Year 2
Hello and welcome to our Year Two page.
What an exciting year we have ahead of us! Please follow our Y2 class Twitter page (@Y2sandalmagnaca) to see what we do in our learning, to find out about the exciting things which we have planned and for useful resources to support learning at home.
In Year Two, learning through exploring and being creative underpins all that we do and we adopt a 'cross curricular' approach to learning. Whenever possible, the children's lessons will be based around their curriculum studies for each half term and their reading, writing and maths skills will be applied in all subjects. The Year Two team are excited about being part of your child’s learning journey and highly value the impact which a strong parent- teacher partnership can have. If you have any questions, please see us informally any time as your drop off your child or pick them up, or if you require more time, feel free to make an appointment by telephoning the school office.
Our school day includes daily phonics, reading, English and mathematics lessons. The children in Year 2 also have a rich and varied timetable including weekly science, history, geography, RE, PE, art and computing lessons, with lots of extra experiences to help us to learn.
Please ensure your child has the correct uniform and wears appropriate, outdoor PE kit to school every Friday (warm in winter and cool in Summer), as PE will be outside whenever possible. Your child will need to bring a water bottle to leave in school and this will be cleaned each day.
We look forward to an exciting year working with both children and parents and welcome any questions that you may have.
Our Spectacular Trip to the Butterfly House
Date: 24/05/2018
Today Year 2 enjoyed a wonderful trip in the sunshine to Tropical Butterfly House in Sheffield. In the morning, we arrived excitedly at school and boarded our bus. As soon as we arrived at Tropical Butterfly…
Our Beautiful Butterflies
Date: 21/05/2018
Today we set our beautiful butterflies free in the school garden. We have really enjoyed observing their lifecycle as they grew from caterpillars into stunning butterflies. After watching them emerge from…
Our Amazing Invertebrate Inn!
Date: 16/05/2018
What a fantastic day! To celebrate all of our hardwork this half term, and to explore our minibeasts topic even further, we have enjoyed a cross curricular day full of outdoor learning. We were very lucky…
Summer fun!
Date: 08/05/2018
We've had a very busy Summer Term so far in Year 2. It has been great fun to explore our minibeasts topic by telling and writing stories about the Caterpillar Shoes. We have also enjoyed becoming apprentice…
Team Challenge
Date: 31/01/2018
Toady we completed our latest team challenge. We had to work collaboratively to build a tower taller than 40cm that would stand by itself. The only resources we had were masking tape and a travel brochure.…
Busy Bees in Year 2
Date: 28/01/2018
What a wonderful, busy week we have had! Loads of great opportunities have taken place this week. On Thursday, we had a workshop from Warburtons, where we learnt about bread making and the history of Warburtons,…
Ralph the Reindeer
Date: 20/12/2017
Key Stage One made everyone very proud on Tuesday this week when they performed an amazing production of Ralph the Reindeer. The singing sounded beautiful and the actors were incredibly brave, speaking…
Spectacular School Trip
Date: 19/12/2017
Last week we went on a fantastic school trip to South Kirby Recycling Centre and Fire Station. We had great fun learning about how the workers at Shanks and Firefighters help our community. At Shanks,…
Fruit Kebabs
Date: 23/11/2017
As part of our Science topic about staying healthy we made our own fruit kebabs. We worked well in class to share the equipment to chop, prepare and make our fruit kebabs. They were delicious! Many of…
Amazing Arrays
Date: 09/11/2017
Year 2 have been working hard this week in maths. Mrs Thompson was very impressed by the group she worked with, as they could show great understanding when solving problems during the afternoon.
