Year 2
What have we been learning this week?
Week Commencing Monday 8th June 2026
This week:
In English, the children have been exploring different poetic language. They have been identifying similes, metaphors, alliteration and rhyme in written poems, as well as working in groups to create their own poems about minibeasts. In Maths, the children have been practising bridging using unstructured number lines for different addition and subtraction problems. In History, the children will be learning about Nurses. They have enjoyed exploring different artefacts linked to Florence Nightingale. In Art, the children have chosen their final minibeast to sketch and paint with watercolours in preparation to begin creating their sculptures.
How you can help: Spellings for this week: – there, their, they're, couldn't, after, always. Thank you to all of those who have sent in newspapers this past week. This will greatly benefit the children as they begin making their minibeast sculptures.
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
Don't forget to use Purple Mash to enhance your child's learning.