Year 2 Summer Term 2026

Welcome to Year 2, 2025–2026

Hello everyone,

Welcome back to the Summer Term in Year 2! I hope you’ve all had a lovely break and are feeling refreshed and ready for an exciting term ahead. We have lots of wonderful learning planned, including fun topics, creative activities, and plenty of opportunities to shine.

This term is extra special because we also have our exciting residential to look forward to! It will be a fantastic opportunity to try new activities, build confidence, and make brilliant memories together.

Please take a look at our curriculum web for this term so you can see all the exciting things we will be learning about.

I’m really looking forward to seeing how much you all grow and achieve over the coming weeks. Let’s make it a fantastic term together!

See you soon,
Miss Smith

Summer Term Curriculum 

Wingate Residential

Please have a look at the presentation. It contains all you will need to know for the upcoming visit. Any questions, please drop a message in Class Dojo. 

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.

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

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’.