Year 2 Blog Friday 9th January 2026

Date: 8th Jan 2026 @ 2:12pm

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 (16.01.26):

going       looking        hopping       talking       walking          seeing           playing              running       pushing    pulling

Sumdog: Complete the money and spelling challenges.

Counting: Have a go at the doubling and halving puzzle below.

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/double-or-halve 

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

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

English

We started learning through our new story. Barnaby lives in a lab but he dreams of escaping. We wrote predictions about what might happen in the story. We described one of the Perfect Pets. We invented our own pet and wrote a fact file about it.

Maths

We have been learning all about money this week.

We have learned about the value of coins and notes...1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2 and £5, £10, £20, £50.

The children were very good at adding two amounts of money together. For example, 25p + 34p = 59p or £12 + £24 = £36.

Show your child any coins or notes you have at home and help them to become more familiar with their value.

Science

We finished off our last topic with an investigation. We wanted to find out the answer to the question, " Do the children who are tallest have the biggest hands?".

We found out that in our class the answer is "NO".

R.E

We celebrated Epiphany on Tuesday 6th January.

The children heard the Epiphany story and rewrote it beautifully in their own words with a lovely illustration.

RSHE 

We learnt about the joy and friendship you can receive when you belong to a diverse community.

The children listed and illustrated the good behaviours that have a positive impact on God's community.

History

This term, we will be learning about Changes in Technology.

The children looked at various pictures of old technology and wrote what they thougt it might be used for and how it helped society.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Lilly-Mae

Super Learner - Harry

Superstar Writer - Honey

Bookworm - Huxley

Mathematician - Luca

Special Mentions - Rudy for thoughtful responses in RE and

Faisal for all the extra learning he does at home.