Year 2

Year 2 Autumn Term 2026

Welcome to Year 2, 2026–2027

Welcome to Year 2!

I hope you all had a wonderful summer break and have enjoyed spending time with family and friends. I am delighted to welcome both our returning children and those who are new to the class and I am looking forward to an exciting and successful year together.

The Autumn Term is always a busy and enjoyable one, full of new experiences and opportunities to learn. We will be exploring a range of exciting topics across the curriculum, developing our reading, writing and maths skills and taking part in creative activities through science, art, music and PE. Most importantly, we will continue to build confidence, independence and resilience as we learn and grow together.

Please keep an eye on this page throughout the term for updates, photographs and information about what we have been learning. Thank you for your continued support—I am really looking forward to a fantastic Autumn Term with you all!

Miss Smith
Year 2 Class Teacher

Autumn Term Curriculum

Year 2 Weekly Timetable

Things you need for Year 2

Labelled uniform
A water bottle with your child’s name on
A book bag
Reading diary
Children will need to come to school in their PE kits on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY.
No Toys

Snacks/Lunchtime

Please remember – our school is nut-free!
Some children in our school have nut allergies, so we all need to help keep them safe by not bringing nuts to school.

In Key Stage One, you will get fruit at snack time. If you would like to, you can also bring a healthy snack from home.

Year 2 Reading Diaries

Our purple reading diaries will continue to record any reading at both school and home. It is important that your child brings it to school every day so that adults can record any reading that has taken place during the school day.

Reading in Year 2

Your child will bring home:

A ‘Big Cat, Little Wandle’ reading book.
This is a book your child has read at least three times during group reading sessions in school. By the time it comes home, they should be able to read it with around 95% fluency. The purpose of practising at home is to build reading confidence and reinforce the skills learned in school. The book may seem “too easy” or very familiar, but this is an important part of the process—it helps children celebrate their success as readers.
An additional reading book carefully matched to the same level as the ‘Big Cat’ book.

Reading books are changed once a week, and choices are closely monitored using phonics and reading assessments across the year.

We also place a strong emphasis on reading for pleasure. A varied diet of books—stories, poems, and non-fiction—will help nurture your child’s curiosity and love of reading, an invaluable life skill.

Click on the link to access more information about the books recommended below: https://www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/recommended-reads/year-2/

PE

We really enjoy PE in Year 2!

Our PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday – please come to school in your outdoor PE kit on those days. We will try to be outside as much as possible, so remember:

Wear your school hoodie on cooler days.
Bring a waterproof jacket for rainy days.
Bring a water bottle on warmer days.
Earrings must be removed for PE, or you can bring tape to cover them.

Hoodie

Joggers

Pikemere PE polo shirt

Trainers

Long hair to be tied up on PE days

Year 2 Homework

I will be setting My Maths homework on a Wednesday to be completed for the following Monday.

To access the My Maths tasks you will need to log on to your account and there are email notifications to tell you when a new task is set. Your child will receive a letter with login details.

If you don't have access to a device a paper copy can be created for your child.

Maths in Year 2

There are lots of resources to help you with learning at home:
Practise your 2, 5 and 10 times tables so you can use TT Rock Stars.
Search for ‘Hit the Button’ to practise your maths skills.
Search for ‘Daily 10 Top Marks’ to work on your times tables.
Keep practising your number bonds to 10, 20 and 100!

You’ll find useful links at the bottom of this page.

Time

In Year 2, we will be learning to tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes. If possible, please help your child get familiar with an analogue clock at home. Any extra practice with telling the time is always encouraged!

There are lots of fun online games to try, such as those on the Top Marks website. You might also like to get your child their own analogue watch (though this is not compulsory).

In class, we will have a ‘time teller’ each day. They will wear our class watch and help us tell the time at different points throughout the day!

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

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

Year-2-Number-and-Place-Value-Knowledge-Organiser

Year-2-Addition-and-Subtraction-Knowledge-Organiser

Year 2 English

These are called ‘Common Exception Words’ because they do not follow the usual spelling rules. For example, ‘sugar’ does not start with ‘sh’.