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    • Week 1 Term 6 Year 2 Learning

      Published 21/05/26, by Emma Ross

       

      Diary dates

      Friday 22nd May - Last day of term
      Monday 1st June - Back to school
      Friday 5th June - Class Photos
      Tuesday 9th June - Year 2 Mosque trip
      Wednesday 17th June - HIS Sports morning
      Monday 22nd June - Year 2 Music event in collaboration with CST (at Trinity Academy)
      Monday 22nd June - Year 2 to Year 3 transition parents information evening at HJS at 3:30
      Thursday 25th June - Year 2 will visit their new Year 3 teachers
      Monday 29th June - Inset day - school closed to children
      Thursday 9th July - Open classrooms event after school (opportunity to visit current and new classrooms with your child to familiarise them and you with their new environments.
      Thursday 16th July - Year 2 performance to parents
      Monday 20th July - Year 2 leavers assembly at
      Wednesday 22nd July - Last day of school

      English

      Spelling
      Spelling is a real focus at this point in the year in Year 2. Please support your child at home by helping them to practise the spelling rules listed below.

      Lesson 1: When to use ir and ur in the middle of words
      Both of these sounds are common. They are both used in the middle of words. There is not an easy rule to help children know which one to use. They will be taught to write words using each of the sounds to see which one looks correct. 
      Eg. chirch vs church
      bird vs burd

      Lesson 2: When to use er in the middle of words
      er usually comes before b, ve or m
      germ
      swerve
      verb

      Lesson 3: When to use er at the end of words
      er sounds different in some words when it comes at the end of words, it can sound like an /uh/ sound (depending on accent)
      summer
      winter
      over
      under

      Writing
      We will be practising the skills needed to write a successful recount. 
      The children will begin this new unit by looking back at their World Book Day recounts with a partner. They will identify what they did well, and what they can improve on when they write a recount next week. 
      The children will write sentences using first person, past tense, adjectives, adverbs and noun phrases in preparation for writing a recount the following week.

      Reading
      We will not have any whole class reading sessions this week. Teachers will prioritise individual and guided reading tailored to each child’s needs.

      Maths

      This week each class will be starting a different unit (this will allow us to not need to share the clocks we have between classes).
      Maple class are learning Statistics:
      -To use tally charts to systematically record data about our class.
      -To understand how to read and create simple tables to record data.
      -To read and interpret block diagrams where each block represents one item.
      -To make my own block diagram.

      Sycamore class are learning Time:
      -To tell o’clock and half past times (recap of Year 1)
      -To tell quarter past and quarter to times (main focus)

      Supporting at home
      Both classes would benefit from having an analogue clock around the home. For Maple Class practising telling o’clock and half past times ahead of our unit to ensure they are secure before we move on would help. For Sycamore reinforcing the times we are learning in class would be helpful.

      The language of past (not to be confused with ‘past’ in history!) and to can be confusing for children so please reinforce that they mean…

       

      Wider Curriculum

      PSHE: Citizenship: Giving my opinion
      R+WV: Preparing for our mosque visit
      PE: Shine PE and ‘Striking and Fielding Games’
      Science: Plants. What do plants need to thrive and be healthy?
      Geography: What human features does this place have? (fieldwork within the school grounds)
      Music: Starting to learn songs for our Year 2 performance

       


       

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    • Week 5 Term5 Year 2 Learning

      Published 15/05/26, by Emma Ross
      Seeds and bulbs request If anyone has any old bulbs or seeds that we could have for making observations please could you send them into your child’s class teacher. They do not need to be capable of growing but we are looking to gather a v
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    • Week 4 Term 5, Year 2 Learning

      Published 08/05/26, by Emma Ross

      Seeds and bulbs request

      If anyone has any old bulbs or seeds that we could have for making observations please could you send them into your child’s class teacher.

      They do not need to be capable of growing but we are looking to gather a variety of shapes and sizes.

      Diary dates

      Saturday 16th May - May Fair
      Friday 22nd May - Last day of term. Non-uniform - donations for FHIS.

      English

      Spelling
      Spelling is a real focus at this point in the year in Year 2. Please support your child at home by helping them to practise the spelling rules listed below.

      Lesson 1: When to use ie and y (to make the long i sound)

      fly
      cry
      by
      dry
      fry
      July
      tie
      pie
      lie
      high
      sigh

      Lesson 2: When to use o-e and oa (to make the long o sound)
      oa comes in the middle of words, usually before t or st
      toast
      boat
      coat
      roast
      o-e also comes in the middle of words, usually before k, l, m or n
      home
      poke
      pole
      phone

      Lesson 3: When to use ow and oe (to make the long o sound)
      ow and oe come at the end of words

      ​Writing
      We will be using the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle to plan and write a short story over the next few weeks. 
      We will begin by describing the characters and setting. 
      We will plan a detailed, interesting narrative, using language and ideas from the nursery rhyme. 

      Reading
      We will be continuing with our class text - Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World

      Maths

      This week we are finishing off our unit on fractions by counting up in fractions to a whole.
      E.g.


      We will then be moving onto our unit on Position and Direction.
      -Using the language left, right, above, below and between to describe the position of things.
      -Using the language left, right, forwards and backwards to give directions to someone.
      -Using our fractions knowledge to describe turns as: ‘quarter turn’, ‘half turn’, ‘three-quarter turn’ and ‘full turn’ and describe whether the turns are in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction.

      Supporting at home
      You can support your child by helping them to identity and use ‘left’ and ‘right’ in everyday situations. Giving directions when out and about, laying the table (knowing the knife goes on the right) etc.

      Wider Curriculum

      R+WV: How do some people talk to God? Looking at clothes and objects for prayer - Jewish and Muslim
      Art: Textiles and Collage: This week we are making a more realistic style collage.
      PE: Maypole practise and Shine PE
      Science: Starting a new unit on Plants. Today we will looking at: How do seeds germinate and what happens?
      History: Revisiting all of the significant people we have learnt about to do with Space and thinking about what they achieved.
       

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    • Week 3 Term 5 Year 2 Learning

      Published 01/05/26, by Emma Ross

      Diary dates


      Monday 4th May - Bank Holiday
      Tuesday 5th May - INSET - school closed
      Saturday 16th May - May Fair
      Friday 22nd May - Last day of term 

      English

      Spelling:
      Spelling is a real focus at this point in the year in Year 2. Please support your child at home by helping them to practise the spelling rules listed below.

      Lesson 1: When to use igh and i
      igh usually comes in the middle of a word before a t
      sight
      night
      fright
      might
      slight

      i is less common and often comes before ld and nd
      child, mild, wild
      behind, blind, find, grind, kind, unwind, mind
      climb, island

      Lesson 2: When to use i_e
      i_e is the best bet if it is in the middle of a word
      time
      alive
      white
      spike
      nine
      slice
      invite
      prize

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      Writing

      We will be starting a new unit building towards building a simple retelling of a narrative.
      We start by looking at how authors get inspiration for their writing.
      We will then write adjectives and expanded noun phrases to describe a character.

      Reading
      We will be reading Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World

      Maths

      In maths, we are continuing our learning about fractions. This week we are focusing on:
      -Understanding that ½ and 2/4 are equivalent.
      -To recognise ¾ of a shape or amount.

      Wider Curriculum

      PSHE: Rules beyond school
      Music: Adding body percussion to a song
      PE: Maypole practise and Shine PE
      Science: Combining our learning about ‘materials’ and our learning about what living things need to answer: What materials do our pets have or need? Why is that?

       


       

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    • Week 2 Term 5 Year 2 Learning

      Published 28/04/26, by Emma Ross

      Diary dates

      Monday 4th May - Bank Holiday
      Tuesday 5th May - INSET - school closed
      Saturday 16th May - May Fair
      Friday 22nd May - Last day of term
       

      This term in Art, we are experimenting with collage. We would be grateful for any donations of mixed media resources for us to use, such as feathers, string, different types of paper, or unwanted picture books and magazines to cut up. We will be making our collages next week, so any donations by Monday would be greatly appreciated. 

      English


      Spelling:
      Spelling is a real focus at this point in the year in Year 2. Please support your child at home by helping them to practise the spelling rules listed below.

      Lesson 1: When to use ee and ea
      ee and ea both come in the middle of words, they are both very common
      meat 
      feel
      scream
      dream
      eat
      need
      sleep

      Lesson 2: When to use y to make the /ee/ sound 
      jelly
      puppy
      lolly
      happy
      sorry
      berry
      daddy

      Lesson 3: When to use ie and e-e
      ie often comes before f and ve
      Chief
      Thief
      Believe
      Achieve 
      e-e is a lot less common than the other /ee/ sounds. It comes in the middle of words.
      These
      Complete
      Theme
      extreme

      ​Writing

      We will be using our assessment of the children’s writing in Term 4 to continue to fill any identified gaps. We are focusing on editing writing to ensure words and spelt correctly, punctuation is used effectively and sentences make sense. 

      Reading
      We will be reading more of David Attenborough Little People Big Dreams

      Maths

      In maths, we are continuing our learning about fractions. This week we are focusing on:
      -Recognising what is, and what is not, third of a shape or number.
      -Finding the whole if we are given a quarter, half or a third.
      -Recognising what a unit and non-unit fraction is. 


      -Understanding what the numerator and denominator mean in a non-unit fraction.

      Wider Curriculum

      R+WV: How do some people talk to God?
      History: Learning about Tim Peake
      PE: Maypole practise and Shine PE
      Art: ‘Textiles and Collage’ - we will be creating our first collage today.
      Science: Identifying things that are alive, never alive or dead.

       


       

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    • Week 1 Term 5, Year 2 Learning

      Published 02/04/26, by Emma Ross

      Diary dates


      Monday 20th April: Back to school
       

      This term, we are hoping that we will be able to do PE outside. Please make sure your child has appropriate footwear in their PE bag at the beginning of Term 5. We will be sending PE kits home during the Easter holiday to be washed. 

      English


      Spelling
      Spelling is a real focus at this point in the year in Year 2. Please support your child at home by helping them to practise the spelling rules listed below.
      Lesson 1: When to use ay and ai.
      ay usually comes at the end of words like in:
      play
      stay
      array
      display
      tray
      ai usually comes in the middle of words, particularly before l or n like in:
      rain
      train
      wail
      trail
      snail
      Lesson 2: When to use a-e
      a-e is the most common long /a/ sound. It is found in the middle of words like in:
      make
      snake
      cake
      made
      mate
      flake
      It tends to come before c, k, m, t and v
      Lesson 3: When to use a on its own to make the long a vowel sound.
      baby
      crazy
      lady
      lazy
      able

      Writing

      We will be using our assessment of the children’s writing in Term 4 to fill any identified gaps. We will form simple sentences, focusing on spelling common exception words correctly. We will try and spot errors in simple sentences and edit them to be correct. 

      Reading
      We will begin a new class text - David Attenborough Little People Big Dreams

      Maths

      In maths, we are learning about fractions over the next few weeks. This week we are focusing on:
      -Identifying the whole, and parts of the whole, of everyday objects and pictures.
      -Identifying equal and unequal parts of shapes or amounts.
      -Recognising what is, and what is not, half of a shape or number.
      -Recognising what is, and what is not, quarter of a shape or number.
      -Finding half of objects and numbers by using counters and writing the equation in my book.

      We will explain our reasoning by remembering that to be a half or quarter the parts have to be equal and only 1 part should be shaded to be ½ or ¼. 

      Wider Curriculum

      PSHE: Safety and the Changing Body - Staying Safe with Medicine
      Music: Developing pulse and moving in time to the music
      PE: Shine PE and class PE Athletics
      Art: First lesson exploring ‘Textiles and Collage’
      Science: Revisiting using MRS GREN to identify if something is alive.

      Computing: Typing skills - learning how to use the keys caps lock, delete, back space, space bar, full stop on a keyboard.



       

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    • Week 6 Term 5, Year 2 Learning

      Published 27/03/26, by Emma Ross

      Diary dates

      Wednesday 1st April: Year 2 trip to Bristol Zoo Project.
      Thursday 2nd April: Last day of school. Non-uniform
      Monday 20th April: Back to school

      In Term 5, we are hoping that we will be able to do PE outside. Please make sure your child has appropriate footwear in their PE bag at the beginning of Term 5. We will be sending PE kits home during the Easter holiday to be washed. 

      Trip Details

      With our trip to Bristol Zoo Project coming up next week we are just emailing with details of things your child will need to bring.

      Please be aware that children will be carrying their own things during the day so pack light and please ensure they have helped to pack their bag so that they know where everything is.

      They will need:

      1. A rucksack with straps (that everything fits inside - please ensure space for if they remove layers of clothing or their coat)

      2. A waterproof coat - preferably lightweight 

      3. A packed lunch (no nut products, including no hummus and checking seeded bread to ensure no sesame seeds)

      4. A water bottle

      5. Applying sun cream before school and sending a sun hat dependent on weather that day.

      6. School uniform is to be worn on the top half, but children can wear comfortable joggers (or similar) on the bottom half.

      7. Comfortable shoes (no open toed shoes)

      8. No toys and no money to be brought please.

      Please ensure everything is named as we will endeavour to keep an eye out for things that might have been put down as we are moving around.

      Any parent helpers should have been informed - please make sure you have the items above for yourself too!

      English

      Phonics: Revisiting as needed in each class
      Spelling
      Spelling is a real focus at this point in the year in Year 2. Please support your child at home by helping them to practise the spelling rules listed below.
      Lesson 1: Teach -el and -le at the end of words
      -le is more common but -el does come at the end of some multisyllabic words

      Lesson 2: Teach -al at the end of words
      natural
      comical
      magical
      metal

      Lesson 3: Teach -il at the end of words. This ending is less common.
      pupil
      pencil 
      council
      gerbil
      nostril

      Writing
      We will write up our non-chronological report about Mae Jemison using everything we have learnt over the last few weeks. 

      Reading
      We will continue our reading of the Sun & the Wind from Aesop’s fables. 

      Maths

      In maths, we are finishing off our learning about capacity and volume.
      We will also look at how to read temperature in degrees celsius and using vocabulary hot, warm, cold, hottest, coldest.
      We will also be carrying out assessment of our maths in this unit.

      Supporting at home - please look at weather forecasts and notice the temperatures. Discuss how each temperature feels each day.

      Wider Curriculum

      R+WV: What can prayer mean?
      PE: Shine PE and class PE gymnastics
      DT: Making our chairs for baby bear and evaluating them.
      Science: Our school trip to reinforce our learning about animals and their habitats.
      Computing: Photo editing - we will be taking a photo and editing it using the illustrations of Anthony Browne (one of his illustrations below) as inspiration. We will change the photo to black and white and use pens to add a ‘pop’ of colour.

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    • Week 5 Term 4, Learning Year 2

      Published 20/03/26, by Emma Ross
      Diary dates Wednesday 1st April: Year 2 trip to Bristol Zoo Project. This week our Big Walk and Wheel challenge runs from 16 – 27 March 2026. Please encourage your child(ren) to walk, scoot or cycle to school on as many days as possible d
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    • Week 4, Term 4 Year 2 Learning

      Published 13/03/26, by Emma Ross
      Diary dates Wednesday 1st April: Year 2 trip to Bristol Zoo Project. This week our Big Walk and Wheel challenge runs from 16 – 27 March 2026. Please encourage your child(ren) to walk, scoot or cycle to school on as many days as possible d
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    • Week 3, Term 4 Year 2 Learning

      Published 08/03/26, by Emma Ross
      Diary dates Wednesday 1st April: Year 2 trip to Bristol Zoo Project.   We have some exciting news for you! We are taking part in Big Walk and Wheel, the UK’s largest inter-school cycling, walking, wheeling and scooting challenge. Th
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    • Week 2 Term 4, Year 2 Learning

      Published 27/02/26, by Emma Ross

      We have some exciting news for you! We are taking part in Big Walk and Wheel, the UK’s largest inter-school cycling, walking, wheeling and scooting challenge. The challenge runs from 16 – 27 March 2026. It’s free to take part and we would love everyone to be involved.

      What do you need to do?
      Encourage your child(ren) to walk, scoot or cycle to school on as many days as possible during the event.

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    • Week 1 Term 4, Year 2 Learning

      Published 13/02/26, by Emma Ross

      Diary dates

      • Week commencing 23rd February - To encourage sustainability we will be facilitating a costume swap ahead of World Book Day on 5th March. This will involve families donating pre-loved costumes. The first week back after the half term holiday a box will be located in the entrance hall for your donations. These costumes will then be available to take on both Parents Evenings from the entrance hall.

      • Tuesday 24th and Thursday 26th February - Parents evenings

      • Thursday 5th March - World Book Day - advance warning of dressing up. Year 2 have been invited to Henleaze Library for an author event so please ensure costumes are suitable for walking to the library! We will need helpers for this walk so please let us know if you are free to help between 12:45 and approximately 2:30.

      • Tuesday 24th February 2026 - 100 day. We are taking part in a themed Maths day. We have chosen this day as it will mark reaching 100 on our daily counts.We are asking for your support in enabling your child to come to school with one thing you can find at home that represents 100. More details and ideas will be sent out directly.

      English

      Phonics: Revisiting as needed in each class

      Spelling

      Lesson 1:       To add the suffix -ed to words ending in e
      Bake → baked
      Move → moved
      Live → lived
      Name → named

      Lesson 2: To add the suffix -ed to words ending in y. Rule - remove the y, add an i, then -ed.
      Carry → carried
      Reply → replied
      Tidy → tidied
      Spy → spied

      Lesson 3: To add the suffix -ed to words, doubling the final consonant. Rule - if there is a short vowel sound, double the next consonant before adding -ed.
      Slam → slammed
      Shred → shredded 
      Skip → skipped

      Writing

      We are going to be building up to writing a recount from our personal experience of World Book Day. To do this well, we are going to practise the skills we will need. 
      We will write sentences using adjectives and expanded noun phrases. 
      We will practise using the first person - eg.  I, me, my.
      We will revisit how to write sentences in the past tense. 
      We will then bring all of these skills together and write sentences using adjectives, expanded noun phrases, first person and past tense. 

       

       

      In handwriting we will practise these letters:

       

      Reading
      We will begin our new class text ‘The Rhythm of the Rain’.

      Maths

      In maths, we will be revisiting addition and subtraction this week.
      We will look at how to solve addition and subtraction questions using the line and dot method to represent the tens and ones.
      We will start with questions not bridging 10 and move onto bridging 10 which will involve exchanging a ten for ten ones.
      We will apply this to word problems and missing number problems.

      Wider Curriculum

      PSHE: Safety and the changing body -Secrets and surprises - knowing the difference between unhealthy or unkind secrets, and fun, exciting surprises.
      Music: Combining rhythm and timbre
      Geography: We will begin a new unit of fieldwork and mapskills and consider how we describe places.
      Science: What’s the most absorbent material?
      PE: Shine PE, Class PE: Gymnastics
      Art: We will create a printing block out of styrofoam using negative space. 

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