WELCOME TO YEAR 2

St Bernadette (Y2A) and St Martin de Porres (Y2K)

Summer 2025

Welcome back to school!

It is lovely to have you all back and I hope you are excited and ready for the rest of the year ahead!

On this page, you will find all the necessary information you will need for the summer term which will finish in July.

Key Dates:

Africa Day - 29th April 2025

Y2A Class Assembly – 30th April 2025

Year 2 trip -  more details to follow

Important Information:

Home Learning and Book Bags

Book bags will be sent home with a new reading book and  reading for pleasure book every Friday. This is a book to share with the family and discuss together. It is a great opportunity to build a love of reading together. Please ensure book bags are brought in each Thursday. Home learning projects will be set each half-term linked to pupils class learning. These should be completed throughout the half-term in learning logs or on Seesaw. Home learning will be shared in class in the final week of the half-term, where the children will be able to celebrate their learning with their class. We will also look on our class Seesaw page during this time too! 

Water bottles

Water bottles should be brought into class each day. Pupils will have access to these throughout the day.

Reading, Phonics and Spellings

We will be using seesaw to post weekly spellings to support the children's learning in Phonics and Spellings.

PE Days

Our PE days will be on a Monday and Friday (both sessions will take place outdoors). Children should come into school wearing their PE kits on these days. Please ensure your child's name is in all items of clothing including their basic school uniform. If your child's name is not on their items of clothing this makes it very difficult to locate lost items. If you are unsure of what your child needs for their PE kit please see our School uniform policy.

Religion

This term we will be learning about Pentecost and the importance of the Holy Spirit.  Children will also understand the significance of rules and how we can make good choices in the church family. Children will learn about forgiveness, God’s rules, the sacrament of Reconciliation and the sign of peace. We will be completing a write in relation to the religion learning this term.

English

In English we will be using a range of texts, such as The Dragon Machine and Ocean meets sky.  Both of these children's books allow for creative writing, where children will be able to write their own story as well as further develop descriptive writing strategies. 

 During our learning we will be:

• Investigating the language
• Using our reading VIPERS to answer questions about the text
• Innovating a story based on a familiar text.
• Sharing our experiences and giving lots of opportunities to develop our oracy.
• Write from the point of view of key characters, using adjectives, conjunctions, suffixes and apostrophes.

Maths

In Maths this term we will be developing children’s skills in length, statistics and time.  Children will use then use this knowledge to solve problems. After completing the Mastering Number Programme, children will understand how to solve mental arithmetic problems using known facts.  A key focus area will be to challenge children to apply the skills learnt to gain a deeper understanding of the application of mathematical concepts in the real world.

Science

In Science we will be learning about Materials.  Building on their knowledge of the suitability of materials, children will carry out an investigation trying to find a suitable material for an umbrella.  This term also gives children the perfect opportunity to do some planting and understanding the different parts of both plants and trees.  Children will investigate the variable conditions needed for a plant to grow healthily. Children will record growth patterns and begin to understand the impact of the conditions upon the plants.

Topic

We will start the new year with our topic of Sensational Safari, where children will look at continents and oceans.  Children will then look at Africa in more detail and use an atlas to locate countries in Africa. Children will compare their locality with that of the Masai Mara in Kenya and make comparisons.  Children will end the unit of Sensational safari by creating a tourism leaflet all about Africa and the Masai Mara.

PSHE

In PSHE we will be looking at Living in the Wider World and what it means to be part of a community.  Children will also develop their understanding of digital literacy and understand the ways in which information can be accessed online, how to stay safe online and know that not all information online is factual.  Linked to their learning of money in maths, children will begin to understand how money can be found in different forms and how earning, spending and saving money are key skills throughout life. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Learning Logs