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 during the event.

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: Spell the /v/ sound as -ve.

Lesson 2: Spell the /or/ sound spelt or and ore. 
Rules - or is the most common /or/ sound. 
or usually comes in the middle of words
ore usually comes at the end of words.

 

Lesson 3: Teach the /or/ sound spelt aw and au. 
aw usually comes in the middle of words or at the end of words. 
aw often comes in the middle of words ending in l and n. eg. lawn, crawl, fawn
au usually comes in the middle of words and sometimes at the beginning of words.

Writing

We will continue our unit of work on creating non-chronological reports about Mae Jemison.

We will use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to write sentences about Mae Jemison to prepare to write our non-chronological reports. 

Coordinating conjunctions include: and, but, or

Subordinating conjunctions include: because, that, if, when

We will then move onto writing questions about Mae Jemison to use in our non-chronological reports. 

Reading
This week we are starting a new story - the Sun & the Wind from Aesop’s fables. 

We will learn and use some ambitious vocabulary like -
Buffeted
Flailing
Jeered
Entangled
frenzy

Maths

In maths, we are learning about capacity and volume.
We will be describing the volume of liquid using the language full, empty, half full, nearly full and nearly empty.
We will be measuring volume in millilitres and litres using measuring jugs.
Solving word problems based on capacity and volume, looking for key words to help us identify whether we need to add, subtract, multiply or divide.
We will also look at how to read temperature in degrees celsius.

Supporting at home - again this is a brilliant opportunity to do some cooking at home bringing in mass from last week and volume of liquid from this week!

Wider Curriculum

PSHE: Safety & the Changing Body Appropriate contact: My private parts are private
Science: Revisiting materials and understanding the difference between, objects, materials and properties of materials.
PE: Shine PE and class PE gymnastics
DT: How does the thickness of a material affect its strength?
History: Space travel!
Music: Ensemble performance from a graphic score