Year 2
What have we been learning this week?
Week Commencing Monday 27th April 2026
This week:
In English, the children are learning how to use contractions, apostrophes for possession, and first-person writing so that they can write their own postcards while pretending to be Sunny. They have also written a diary entry and a description of a setting. In Maths, we began a new unit on fractions. The children started learning how to find halves and quarters of both shapes and numbers.
In DT, we are designing a page that matches the setting of our English postcard. In the next lesson, the children will use their designs to create sliders and levers. In RE, to help them understand the concept of what is special in religion, the children sorted different foods into “special” and “not special” categories. They also discussed why it is important to share special foods.
How you can help: Spellings for this week: – er words with change y to i, happier, funnier, sunnier, windier, noisier, busier.
Year 2 – Spring Term Curriculum Map 2026
Our Topic this term is 'Adventures Far and Wide'. Below are some of the things the children will be learning this term.
Key information
Key words
In Year 2 it is expected that children will read key words on sight, or be able to fluently apply their phonics to read them. Throughout the year children will also be learning to spell these words. Some of these words are 'tricky words' that cannot be sounded out (e.g. said) and some of these words require the children to apply their phonics knowledge (e.g. sound them out). See below the words the children will be covering in Year 2, through their phonics lessons, spelling time and the English curriculum.
Reading
Your child will bring home a scheme book appropriate for their reading level in their book bag each day. Once the book has been read either at home or school, and this has been recorded in the red or yellow reading log, your child will be able to change their book to get the next one in that particular scheme. Thank you for your continued support in reading regularly with your child at home.
Letter formation
Your child will continue to practise the letter formation that they learnt in Year R and 1. In Year 2, the children will then start to develop a neat joined handwriting style.
Year 2 Common Exception Words
Useful Website Links
Maths Toolkits
Purple Mash
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