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Class Two

Academic Year 2025-26

Welcome to Class 2!

Here's where you can take an insight into our exciting topics and learning, find out important information about Class 2 and brush up on your phonics knowledge with help from our support videos. 

 

Topic 2

Marvellous Materials

Get ready to explore the everyday materials all around us — from shiny metals to bendy plastics and soft fabrics. We’ll test out what they can do, find out which are the strongest, stretchiest, or most waterproof, and see why different materials are used for different things.

We’ll become mini designers and weavers, using different materials to create our own colourful woven patterns. We’ll find out how people have been weaving for thousands of years and have a go at making our own amazing woven creations.

We’ll also learn how to look after our bodies by eating a balanced diet. We’ll sort foods into their groups, find out what our bodies need to stay strong and healthy, and design a tasty, balanced snack

By the end of the topic, we’ll be material experts, crafty weavers, and healthy eaters — ready to make, test, and taste our way through learning!

Our Christian value is: Consideration

 

During this topic, we will be learning:

English

Fiction Lost & Found, Information text -Everyday Materials

Handwriting, writing sentences for stories and information texts. Writing questions for visitors

Maths

Yr 1 – Addition and Subtraction, Shape

Yr 2 – Addition and Subtraction, Shape

 

Science

Materials: Exploring everyday materials and their properties.

History

How am I making history ?  My history, special events, lives of children in the past.

PE

Rugby and Dance

Design & Technology

Cooking and Nutrition - A balance Diet:  food groups, what is a healthy balanced diet and  making healthy wraps.

Art

Craft and design - Woven Wonders: exploring wool, fibres and threads, warp and weft.

RE

Judaism

Music

Sound  patterns- Fairy Tales: reading and playing different sound patterns.

 

Computing

Online safety- Using the internet safely.

Programming - Algorithms unplugged: Understanding algorithms, following instructions, inputs and outputs and debugging.

Wellbeing

Health and wellbeing: Understanding emotions; the importance of exercise and rest; germs and allergies.

Topic 1

 

Beach Combers

Pack your buckets and spades – we’re heading to the seaside! In our exciting new topic, Beach Combers, we’ll be exploring the wonders of the UK coast. From the sandy shores to the crashing waves, we’ll discover what it's like to live by the sea and find out which amazing animal groups call it their home.

We’ll learn all about the creatures that scuttle, swim, and soar around our coasts, and dive into the different seas that surround the UK. You’ll become seaside scientists, spotting patterns in nature and asking curious questions.

And that’s not all! We'll use our imaginations and engineering skills to design and build our very own ferris wheels, just like the ones you might see at a seaside fairground.

 

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Our Christian value is: Thankfulness

 

During this topic, we will be learning:

 

Writing

Writing stories in familiar settings; Poetry; Recounts; Labels, Signs, Captions and Lists

Reading Class Book

Fiction - Lucy & Tom at the Seaside

Maths

Year 1 - Place Value (Within 10), Addition and Subtraction (Within 10)

Year 2 – Place Value, Addition & Subtraction

Science

Animals including humans , all about animals

Geography

What it's like to live by the coast 

Art

Drawing - mark making using line and shape, observational drawings

DT

Mechanisms: Making a ferris wheel

Wellbeing

Routes to Resilience Words - Confident, resilient, Curious 

Family and relationships

PE

Football and Hockey

RE

What do Christians believe God is like? 

Harvest

Music

Musical Vocabulary

Computing

Online safety  and  Improving computing Skills - clicking and dragging, logging in, drawing skills

Important information about Class 2

Mrs Weston will be your teacher on Mondays and Tuesdays. Miss Ward will be your teacher on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. 

 

Please ensure PE kits are in school everyday.  They will be sent home each half term but should remain in school throughout the half term.  We will be doing PE on Tuesdays and Fridays, but kits should be in school everyday please.  

 

We get a huge amount of lost property, please ensure all uniform and kit is labelled with your child's name. 

 

Every child should bring water in a named bottle to school each day.  They will be encouraged to drink regularly throughout the day.

 

Book bags should be in school every day as we will always take every opportunity to listen to children read, the children can change their own books if needed. Individual reading books will be changed once a week. It is important to re-read books several times in order to build on fluency, understanding and enjoyment. 

 

Homework will be posted onto Teams every Friday and is expected to be handed in by the following Monday. If you have any difficulties accessing the homework  please do let us know. It is important that children complete their homework. We do value all the support families offer in order to complete these tasks and it really does help your child and shows them that their work is valued. 

 

Please do not hesitate to contact us by email, telephone call or note if there is anything we can do to help you or your child during their time with us in Class 2. 

Phonics Pronunciation Videos for Parents.

These are phase 3 and phase 5 Pronunciation videos to help support your learning of phonics at home.

Phase 5 Pronunciation

Recommended Reads

INTERNET SAFETY

As a school, we carry out lessons on internet safety. Because many children are currently spending more time online, we would like to signpost you to the following sites so you can talk together about staying safe online.

 

Top tips on how to stay safe online.

 

Here is a series of 3 videos aimed at children aged 4-7 discussing staying safe online.

Online learning games and activities

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