Year Two
Welcome to Seahorse Class!
Our teacher is Mrs Ratcliffe r.ratcliffe@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk. Our teaching assistant is Mrs Austin.
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Our teacher is Miss Valentine r.valentine@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk . Our teaching assistants are Mrs Hatful and Mrs Gilman.
Please click here for the Year 2 'Meet the Teacher' presentation
Spring Term 2025
Welcome to our Year 2 class page!
Below is an outline of the learning that will take place this term.
English Key Text: The Great Fire of London and The Green Ship
Reading:
- To decode quickly and accurately.
- To read a range of common exception words.
- To show an understanding of texts read.
Writing:
- To write a recount
- To write a character description.
- To describe an event.
- To write a chronological report
Spelling, punctuation and grammar:
- Write a range of sentences which are grammatically accurate.
- To use a range of sentence types within my writing including: questions, exclamations, statements and commands.
- To identify word classes: noun, adjective, verb and adverb.
Mathematics:
- To recognise 2-D and 3-D shapes.
- To count the sides and vertices on 2-D shapes.
- To count the faces, edges and vertices on 3-D shapes.
- To recognise, find, name and write fractions 1/2, 1/4, 2/4 and 1/3 of a shape.
- To recognise, find, name and write fractions 1/2, 1/4, 2/4 and 1/3 of an amount.
- To recognise the equivalence of 1/2 and 2/4
- Write simple fractions e.g. 1/2 of 6 = 3.
- To recognise o’clock and half past on an analogue clock.
- To recognise quarter past and quarter to on an analogue clock.
- To tell the time past the hour.
Science:
- To know how animals change as they get older.
- To know how our bodies change when we get older.
- To know what animals need to survive.
- To know why humans should exercise.
- To know why we eat different types of food.
History
- To know what London of 1666 was like versus the London of today.
- To understand how the fire started.
- To know that the five days that the fire spread and the damage it caused
- A know how London improved.
Music:
- To know that music has a steady pulse
- To know that we can create rhythms from words
- Know rhythms are different from the steady pulse.
- Know we add high and low sounds, pitch, when we sing and play our instruments.
- Know that a performance is sharing music with an audience.
DT:
- Explore and evaluate a range of products with wheels and axles.
- Explore the use of wheels, axles and axle holders.
- Distinguish between fixed and freely moving axles .
- Use a range of materials and components suitable for a moving vehicle.
- Develop and communicate our ideas through drawings and mock ups.
- Use tools for cutting, joining and allowing movement.
Computing:
- To count and compare objects using a tally chart.
- To know that objects can be represented as pictures.
- To know how to create a pictogram.
- To know how to select objects by attribute and make comparisons.
- To know that people can be described by attributes.
- To know that we can present information using a computer.
PSHE/RSHE:
- To know what our bodies need to stay healthy.
- To know what relaxed means.
- To know why healthy snacks are good for their bodies.
- To know which foods are give our bodies energies.
- To know that its important to use medicine safety.
- To know how medicines work in our bodies.
RE:
- What is the difference between regular stories and sacred stories.
- What is the sacred text for Jewish people?
- What is the sacred text for Christians?
- What is the sacred text for Muslims?
- Are there any similarities in the different sacred texts?
- How do sacred texts shape peoples lives?
PE: Tennis and Striking and Fielding
- Move eyes and hands in tennis activities
- To improve hand eye coordination in tennis activities
- To improve how I send a ball along the ground.
- To hit a bouncing ball with a tennis racket (forehand shot)
- To return a ball before it bounces using a tennis racket = learn a volley shot (no bounce)
- To improve ways of stopping a ball
- To imprive my ability to throw and catch underarm
- To improve my ability to strike a ball with a bat/racket
- To develop overarm throwing technique
- To take park in small sided striking and fielding games.
PE days will be on Tuesdays and Fridays. Could children please come dressed in their PE kits and earrings are to be taken out on these days.
For more information on our remote learning offer for those of you learning from home, please click here
Click here to see the reading, writing and maths expectations in Year 2
For more information on the learning taking place this term, please see the Year 2 curriculum map below.
As well as accessing our broad curriculum, our pupil offer outlines the additional opportunities your child will have whilst in Year 2
Curriculum Maps
Class Timetables
Homework in Year 2
Daily Reading
We encourage all children to read at home daily and a note to be written in their reading record book. If the school book has been completed then please read and share any other books or comics that you have at home. These can also be record in the reading record and count towards the number of daily reads. School books will be changed on Monday and Thursday.
Daily Reading
We encourage all children to read at home daily and a note to be written in their reading journal. If the school book has been completed then please read and share any other books/comics you have at home. These can also be recorded in the reading journal and can count towards the number of daily reads.
Spellings
Spelling will be sent home on a Tuesday and will tested the following Monday.
TT Rockstars
We suggest working on TT Rockstars for 15 minutes a week; however you can do more should you wish. Specific timestables will be set for your child and this programme aims to increase the fluency of these. This is an online maths game that can be accessed on tablet, ipads and desktops.
English in Year Two
Reading in Year Two
Similar to Year 1, children will be listened to on a weekly basis in a guided reading group. This guided reading session is timetabled to enable the children access a different English based activity everyday e.g. a comprehension activity or a Spelling, Punctuation and/or Grammar (SPaG) related piece of work.
Continuing from Year 1, the children are taught to read accurately by blending the sounds in words that contain the graphemes taught so far, especially the alternative sounds for graphemes. By the end of Year 2, a child should be able to read books written at an age-appropriate interest level with accuracy. They should also be able to read at a speed that is sufficient for a child to focus on understanding what is read rather than sounding out individual words.
Writing and SPaG in Year Two
Throughout Year 2, children will have the opportunity to learn and develop their key skills of writing. By the end of Year 2 we would like all children to spell words in a phonetically plausible way, even if sometimes it is incorrect. They should be able to write down ideas that have been composed orally and letters should be orientated correctly. They should be able to use age-appropriate vocabulary, grammar and punctuation concepts correctly.
Maths in Year Two
Our curriculum map outlines our maths learning throughout the year. In regards to number, children will be taught to compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100 and to use place value and number facts to solve problems.
In measures, children will be encouraged to solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money including giving change.
In fractions they will learn how to recognise, find, name and write fractions 1/4, 1/3, 2/4 and 3/4 of a length, shape and set of objects or quantity.
In multiplication and division they will recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times table including recognising odd and even numbers. They will also solve problems involving multiplication and division.
