Year Two

Welcome to Seahorse Class!

Our teacher is Mrs Ratcliffe r.ratcliffe@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk. Our teaching assistants is Mrs Austin, Mrs Gasson, Mrs Murphy and Mrs Barden

Welcome to Turtle Class!

Our teacher is Miss Valentine r.valentine@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk . Our teaching assistants are Mrs Gilman, Mrs Butler and Mrs Gagen.

Spring Term 2026

Welcome to our Year 2 class page!

Below is an outline of the learning that will take place this term.

English Key Text: One Day on our Blue Planet

Reading:

To decode quickly and accurately.
To read a range of common exception words.
To show an understanding of texts read by answering questions.

Writing:

To write a fact file.
To write a character description.
To describe an event.
To write a recount.

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:

Money, Multiplication and Division

To count money – pence
To count money – pounds (notes and coins)
To choose notes and coins
To make the same amount
To compare amounts of money
To calculate with money
To make a pound
To find change
To solve two-step problems.
To recognise and make equal groups.
To add equal groups
To recognise the multiplication symbol & multiplication sentences.
To use arrays.
To group and share

Science:

Know that materials can have useful properties for a given job (including being waterproof, strong, hard, soft, flexble, rigid, light or heavy.)
Know that many types of plastic are waterproof, that steel (a type of metal) is strong, that rock is hard, that cottonwool is soft, that rubber is flexible, that rock is rigid, that polystyrene (a type of plastic) is light and that iron (a type of metal) is heavy,
Know that applying forces to objects can change their shape
Know that different everyday materials can be used for more than one thing including being recycled into a new object or for a new purpose.
Know that John McAdam invented the early form of tarmac and explain its impact on life today.

History

To know where we have been around the world.
To know what an atlas is.
To know what the equator is.
To know what climate is and identify whether it is the same around the world.
To know what weather is.
To know what weather is like in the UK.

Music:

To know and understand what a 'soundscape', motif and composer is.
Recognise timbre changes and structural features in music they listen to.
Listen to and recognise instrumentation.
Select and create longer sequences of appropriate sounds with voices or instruments to represent an idea or character.
Successfully combine and layer several instrumental and vocal patterns
Create simple melodies from five or more notes.
Choose appropriate dynamics, tempo and timbre for a piece of music
Use letter name and graphic notation to represent the details of their composition.

Art:

To know that pattern is a repeating motif.
To know how pattern is used within art and explore it with different mediums and colour
To use line to draw from a secondary source
To know different mediums and how they can be used together
To know that observational studies can be used as a starting point for inspiration
Explore tearing, layering and overlapping paper

Computing: Digital Photography

To know that a digital device can take a photograph
To know that I can make choices when taking a photograph
To know what makes a good photograph
To know how photographs can be improved
To know how to use tools to change an image
To know that photos can be changed

PSHE/RSHE:

Know how to choose a realistic goal and think about how to achieve it.
Know that it is important to persevere
Know how to recognise what working together well looks like
Know what good group-working looks like.
Know how to share success with other people.

RE:

Who is a Muslim and what do they believe?

- What are some important stories for Muslims?
- What are some important ideas for Muslims?
- How do Muslims think about Allah and the Prophet Mohammad.
- What are some objects that are important to Muslims?
- What is Eid-ul-Fitr and why is it important for Muslims?
- What do I believe and what is important to me?
PE:
Explore basic large body actions and gestures from a range of stimuli (words, sounds, pictures, objects etc)
Describe why you think certain body actions have been chosen
Describe actions using simple dynamic qualities (fast/slow, hard/soft, strong/light etc)
Use simple dance vocabulary to describe why they like something.
To improve my balancing skills.
To improve my ability to move different body parts at the same time.
To develop a range of skills to develop agility.
To develop arrange of skills to increase stamina

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
Term 1 Curriculum Map
Term 2 Curriculum Map
Term 3 Curriculum Map
Term 4 Curriculum Map
Term 5 Curriculum Map
Term 6 Curriculum Map
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.