Welcome to our class page
Year 2M 2024-2025
Class team - Miss May and Miss Phillips
Mrs Boyd (Tuesday afternoon )
1:1 support -
Mrs Ahmed
Mrs Nabija
Miss Nulisha
Miss Catherall
Upcoming events (23-24):
5/12/24 Christmas Fair
13/12/24 Year 2 Nativity Performance to Parents
PE
Monday and Tuesday
Please make sure you bring your PE kit in a bag on these days. PE kits can be left in school in our classroom PE box.
Reading
Please bring your reading books and records into school everyday so we can listen to you read in school.
We encourage parents and carers to read with the children at home to help them become a more confident reader.
This half term we are reading:
Look Up! by Nathan Bryon
David Attenborough (Little People, Big Dreams)
Lights on Cotton Rock by David Litchfield
Everybody's Welcome by Patricia Hegarthy
You can't take an Elephant on the Bus by Patricia Cleveland-Pack
Spellings
Please bring your red spelling book into school everyday. Our weekly spelling test will be every Thursday and you will get new spellings to stick into your red spelling book. We encourage children to practise their spellings at home.
Spellings are split up into 3 groups depending on their phonics group:
Below are links to all the spellings groups.
Year 2 Group 1 Spellings
Year 2 Group 2 Spellings
Year 2 Group 3 Spellings
Year 2 - 2024-2025
Blackpool Zoo
Year 2 went to Blackpool Zoo as part of their Science topic. We loved seeing such a range of animals.
2M Zoo
Maths
In Maths, we have been focusing on Column Method. The children have been using base ten to help solve their calculations.
2M Column Method Maths
English
In English, we re-created a rocket blasting off into space. Our classroom transformed into a spaceship.
2M Look up!
Maths
In Maths, we have been focusing on Place Value. We have been making lots of two digits number.
2M Arithmetic Place Value
PE - Jumping
In PE, we have been practising fundamental movements. Today we focused on jumping and how to land safely.
2M PE Jumping
PE - Rocket Building
In English, we are looking at the book Look Up! by Nathan Bryon. We have been learning how to write instructions. Today we built a giant rocket and focused on the steps to make a cardboard rocket. This helped us to write instructions.
2M Rocket Building
Cohort 2023-2024
PE
Tuesday and Thursday
Please make sure you bring your PE kit in a bag on these days. PE kits can be left in school in our classroom PE box.
Reading
Please bring your reading books and records into school everyday so we can listen to you read in school.
We encourage parents and carers to read with the children at home to help them become a more confident reader.
This half term we are reading...
Spellings
Please bring your red spelling book into school every Friday. Our weekly spelling test will be every Tuesday and you will get new spellings to stick into your red spelling book.
We encourage children to practise their spellings at home.
Year 2 Summer Curriculum Letter
Have a look at what we are learning this term!
Year 2 Summer Curriculum Letter
Adjectives
In English, we have been learning about adjectives. We worked in small groups to mindmap a range of interesting adjectives.
History
We learnt how to communicate through semaphores. This is how people used to communicate in the past.
Zero to Hero
For our final theme lesson, we created a personalised thank you card to our favourite Zero to Hero figure. First we planned our design then we created it using a range of different materials.
2M Class Assembly
We created a class assembly which focused on the value 'forgiveness'. We worked together as a team to create a performance that highlighted the importance of forgiveness.
2M Class Assembly
Electricity
We have been learning about electricity and how to make a simple circuit. Here are some photos of us experimenting with different ways to make the light bulb turn on.
Instructions
For one of our big writes, we are going to write a set of instructions on how to make rice crispy cakes. First, we made the rice crispy cakes and talked through each step that we will use in our instructions.
Art
In Art, we have been learning about an inspiring artist called Christy Brown. Christy brown had cerebral palsy so he used his feet to paint. We discussed the resilience and perseverance that Christy Brown embodied and applied his art practise into creating our own art work.
Maths - Money Unit
In Maths, we have been learning all about money. We have really enjoyed using the coins and notes manipulatives to help embed our learning.
PSHE - Affirmations
We have been learning to take care of ourselves and how important it is to prioritise our own wellbeing. We wrote special affirmations, which we can read to ourselves every morning we come into school.
Instructions - English
In English, we have been learning about instructions. We made Jam sandwiches and unpicked the imperative verbs and time adverbials that were used in the instructions.
Computing - Coding - Beebots
We have started learning all about algorithms! In today's lesson, we inputted instructions into the Beebots and it created an algorithm.
100% Attendance
These children achieved 100% attendance for the Autumn Terms!
2M 100% Attendance
Zero to Hero
In Theme, we have started a new unit called Zero to Hero. We started looking at the inspirational figure, Michael Jordan. We practised shooting hoops and we found it very difficult but we learnt to never give up and keep persevering.
Make Equal Groups
In Maths, we have been learning to make equal groups. Here are some photos of using making equal groups.
Year 2 Autumn Curriculum Letter
Have a look at what we are learning this term!
Year 2 Autumn Curriculum Letter
Christmas Party!
KS1 had their Christmas party! We did lots of dancing and singing. We also had a special visitor, which was Santa!
The Mayors Christmas Concert
On Friday, we watched the Mayor's Christmas Performance. We listened to lots of live music and sang along to our favourite Christmas songs.
Guided Reading - Hey Ewe!
In guided reading, we have been practising reading our lines for our Christmas performance. We worked in pairs, to read the sentences. Then we performed it with expression.
2M Guided Reading 3
Science - Plants
We have been learning about how to keep plants healthy. We sorted images of plants which were very unhealthy because they had too much water, too much sun or no water at all.
2M Science Plants 2
RE - Good News
In RE, we have been learning about the Christmas story. We have learnt that God sent angels to spread good news to others.
2M RE Angels
Cesar Manrique
In DT, we have been focusing on the artist Cesar Manrique. We designed and created a wind toy, which was inspired by Cesar's work.
PE - Team work games
In year 2, we have been focusing on teamwork and finding ways in which we can work well in small teams. We have been playing lots of games which has helped us to get better at our team work skills.
Science }- plants
In Science, we have been investigating how water travels through the stem and leaves. We will observe how the celery changes colour over the next couple of weeks.
Bury Fire Training Centre
Year 2 visited the Bury Fire Training Centre. We learnt lots of new information about fire safety. Our favourite part was practising STOP DROP AND ROLL.
Geography - A walk around our local community
We went for a walk around our local community to spot the physical and human features.
Guided Reading
We have been learning about plants in Science, so today we have reading a non-fiction text on plants. We have been practising the skill of scanning through a text to spot key vocabulary.
2M Guided Reading scanning a text
Computing
We created a poster on purple mash promoting E-Safety in school.
2M Computing E-safety
Geography - Comparing how places change
In Geography, we have learning about human and physical features. We looked at old pictures of the school and then went on a hunt around the school to spot how the school has changed over the years.
2M Geography School Tour
Science Investigation
In Science, we have learning all about plants. In today's lesson we planned each step of our investigation. Then we got the opportunity to plant the seeds and put them in different parts of the school.
Trip to The Hive
PSHE - Special messages
In PSHE, we are learning about relationships and friendships. Today we wrote a special message to someone in the classroom to remind them how special they are.
y2 PSHE 23-24 special message
Green Cross Code
In PSHE, we have been learning how to cross the road safely.
2M Green cross code
PSHE - Speaking and Listening
In PSHE, we focused on our speaking and listening skills. We played lots of games and activities which helped us to develop these skills.
2M PSHE11
Maths
We have been learning all about place value. We have been using our base ten and part whole models to partition 2 digit numbers.
2M Maths Place Value
PE
In PE, we have been playing fun warm up games such as the animal game. We have been moving our bodies in different ways to create different shapes and sizes.
2M PE 1
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