come
3. child
4. door
5. gold
HOME LEARNING:
In order to support children's learning, we will be giving out weekly home learning tasks, which include: spelling, reading and maths tasks.
There is no expectation that this will all be completed. Please try to do as much as you can. This is so you know the learning taking place in class and can support your child to consolidate their understanding.
Home learning activities will go out on Fridays and will be due in on the following Friday. A copy of our weekly home learning can be found uploaded on our class page.
Spelling tests are every Wednesday. For example, the homework sheet dated Friday 21st November contains spellings which the children will learn for a spelling test on Wednesday 26th November.
MATHS
In Maths we will be learning about grouping objects in different ways and relating this to multiplication. The children would benefit from regularly practising their 2, 5- and 10-times tables. Apps such as Whiterose, 1-minute maths and games such as ‘Hit the Button’ will help with their speed of recall.
White Rose 1-min Maths
www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
ENGLISH
Writing:
The children will continue with Read, Write Inc. lessons alongside daily Writing lessons which are planned through Writing for Pleasure. Our grammar focus continues with capitalisation and punctuation. Similar to last term, handwriting is very important in Year 2 and children will be encouraged to form their letters neatly. Year 2 children will also work on daily spelling tasks.
The children will be learning how to write fables. Here are some fables which you can share with your child at home:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/articles/z73s6v4
Attached below is a list of common exception words as well as high-frequency words. We would really appreciate your support in helping your child practise spelling these words so that they are confident in both reading and writing them independently.
We are often asked how you can support your child with writing at home. Here are a few ideas that will support your child in both their creativity and in practising the structure and content of various genres:
- Write a letter or postcard to someone
- Write a shopping list or a wish list
- Write a recipe or instructions on how to do something
- Keep a diary, updating it regularly
- Write a familiar story in your own words *maybe even change some of the elements i.e. character, setting etc.
Reading:
Please continue to listen to your child read daily at home and ask them questions about the story to develop their reading skills. Skills such as prediction and retelling are important along with answering inference questions. Please refer to the handout from parents evening for examples of the type of questions you can ask to support your child. Children on AR are encouraged to complete quizzes at home before starting a new book.
The video below will help you to understand how to say each of the sounds from Set 1 to Set 3. It would be really beneficial for you to watch this to support you with your child's learning.
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/3rQRQmLf/1PKrKlSi
For Accelerated Readers, here is the website link for completing the AR quizzes:
RE:
What is Humanism?
In RE this term we will be exploring Humanism. We will focus on what Humanism means, the values of Humanism and how Humanists live their lives.
SCIENCE:
Use of everyday materials
Our Science unit for this term is ‘Uses of Everyday Materials”. We will be exploring materials and their properties and consider why objects are made from certain materials. We will be carrying out different enquiries, such as finding out which material would be best for building a bridge. We will also learn about Charles Macintosh and John McAdam and the impact they had on what we know about materials today.
PE:
In PE, we follow the TLG scheme of learning. Below is a yearly overview of the topics your child will cover in Year 2.
Our unit across this term will be Gymnastics. Our weekly PE sessions will be on a Tuesday in the hall and on a Friday afternoon outdoors. Your child can wear their PE kit throughout the day. Please ensure that your child wears jogging bottoms and has an appropriate sweater and footwear for both indoor and outdoor PE lessons.
PSHE:
Dreams and goals
We follow Jigsaw for our PSHE learning. This term we will be focusing on "Dreams and Goals". We will explore setting realistic goals and how to achieve them. We will also discuss perseverance and recognise strengths as learners.
The children will talk about and reflect on group work and reflect on who they work well with and who they don’t. The children will also talk about sharing success with others.
History:
How did the Great Fire of London change London?
In History, we will be learning about how London has changed following the events of The Great Fire of London. We will look into the events that happened which caused this huge event in history and learn how they impacted life in London today.