Year 2 Autumn Term 2025

Welcome to Year 2, 2025–2026

Hello Year 2!

My name is Miss Smith, and I am so excited to be working with you all this year!

I hope you had a wonderful summer break and are ready for all the fun, learning, and adventures that Year 2 has in store.

Our Year 2 team is made up of Mrs Wheetman, Mrs Price, and myself.

Our school day begins at 8:45am when I will greet you at the door. Mrs Wheetman and Mrs Price will be in the classroom ready to help you settle in and start the day. There will always be an activity waiting for you to get started on as soon as you come in. The school gate closes at 8:55am, so if you arrive after this time, please come through the main entrance. Our day finishes at 3:15pm.

On Wednesday afternoons, Mrs Shortland and Mr Ollier will be working with Year 2 while I am on PPA.

Our PE days will be Tuesday and Wednesday. Please come to school dressed in your PE kit on those days.

In the mornings, we will focus on Spellings/Phonics, English, and Maths. After lunch, we will begin with some quiet reading time before moving on to our foundation subjects, which include: History, Geography, Computing, Music, PE, RE, Science, Art, DT, and PSHCE.

I can’t wait to see all the amazing things we will learn and do together this year!

Year 2 Curriculum Overview

Year 2 Weekly Timetable

DRAFT TIMETABLE- TBC 

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 new 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’.