Year 2
What have we been learning this week?
Week Commencing Monday 28th September 2026
This week:
In English, we have started our poetry unit based on The Great Fire of London. We will use the dramatic burning of houses as a hook to help us recreate the sights, sounds, smells, tastes and feelings of the Great Fire. We used all five senses to generate interesting adjectives and descriptive vocabulary. In Maths, we have been developing our understanding of addition and subtraction using place value. We learnt how to partition numbers and use the partitioned parts to write addition and subtraction facts. We used bar models, part-part-whole models and counters to deepen our understanding and make our learning more practical. We sketched and painted fruit bowls in preparation for our Harvest Assembly. In Science, we explored different types of rocks and investigated their properties. We carefully observed the rocks and recorded what we noticed, using scientific vocabulary.
How you can help:
Please practise these spellings and tricky words.
Year 2 – Autumn Term Curriculum Map 2026
Our Topic this term is 'Fire, Fire!' 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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