Year 2 Blog Friday 20th March 2026

Date: 17th Mar 2026 @ 10:04am

Welcome to your Friday Blog.

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 (27.03.26):

action     donation      caution     fraction   station     information       imagination    collection      option       fiction

Sumdog: Complete the times tables and spelling challenges.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 3 to 60.

You could say them out loud or write the numbers down. Look at the pattern, what do you notice?

Have a go at this fun game. All you need is paper and a pencil.

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/strike-it-out 

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

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

English

This week we started learning through a book called Rosie Revere Engineer. Rosie makes all sorts of gadgets and gizmos from things which she finds. She really perseveres and inspires her friends.

We wrote about what we would like to be when we grow up.

Maths

We are still learning about measuring mass, length and capacity. We learnt how to order weights/capacity/lengths. 

We also completed assessments about our recent learning.

R.E

The children learnt more about Holy Week by exploring religious art. We looked at art to show forgivenesss.

They chose their favourite painting and explained why they liked it, then drew some of their own Reconciliation art.

We aslo learnt about the words Jesus said on the cross about forgiveness and learnt about the stages of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Geography

The children are learning about the weather and seasons.

They discussed, wrote about and illustrated their favourite weather or season.

Science

We made paper aeroplanes and tested them to see how well they flew. It was quite windy so we had to take account of the wind direction. We also tried to modify our planes by folding them slightly differently and by attaching paper clips to give them more weight.

Art

We looked closely at the brush strokes of the artists Cezanne and Van Gogh.

We used drawing pencils to draw a still life.

We used paint to try to make our own brush strokes.

We used pastels to match the colours Cezanne used on one of his works.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Amelia

Super Learner -  Rudy

Superstar Writer - Hannah

Bookworm - Genieveve

Mathematician - Emma

Special Mentions - Joshua I. and April for great problem solving when testing their paper aeroplanes and

Cerys for being a kind and thoughtful friend.