Year 2
Dahl Class - 2K Bryon Class - 2M
Teachers: Mrs Maund and Miss Keeling
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Banks and Mrs Buczkowska
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Welcome to our Year 2 Newsletter for Term 5. As we move into spring and hopefully some finer weather, we are looking forward to a term of fun learning with hopefully lots of outdoor opportunities. |
Please see below what we will be covering this term. We are grateful for your continued support in working with us and your children.
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 : Friday 1st May 2026
1. can't
2. climb
3. wear
4. people
5. friend
HOME LEARNING:
Homework: revision (CGP books – Maths, Reading and SPaG)
This half-term’s homework is focusing on revision. Please feel free to choose the pages your child works on and go at a pace that suits them. Little and often is usually the most effective approach, helping children build confidence without feeling overwhelmed.
Please also continue with reading and practising timetables on TTRS.
Spelling tests are now every Friday.
MATHS
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In Maths, we will be practising arithmetic questions with all four operations. We will also be moving on to learning about 2D and 3D shapes, money and fractions. Please continue to use TT Rockstars and to work through the SAT’s practice book. |
The children would benefit from regularly practising their 2, 5- and 10-times tables. Apps such as Times Table Rock Stars (TTRS), 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:
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We will be developing our writing skills in our Writing for Pleasure lessons. We will finish our 'Information and me' books and then go onto our next writing project – writing chapter books. We will also continue to practise the skill of editing and proofreading our writing. |
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.
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. 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:
Who is a Muslim and what do they believe?
In RE this term, we will be exploring the religion of Islam and we will learn about Muslim people’s beliefs. We will also relate this to our own experiences and beliefs and those of the religions and world views we have already learnt about.
SCIENCE:
Plants
Our unit across the next two terms is Plants. We will be learning to observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants; and find out and describe how plants need water, light and suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.
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 units across this term will be Gymnastics and Net and Wall. PE is on Tuesdays and Fridays. Your child can wear their PE kit throughout the day. It would be useful if your child could wear shorts under their tracksuit bottoms as having bare legs helps them to climb and move around the apparatus more easily.
PSHE:
Healthy relationships
We follow Jigsaw for our PSHE learning. This term we will be focusing on "Healthy relationships." This will involve discussions about family and friends and how we know when a relationship is a positive one.
History:
What was Victorian Kingsnorth like?
We will be learning about the history of Ashford. We will be finding out how old Ashford is and compare the town in terms of the past and the present. We will develop enquiry skills, such as using information and photographs to research past events.