Year 2 Friday Blog- 21.11.25

Date: 18th Nov 2025 @ 2:53pm

Dear Parents,

We have been busy rehearsing our Nativity play. The children have all been working hard at learning their lines and thinking about when to come on stage. We are all looking forward to the performance on Thursday December 4th. 

School Council

School council elections will be held in the Out of School Club on Tuesday morning. Children wishing to participate will need to bring their speeches into school on Monday 24th November as we will be having a run-through in class. Thank you in advance.

In English this week, we have been collecting new vocabulary from our text entitled Man on the Moon. The children have matched given definitions to the vocabulary and used the words to construct their own sentences related to the text. They have also been learning how to use conjunctions in their sentences.

Example:

We went out to play when we had finished our work.

When we had finished our work, we went out to play.

 

The children have been learning about fractions in our maths lessons this week. We have looked at halving, equal parts and quarter of a set. We have also focused on the fact that 2/4 is equivalent to ½. Please have a look at www.topmarks.co.uk - HIT THE BUTTON to consolidate learning of halving.

 

 

We have been focusing on fundamental movement with gymnastics during our PE sessions this week. Using the theme of Jack and the Beanstalk, the children have been thinking about how to do 'crab walks' and 'cow walks' to move around the hall in different ways. 

 

Please see our gallery to see more pictures. 

HOMEWORK

Reading

Please try to read with your child every night. Regular reading at home really helps to build comprehension skills, including inference (reading between the lines), as well as improving fluency and confidence.

Please note that reading books are changed on a Tuesday and two books are given to each child to read for the week. Please write a note in your child's reading record book when a book has been completed and sign the relevant parent signature box. This allows for an easy change as we know if the book has been read. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Handwriting Homework

We have been busy practising the formation of cursive letters in class since September. To help support your child’s learning, I would like all of the children to use the letter chart below to write given sentences at home.

Please see the jumbled sentences below. To enable each child to concentrate solely on their handwriting, I would like them to unjumble the following sentences and write them out. These are not to be handed in. It would be greatly beneficial to your child if you could celebrate their handwriting achievements with them. Thank you in advance.

Remember to use capital letters and full stops.

1. astronauts went the moon to the
2. peake is tim astronaut an
3. take launch-pads rockets from off
4. Bob the craters for aliens before checks he goes home deep, dusty
5. Bob the astronauts sweet when the clears away have left packets

Weekly Spellings

A new spelling overview has been sent home with your child. This can be found in the files to download section. Please see below our weekly spelling list for our quiz on Thursday 27th November.

which
quick
stretch
beach
cloak
magic
match
kitchen

Please click on the image below to access Spellingframe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our next times tables quiz will be held on Thursday 27th November. We will continue to focus on the two times tables for our quiz. Please see the spelling/times tables overview for further details.

Please click on the link below to listen to the two times tables song:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/numberblocks-two-times-table-song

Please see the following websites to support learning in maths.

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

The Year 2 team