Year 2
Class News
Year 2 15.5.2026
It has been another busy and exciting week in Year 2, with the children continuing to show great enthusiasm and curiosity across all areas of their learning. They have been working hard to build on their knowledge and are enjoying exploring new topics together.
This week in maths, the children have completed their unit on statistics, where they developed their understanding of interpreting and creating charts and graphs. They have now begun a new unit on position and direction, exploring movement, turns, and how to describe position using mathematical language.
In English, the children are continuing to work towards writing a character description of King Henry VIII. They have been carefully working through each of the success criteria for descriptive writing, focusing on adding detail, using interesting vocabulary, and structuring their sentences effectively.
In history, we explored the feudal system, helping the children to understand how society was organised in medieval times and the roles people played within it.
In science, we looked at the germination of seeds. The children planted their own seeds and are looking forward to observing how they grow and what they need to thrive.
Well done, Year 2, for your continued hard work and enthusiasm!
Year 2 8.5.2026
Despite a shorter week due to the bank holiday and polling day, the children have made a positive start to their learning.
Maths
In Maths, we have begun our new statistics unit. The children have been learning about pictograms and tally charts and have shown great understanding and enthusiasm. They have worked hard to collect, represent and interpret data, and it has been lovely to see how confident they are becoming with this area of maths.
English
In English, we have started a new unit on descriptive writing, with a focus on character descriptions. We have been looking at famous British monarchs, discussing their appearance, personality and key characteristics. The children will be working towards writing a character description of the infamous King Henry VIII, and they have been very engaged with this exciting historical focus.
Topic
Due to it being a three-day week, we have not had much time to spend on our wider topic learning. We will be picking this up again in more detail next week.
Art
In Art, the children have begun exploring digital portraits. They are enjoying learning how to create artwork using digital tools and are starting to experiment with different techniques and styles.
Year 2 Summer 1 Week 3
This week in Year 2 has been a busy and exciting one! In Maths, the children have continued their focus on clocks and successfully concluded the topic on Friday. They have shown great perseverance and understanding when telling the time.
In English, we finished our big rrite unit on fables. The children worked incredibly hard to write their own stories, and we were so impressed with the creativity and effort they showed. The remainder of the week was very oracy‑focused, with pupils performing poetry in front of the whole class—everyone showed fantastic confidence and expression.
In History, we continued our learning about monarchs, while in Science we explored seeds and began to understand how plants grow. On Thursday, we also had our class photograph taken, and we’re looking forward to seeing the results!
In Art, the children carried on exploring famous portraits of magnificent monarchs and then used these as inspiration to sketch their own portraits. The results have been wonderful.
Well done, Year 2, for another great week of learning!