Year 2 2024 - 2025

Welcome to the Spring Term 2025

Miss Hadfield - Robin Class. Mrs Dean will teach Robin Class on a Thursday afternoon.

Mrs Heywood - Sparrow Class. Miss Frith will teach Sparrow Class on a Thursday morning. 

Mrs Goode, Mrs Martin, Mrs Buckley and Mrs Drake also work and support in Year 2.

Our topic for this term is 'Fire, Fire!'.

This term, we will be learning about the events of The Great Fire of London, focusing on what, when, how, where and why it happened. Our English work will link with our topic as we will be reading the book 'Vlad and the Great Fire of London' by Kate Cunningham. 

In maths, the children will learn to count edges, vertices and faces of 3D shapes. They will also learn to count and calculate amounts of money before we start learning multiplication and division skills for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables in Spring 2.  

In science, we will be identifying properties and uses of different materials. This will help us with making our own fire engines in DT where we will learn how to make and use wheels and axels. 

Please see our Curriculum Overview on the website for more detail on all subjects.  

Homework

Our priority for homework is reading in Year 2. We ask you to ensure your child reads at least three times a week.

Every child has access to a Numbots login which they can access from home. We also suggest using the ‘1-minute maths’ app (White Rose Maths). Both of these will help your child further develop their number fluency. The 'Maths Frame' website is also useful for exciting games to encourage practising addition and subtraction.  https://whiterosemaths.com/1-minute-maths.    https://mathsframe.co.uk/

PE Days

Robin Class - Thursdays and Fridays.

Sparrow Class - Mondays and Fridays.

Please come to school in PE kits on those days. Please ensure your child comes appropriately dressed for these lessons, particularly in the winter as outdoor sessions still take place. We request that no jewellery is worn in school and on PE days we ask that your child has any earrings covered or taken out.

Celebration Assemblies

Celebration assemblies will be on Fridays at 9am, every third week. You will get a message from school if your child is receiving an award in assembly.

Social Media

Instagram account: @hartfordmanor72

Here you will find updates, reminders and photos of the school in action!