Class 3 (Year 2)

Welcome to Class 3
We are so excited to introduce the Year 2 teaching team! This year your child will be taught by Mrs. Wood (Class Teacher), alongside our fantastic teaching assistants — Miss Serne, Mr. Morant, and Miss Charity. Together, we can’t wait to support, encourage, and celebrate every child as they take on new challenges and achieve amazing things.

Year 2 is such an important and inspiring stage of learning. Children begin to grow in independence, take greater responsibility for their learning, and push themselves further than ever before. Building on the foundations from Year 1, every lesson is designed to stretch and challenge them — sparking curiosity and a love of learning that we hope will last a lifetime. The curriculum may be demanding, but we make sure it is delivered in a way that is fun, engaging, and supportive, so that each child can feel proud of what they accomplish.

This year, our class will be embarking on a number of exciting ‘Learning Adventures’. These will give children the chance to explore, question, and discover in every subject area — turning learning into an inspiring journey full of creativity and discovery. With hard work, lots of fun, and the strong partnerships we build at school and at home, we are certain this year will be an incredible one!

In Year 2, we expect all children to take pride in their work and to celebrate the progress they make every step of the way. We’ll also keep you connected with what’s happening in class through Class Dojo, so you can share in the excitement of their learning journey.

Please take a look at the attached ‘End of Year Expectations’ leaflets, which show the skills and knowledge children will be aiming to master by the end of the year.

  ParentLeaflet-Year2.pdf

What Are Class 3 Learning About This Year?

Termly Overview

Homework Menu & Homework Books
Each half term, children are given a new ‘Homework Menu’ from which they can select a specific number of activities to complete from the different areas of learning.

They can present their work in their homework book by either drawing/writing directly onto the paper or by sticking in printed sheets or photographs. Homework books should be returned to school during the last week of each half term.

There is a lot of choice on each menu and we really hope that pupils have fun working on their chosen projects!

Knowledge Organiser
A Knowledge Organiser is a go-to document for a topic/unit of work: each one identifies the key information that children need to have learned by the end of a topic. It also acts as a tool to support children in retaining and retrieving knowledge for life-long learning.

We have developed our own Knowledge Organisers to support the delivery of the curriculum, with each one starting with knowledge children should already know from previous learning. Each organiser also has a quiz to help children recall the knowledge and a list of technical vocabulary with definitions.

Medium Term Planning