Year 2

Weekly Update - Friday 5th December 2025

A Summary of our learning:

Year two have had a busy week, from lots of new learning to practising the Christmas production to showing our dress rehearsal to the reception children and adults on Thursday.

In Maths, we have now started out new unit on length. The children enjoyed the two practical lessons measuring items and furniture with rulers and metre sticks.

In English, we learnt our new text map ‘Jack and the Jelly Beanstalk’. We also identified the key parts of a portal story, boxed up the narrative into its five parts (beginning, build up, problem, resolution and ending) and learnt how to use possessive apostrophes.

Our learning next week:

Maths	We will continue to learn about length by comparing lengths in centimetres, measuring and comparing the lengths of lines in centimetres and solving word problems linked to length.
English	We will plan our innovate of ‘Jack and the Jelly Beanstalk’. We will change elements of the model text and use possessive apostrophes within our writing. Once we have finished writing our portal story, we will edit and publish our innovate version.
Reading	Your children will continue to read with an adult in their reading groups. Our whole class reading text will focus on a range of skills, including retrieval, inference, word meanings and prosody.

Foundation:

In Computing, we will learn about debugging.

In PSHE, we will discuss some ways I am different from my friends and understand that these differences make us all special and unique.

In RE, we will understand how we could help people in the world by showing love.

In History, to conclude our learning on events and people we commemorate, the children will choose an event or individual and conduct a long write to explain why they are commemorated.

In Science, we will plan and investigate appropriate materials.

In PE, Coaches will teach rugby on a Tuesday and Class Teachers will teach dance on a Thursday.

Homework:

Maths

Maths homework will be sent home every Friday and can be handed in from the Monday.

Numbots/ TTRockstars

To be played at least 3-4 times per week for a maximum of 15 minutes per session. The log in details are the same as those your child received in Reception/ Year 1. If you require them again, please do let your class teacher know.

Spelling

Please continue to practise the weekly spelling words at home in whichever way your child finds most useful.

Reading

Please read with your child five times a week and write in their reading record.

Notices & Reminders:

Please ensure that your child has a named coat in school, as children go outside in all weathers.

Thank you for your continued support,

Mrs Hodgson, Mrs Thornton- Brown, Mrs Harding and Mrs Offer.

Welcome to Year 2

Please find below the presentation from our Year 2 Parents Information Evening held in October 2025, which provides useful information for parents and carers about Year 2 at Eastwick in 2025-26.

Year 2 Parents Information Evening 2025-26

Below you will find the slides from our parent reading evening that was held on Wednesday 11th January 2025:

Infant Reading Parent Workshop Presentation

Contact

To contact the Year 2 Team, please use this email address: year2@eastwick.thpt.org.uk.

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