Year 2 Blog Friday 1st May 2026

Date: 30th Apr 2026 @ 12:01pm

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.

This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (08.05.26):

sledge     smudge     badge    ledge   lodge   huge   wage   large   barge  plunge

Sumdog: Complete the time and spelling challenges.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in fives. See how far you can go! Notice the link with telling the time.

You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables, telling the time and doubling and halving.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

English

We learnt about rainsticks and made our own out of a cardboard tubes.

We wrote instructions for how to make a rain maker and wrote fact sheets about Kenya.

SPaG

We learnt about the different rules for -ge and -dge endings.

Maths

We have been learning to tell the time past the hour.

For example, five past, ten past, quarter past, twenty past, twenty-five past and half past.

RE

We read the story of Pentecost and learnt that Jesus told Peter he was the rock on which the Church was built.

History

Our new topic is Kings, Queens and Castles.

We learnt about stone castles this week and labelled their key features.

Then we completed a castles quiz.

Forest School

We worked really well together to build our obstacle courses. We were very careful when we were moving the logs around. We had great fun when we tried the courses out.

Science

We carefully observed 3 different plants. We discussed the similarities and differences between them. We made some drawings and made sure we were working as real scientists, drawing what we could actually see.

We also had a look at out seeds which we planted last week and we updated our plant diary...only one pot of seeds have started growing!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Izzy

Super Learner - Arianna 

Superstar Writer - Jaxon

Bookworm - Buzz

Mathematician - Faisal

Special Mentions - Bobby for being such a good friend to everyone.