Year 2
What have we been learning this week?
Week Commencing Monday 18th May 2026
This week:
In English, the children wrote their own stories based on the theme of Pattan’s Pumpkin by changing the main character or the vegetable. They applied all the skills they have learnt in this unit, including the use of suffixes, sentence openers, and similes, to create their stories. In Maths, we continued working on measurement. The children estimated the capacity of different containers and then measured the actual capacity using measuring jugs. They also solved reasoning problems and learnt how to read thermometers. In PE, the children practised their overarm throws using vortexes and their underarm throws using bean bags. In Science, the children explored different types of seeds and completed independent tasks to consolidate their understanding of what plants need to grow.
How you can help: Spellings for this week: – est words with change y to i, happiest, funniest, silliest, heaviest, luckiest, craziest
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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