Welcome to Year 2 - Pine

Mrs Willer

Year 2 have had a very busy couple of weeks!

In Literacy, we have continued reading The Minpins by Roald Dahl. The class has been busy finding verbs within the text, deciding whether they are past or present tense, then using the identification of the verb and the suffix to support their findings. This week, the children have been writing a report about the ‘Minpins’, using subheadings that contain the possessive apostrophe. They have started to plan and create their own story or sequel using the structure of the book. I am looking forward to introducing the children to their next story, The Owl and the Pussy-cat.

In Maths, we have been looking at length and height. So far, the children have measured objects by choosing and using appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm). They have compared and ordered lengths and heights using key terminology—‘tallest’, ‘longest’, and ‘shortest’.

In Science, the class started our new topic—Plant Survival. The children have named and labelled various parts of a plant and learned how different plants grow in different habitats. The class have learnt that trees can be either deciduous or evergreen. We have explored seasonal plants and discussed the way that trees and plants change with the seasons.

Pine class have been very enthusiastic about their new P.E. units and had the opportunity this week to practice their target skills during an archery session. Not only did they impress the coach from Monks Walk with their target techniques, but also by calculating their own scores!

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be learning:

• Literacy: matching suffixes to create adjectives
• Maths: mass, capacity, and temperature
• Art: ‘Flower head’—how flowers have inspired artists to create artwork

Spring Term 2025

Click on the links below to see what the children in Year 2 will be learning in the Spring Term.