Year 2 

• Thursday 19 December 2024 Y2 Dengineers Check out pictures from Y2’s DT day linked to our Maths topic, 3D shape.
• Thursday 12 December 2024 Y2 Christmas Performance What a fantastic Nativity performance Y2!
• Wednesday 4 December 2024 Y2's Queen's Hall Art Project Y2 were very excited to be invited to the Queen's Hall to take part in an art project with local artist, Cath Campbell. They cut out silhouettes from black card and used cellophane to add colour to their design. Children then hung their magic beans on the giant beanstalk that is growing across the windows of the Queen's Hall.
• Tuesday 19 November 2024 Y2 Movement Lab - Problem Solving Can you guess what the rules were?
• Friday 8 November 2024 Pantosaurus Day in Year 2 Children began their day designing their own pants which began the discussion of the importance of the day. Children talked about respecting each other's private parts and how to do this.
• Thursday 24 October 2024 Y2 - Take One Picture Open Day What a fantastic day Year 2 had for this year's Take One Picture Open Day. Y2 used chalk to recreate the streets of London engulfed with flames. They made their own Take One Picture souvenir of something they had learnt from this half term. By the end of the busy day, all children had visited the Art Studio where they sketched, created a shadow puppet and moulded their own clay gargoyle.
• Thursday 17 October 2024 Year 2's Visit to see the Arches As part of this half term's Take One Picture project, Year 2 took their Art sketchbooks on a local walk to spot and draw arch shapes in the centre of Hexham. Children were very surprised by the arch shapes they could see that they had previously missed when doing their homework menu task. Back at school, children finished off their art by adding detail using charcoal pencils.
• Friday 11 October 2024 Y2's Great Fire of London Day Today Y2 children have been busy following a set of instructions to bake their own bread. Children weighed their ingredients, mixed the flour and stirred in the liquid ingredients to make dough to knead before forming their own bun. Whilst the bread was baking in the oven, children used a jar to shake cream to make their own butter. Once ready, they enjoyed both together!
• Tuesday 1 October 2024 London's Burning - Poetry Y2 As part of our Great Fire of London topic, linked to this year's Take One Picture, Y2 explored the language and lyrics of the well-known song London's Burning.
• Monday 16 September 2024 Muddy Science in Year 2 This week in Science, children continued to explore materials and their properties.
• Friday 13 September 2024 Welcome to Year 2 Y2 have used the text 'Maybe' by Kobi Yamada to highlight why each and every child is special and important.

Year Two (Y2) is the second and final year children spend in KS1.

Children follow the Y2 programmes of study from the Primary National Curriculum published September 2014. Children secure their reading, writing and skills in maths through a number of highly motivating themes and projects such as Take One Picture and during STEM fortnight.

Children take part in a high quality phonic lesson each day for 45 minutes; we follow the Read Write Inc phonics scheme.  Children across KS1 (Y1 and Y2) are organised into smaller groups for these lessons based upon their knowledge of phonics.  Progress in phonics is monitored through regular assessments by class teachers and Reading leaders.

Year 2 Teachers - Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Milburn, Mrs. Horne and Miss Strachan 

Y2 Routines and Procedures 2024-25

 Y2 Curriculum Map - Autumn 2