Year 2

Y2 News 2024-2025

Y2 News - Spring 2

Wow! It has been a busy half term!

The children have been creating some wonderful newspaper reports based on The Three Billy Goats. We have even been able to publish them into our own class book for the children to read. Lots of children completed their targets and used lots of time adverbials.

In Maths, we have been learning all about fractions. The children have been amazing and we have been so impressed at how well they have done. We are particularly proud of them for using the correct terms for the numerator and denominator.

Our Geography learning has been all about the oceans and the children have been coming up with some different ways that we could protect our oceans.

In Science, we have been learning about habitats and things that living things need to stay alive. We enjoyed going on a hunt around the school to find different minibeasts.



We have had a wonderful last week bringing our PSHE and DT unit to a close. We have been learning about keeping ourselves healthy and the children designed and made their own wrap. We were very pleased that so many children tried new foods and were very creative with their flavour combinations!

Have a wonderful break!

Y2 News - Spring 1

It is hard to believe that we are now half way through the year! The year 2s are really starting to show signs of maturing and taking responsibility of their learning. 

During our writing lessons, the children emerged themselves into all things Little Red Riding Hood. Through use of drama, they recreated scenes of the story before moving onto create their own cunning characters. It has been really lovely to see their descriptive writing progress in this unit.

In maths, we started the half term off with multiplication and division. We used the arrays for multiplying and sharing for division. They can continue to practice these methods in their weekly arithmetic questions as part of their homework. 

Our Geography topic this term looked at where our place in the world is. We started by looking at maps of the world and the oceans before looking at where Buckingham is. We then compared our town of Buckingham and Chembakolli in India.

We finished the term off with some fabulous artwork. We learnt all about mixed media and creating texture before making a final seascape. We can't wait to share some of them with you at the Art Exhibition.

Please do keep up with our homework tasks. We are beginning to notice to the difference it is having to those children who are doing them weekly. We also encourage the children to keep going on TT Rockstars-this is key to their multiplication and division learning.

As always, please do come and see us if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you!

Y2 News - Autumn 2

Year 2 certainly earned their Christmas holidays after a busy and hard-working half-term! We couldn’t be prouder of the mature attitudes to learning the children are developing; it’s wonderful to see them striving to produce work they can take pride in.

This term, we used the story The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch as inspiration for our own wishing tales. The children explored their imaginations by writing alternative endings and sequels, coming up with all sorts of mischievous ways for the seagulls to terrorize Mr. Grinling and his poor sandwiches. Their creativity truly shone through in these activities!

In maths, we focused on honing our addition and subtraction skills. We began with hands-on use of base ten resources and progressed to more formal written methods. Some of us even mastered the tricky concept of exchanging!

Our history topic this term took us back to the dramatic events of the Great Fire of London—a firm favourite with the children. They were fascinated by the lessons learned from the disaster, particularly the birth of the fire brigade.

The children have now brought home their spellings for this half term. These link closely with our class phonics lessons, so practising them at home will help reinforce what they’ve been learning in school.

Starting next week, we will also be sending home five arithmetic questions each week. These will help improve mathematical fluency, accuracy, and confidence. Please support your child with these where possible. We will ensure effort towards homework is rewarded with plenty of stickers and ‘catch me’ tokens.

Thank you for your continued support in helping the children succeed. We’re so excited to see what the new year will bring!

Y2 News - Autumn 1

What a fantastic first half-term we have had in Year 2! The children have all well and truly earned a break!

Our creative Year 2 children have been exploring their storytelling talents! Throughout the half-term, they took on the challenge of writing their own versions of the classic tale, "Jack and the Beanstalk." They have been describing using expanded noun phrases, adverbs and verbs in order to entertain their reader.

The highlight was most definitely our class trip to Warwick Castle where the children acted as wonderful role models for LHA, while seeing some of the learning from our History topic come to life. We even made friends with the peacocks whilst eating our lunch!

In science, our Year 2s have been on a mission to explore different materials and their properties. They've been conducting experiments and making all kinds of exciting discoveries.

During our history lessons, we've been unravelling the mysteries of castles and how they were built to defend against attacks. The kids have been learning about castle life and how it differs from the modern day.

Looking ahead to the next half-term, we're so excited to see what our Year 2s will achieve.

Thank you so much for all of your support over the past half-term. 

24.05.24

During the half term, the Year 2s have been so busy and working so hard to show us just how amazing they are! In English, we have been writing our own portal stories based on Alice in Wonderland. The class really enjoyed this and were very creative with their setting descriptions. Currently, we are writing persuasive texts in order to help the PTA advertise the Summer Fair. The class have really stepped up to the challenge and are hoping the PTA will be very happy with what they are producing. In maths, we have been learning about all things measure related- length, mass, volume and capacity! It has been a little tricky reading all of the different scales but everyone has shown great resilience. Our science learning has been based on plants. We have been learning about what a plant needs to grow and how this links to hydroponics. You may have spotted our beans on the window! During history, we have been learning about past explorers. It has been lovely to see the children captivated by history and some of the children made connections in English. We are sure you have heard all about our DT learning as the children have been very enthusiastic with the clay! They have worked so hard on their tool skills to design and make their own clay tile. We think it’s safe to say that the class deserve a lovely break over half-term so they are well rested for the final term of Year 2.

28.03.24

The children in Year 2 have had a wonderful half term and been very busy.

In English, we have been writing our own letters. Firstly, we learnt the features of formal and informal letters. Next, we wrote postcards to Ted from Ted’s Big Adventures before moving onto writing our own informal letter to Mrs Jones.

In Maths, we have been learning about fractions. We have been so impressed with how the children have taken every challenge in their stride. They have been finding a quarter, half and three quarters of shapes and numbers. As well as this, we have continued to develop our 2, 5 and 10 times table knowledge with our daily practice of rolling numbers- ask your child to sing them to you!

In Science, we have bee learning about habitats and what a living thing needs. As part of our learning, we even found some live webcams where we could watch animals in their natural habitat. We have been lucky to have students from Stowe School come and run some activities with us, including making our own wormery.

In the foundation subjects, we have learnt about how to protect our oceans and can confidently name them! In PE, we have been developing our skills in net and wall games. We have been tasting a range of foods and developing our chopping skills in DT. We have learnt about how the Church celebrates Easter in RE and how to stay healthy in PSHE.

We think it is clear to see that the children need a rest over Easter!

02.02.24

The children have been working so hard since they have been back at school. In English, we have been writing our own stories based on Little Red Riding Hood. The children have done a brilliant job at including conjunctions in their writing and next week will be inventing their own stories. During maths, we have been looking at ways to multiply and divide by grouping and sharing and are now going to move onto money. Our art, has linked to English and we are making collages based on a scene in Little Red Riding Hood. In geography, they have been comparing the village of Chembakolli to Buckingham and we have found lots of differences in both landscape and the climate. We had lots of fun tasting food typically eaten in Roshashana, the Jewish festival of New Year, the children’s favourites were definitely the apples dipped in honey and Mrs Delvalle’s homemade honey biscuit.

08.12.23

Year 2 have had a fantastic half-term and we are so proud of the children for all that they have achieved. We finished our wishing tale unit of work by writing our very own sequels to ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch. The children used adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions to add detail to their writing and this made them so interesting for Mrs Cronin and I to read. The progress the children have made in writing this term has been amazing to watch. There are a few examples below.



On Friday 8th December, we had a very special visit in Year 2. Reverend Tim Edworthy, the Baptist minister of Well Street United Church, came to teach us all about the colours of the church year and we all learnt so much. The children were really respectful, showing off what they had learnt in RE while also asking questions to find out even more.

We are excited for lots of fun festivities to end a brilliant term – we are especially looking forward to the Pantomime next week. Then the children truly deserve a restful and magical Christmas break. 

20.10.23

What a fantastic first half-term we have had in Year 2! The children have all well and truly earned a break! 

Our creative Year 2 children have been exploring their storytelling talents! Throughout the half-term, they took on the challenge of writing their own versions of the classic tale, "Jack and the Beanstalk." They have been describing using expanded noun phrases, adverbs and verbs in order to entertain their reader. 

The highlight was most definitely our class trip to Warwick Castle where the children acted as wonderful role models for LHA, while seeing some of the learning from our History topic come to life. After half-term, we will be using our experience at the castle to write recounts as part of our next writing unit. 

In science, our Year 2s have been on a mission to explore different materials and their properties. They've been conducting experiments and making all kinds of exciting discoveries. 

During our history lessons, we've been unravelling the mysteries of castles and how they were built to defend against attacks. The kids have been learning about castle life and how it differs from the modern day. 

We could not have been more proud of the children during our Harvest assembly. They not only sang beautifully but also showed real courage and resilience with speaking roles. 

Looking ahead to the next half-term, we're so excited to see what our Year 2s will achieve. Thank you so much for all of your support over the past half-term. 

15.09.23

Year 2 have been working so hard! We are very proud of their resilience, even when learning has been tricky. In English, the children have been learning all about noun phrases and used them to create their own character descriptions. During maths, we have been working hard to get our understanding of place value solid. The children have been partitioning numbers in different ways whilst using lots of resources to help them. As part of our science curriculum, we have began to investigate materials whilst carrying out our first investigation of the year about which material is best for a fork. Watch this space for an update all about our Warwick Castle trip!

We really appreciate your support with reading. Please ensure that your child has their reading book in school every day.