Year 2 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Year 2!

Happy new year everyone! We would like to welcome Miss Kirwan to the Year 2 Team. Miss Kirwan will be taking over from Miss Donovoan starting in January teaching in 2D.

There are 3 classes in Year 1 this year: 2B, 2D and 2M.

2B - Miss Browning, Ms Molla and Ms Hussain/Ms Toft

2D - Miss Kirwan and Ms Abdi/Ms Ahmed

2M - Mr Mahamoud and Ms Toft/Ms Hussain (Mrs Higham is continuing to teach in 2M during Mr Mahamoud's absence).

Spring 1 Focus

This half-term we are covering the following topics:

Phonics: We will continue to revisit and apply our sounds to read new words, building on our knowledge from Year 1.
Reading: We will widen our reading skills by exploring a range of texts and beginning to learn and apply DERIC skills.
Writing: We will be writing our own innovated version of the Enormous Turnip story. we will also write a recount of our trip to Chester Zoo.
Maths: Learning our 2, 5 and 10 times table.
Science: Animals including Humans
Geography: The world around us including continents and oceans
DT: Food and Nutrition making healthy sandwiches
PE: Dance and Outdoor games
Music: Our Bodies (vocal sounds and instruments).
RE: Special and sacred times within Islam
PSHE/Rights: What jobs do people do?

We will also continue to learn a different Right each week!

PE Days:

All classes will havde indoor Dance sessions on Wednesday.

Outdoor games will take place on a Friday for 2B, Tuesdays for 2M and Thursdays for 2D.

Things to remember

Reading books: Please bring your book bag in every day to be read with an adult in school. Books will be changed each Monday. Your child will recieve a colour coded book for their level of indepedent reading as well as a reading for pleasure book to read with an adult.
Reading records: Your child will receive a reading record to log the books they are given and to share the amazing reading they have been doing at home. Please also bring your reading record in to be checked by your class teacher weekly.
Phonics packs: Phonics books will be changed by your childs Phonics teacher each week.
Please bring a reusable water bottle to have in class every day.

Questions

If you ever have a concern please feel free to email your child's class teacher to arrange a chat.

2B Miss Browning e.browning@wilbrahamprimary.com

2D Miss Kirwan: r.kirwan@wilbrahamprimary.com

2M Mrs Higham j.randeniya@wilbrahamprimary.com

Homework

Spellings within reading record to practise
Reading and Phonics books to be read daily
- Check out our Year group blog page for weekly oracy based homework questions!

Useful links

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGNRdhNbvbQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6wIEp-M4tg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlaMeNmTG6c

https://www.purplemash.com/#tab/home

https://go.educationcity.com/

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/