Year 2

Welcome to Year 2!

This term our topic is...

Our Questions

What's is a pirate? What did pirates do? Why did people become pirates? What was the Golden Age of Piracy? How did pirates speak? Who are the famous pirates? What did they make their ships out of? 

What we will be doing this term

In English we will be writing lots of pirate adventure stories alongside messages in bottles, job advertisements and wanted posters. We will continue to develop our reading skills through guided reading sessions as well as learning pirate poems to recite.

In maths we will be doing lots of work on fractions. We will be learning to find different fractions of shapes, groups of objects and numbers. Click on the link below to play a fraction game.

Times Tables

Click on the multiplication square to play lots of times tables games. 

Click on the owl to read lots of stories online. Click on the frog to listen to stories

We have been reading lots of books and have recorded a few reviews of our favourite stories. click on the books to watch them. 

Click the Incredibles to look at some of Year 2's amazing work.

Click on the camera to see our class photos and the fun things we have been doing!

Internet Safety

We have been learning about how to keep ourselves safe whilst using the internet. Some of Year 2 have made a video informing us all on keeping ourselves and others safe.

click the camera to watch it and for more information.

Reading Champions

A big well done to all the children who have read so much over the last half term. I'm sure next term we will do even better.   

Remember to bring your reading book and record book to school every day. If you like, you can also bring a book from home to read at school.

It's good to be green!

To reward good behaviour, all teachers and staff will be giving smileys to children who follow our school rules and display fantastic behaviour in and around school.

I wonder who will be the first to reach their first bronze award.

Bronze- 50 smileys

Double bronze- 100 Smileys (small certificate)

Silver- 150 smileys

Double silver- 200 smileys (medium certificate)

Gold- 250 smileys

Double Gold- 300 smileys (large certificate)

Things To Remember

Swimming- Tuesdays

Don't forget your kit. Swimming costume and swimming hat for girls, swimming trunks/shorts for boys and a towel.

PE- Wednesdays

Make sure your kit is in school, including your pumps.

Homework- Fridays

Homework can be handed in at any point during the week but must be completed by Thursday.