Year 2

Year 2 Curriculum Project

Year 2 Project - Magnificent Monarchs

In the Magnificent Monarchs project, your child will learn about English and British monarchs from AD 871 to the present day and consider how the power of the monarchy has changed over time. They will study six significant sovereigns; Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria and Elizabeth II. Finally, they will choose which of the sovereigns that they have studied is the most significant.

Memorable Experience: English and British monarchy timeline

Geography: Significant places - royal residences

History: Historical vocabulary; Historical periods; Timelines; Power and rule; Historical artefacts; significant people - Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror; Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Elizabeth II

This project is also supported by mini projects in; 

Science: Animal Survival

Art and Design: Portraits and Poses

Design and Technology: Cut, Stitch and Join; Push and Pull

Computing: lessons derived from D.A.R.E.S

Music: lessons derived from Kapow

PE: lessons derived from TeamThemeKent

PSHE: lessons derived from JIGSAW content

RE:  lessons derived from Kent SACRE scheme and Cornerstones projects 

 

More information about the Year 2 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 2 Long Term Plan 2025-2026  document found below.

Year 2 Key Information

For this term, PE is timetabled for every Tuesday and Wednesday. We will be doing hockey on Tuesdays and gymnastics on Wednesday. Please ensure that all earrings are removed on those days and that your child has their full PE kit in school. Please make sure that your child has a colder weather PE kit in school, including spare socks and trainers.

 

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English  

w/c 2.2.26

We will:

• plan, edit and write the diet section for my non-chronological report
• complete and decorate my non-chronological report
• complete an activity on contacted words
• understand how to use contraction for possession

Reading - Remember that they do not need to read the entire book in one day. Please continue to hear them read daily and write it in their reading record books.

Spelling by phoneme:

In class, we focus on a different phoneme each week. The phoneme and its corresponding graphemes will be introduced on the Monday with different activities running until the Friday. This gives them the week to practice the spellings with you at home or on Edshed. Their understanding will then be checked by writing a dictated sentence.

This week we will be focusing on the phoneme 'ear' as the grapheme ear

 

ear words

ear

hear

beard

near

year

tear

tearful

fear

fearful

spear

appear

reappear

disappear

 

The underlined words are our focus words.

 

 

Maths

w/c  2.2.26

We will: 

• make equal groups by grouping
• make equal groups by sharing
• learn and understand the 2 times-table
• divide by 2
• understand the doubling and halving relationship

Fluency Bee:

subtract 2

Infinity maths:

The link is 

https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home 

click 'enter code'

They can then add the

School code

SLR - JJW

Quiz Pins:

Multiplication and division

16 - 15 - 61

money:

20 - 38 - 42

49 - 39 - 84

Additional Information

All homework folders should be returned to school (completed) every Thursday.

If your child wears earrings,  please can these be removed or taped before school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to prevent the risk of them being caught during PE.

As the weather continues to be varied, please ensure that you send your child in with a coat and warm PE clothes (tracksuit bottoms and jumper/hoodie) as both our PE lessons are outside activities.

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        This week's homework is:

• To read for at least 10 minutes everyday to an adult.
• spend 20 minutes (over the week) on Numbots (Usernames and passwords are in your child's reading record) or Infinity (see link and codes in the maths section above)
• spend 20 minutes (over the week) on Edshed (usernames and passwords in reading records)
• For those wanting additional work -

• English:

• complete the activity in the homework folder
• practice handwriting
• write a list of powerful adjectives to describe either an ant, a beetle, a woodlouse or a worm
• can they spot conjunctions in their reading books
• can they write sentences which include a conjunction
• write sentences which are questions or statements and know the difference including the correct punctuation

         Maths:

• write number words 20 - 30 correctly
• can they draw arrays to match these addition sentences: 5+5+5+5=20, 4+4 +4+4+4=20, 8+8+8 = 24 etc
• can they answer these calculations - 7x2=; 5x5=; 2x6=; 5x4=; 9x10=

 

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