Welcome to Year 2
Meet the Team
Mrs. Vickerman (Class Teacher), Miss. Berlie (Teaching Assistant)
Senora Flores teaches our weekly Spanish lesson and Mr Cooke will teach PE on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Woodpeckers
This week in Woodpeckers: Monday 16th March 2026
As Authors, we are continuing to explore our narrative, Stone Girl, Bone Girl. This week, we will be looking at our new genre of writing, non-chronological reports, and planning our our reports based on Mary Anning. The children will learn that this type of writing is used to inform the reader by presenting clear facts and information about a person or topic.
During guided reading, we will be diving into our exciting new narrative. The children will take part in a series of engaging hook lessons where they explore clues linked to the story. Using these clues, they will make thoughtful predictions, share ideas through discussion, and build their confidence in speaking and listening. We will be developing our inferencing and predicting skills, using spoken language to explain our thinking, listen carefully to others, and respond to our partners.
As Authors, we will be practising spellings that make the /v/ sound. We will be learning that the /v/ sound can be spelt in different ways.
Your child may wish to continue practising their Common Exception Words (CEWs) at home to support fluency and confidence in both reading and writing. Short, regular practice can make a big difference.
As Mathematicians, we will be continuing with our topic of 3D shapes and exploring their properties; faces, edges and vertices. We well also be exploring repeated patterns.
You may wish to support your child at home with spotting 3D shapes around the home and playing Top Marks: Fun Maths Games about Shapes, Symmetry and Co-ordinates for Kids
Timestables
Please support your child at home by practising their 2, 5 and 10 times tables. This is now a weekly focus in school to develop fluency and speed.
Helpful website
Hit the Button - Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds
Mathsframe - Multiplication Tables Check - Mathsframe
As Historians, we continue to explore the life of Mary Anning and how her work contributed to our understanding of prehistoric life. The children will learn about why Mary Anning is remembered as a significant person in history and how her fossil discoveries helped scientists learn more about dinosaurs and creatures that lived millions of years ago. We will discuss how her work became recognised not only in Britain but also by scientists around the world, helping to shape our knowledge of the past. Through this learning, the children will begin to understand how one person’s achievements can make an important difference and why people like Mary Anning are still remembered today.
Reading
Please read with your child at least three times a week. Please sign and initial your child’s reading record each time you read together, as this allows your child to be entered into a raffle for a prize! If you wish to comment as well, that would be most welcome. The children will change their reading books on Friday (unless they haven’t finished it). We encourage children to keep their book for at least a week so they have the opportunity to read it more than once and deepen their understanding through comprehension questions.
To further support your child’s reading at home, please ask them to retell the story, describe the main characters and their personalities, and explain what clues helped them work this out.
Home Learning
Home learning will be sent home every Wednesday and will need to be returned the following Monday. Each home learning task will be linked to learning in the classroom. We hope you enjoy supporting your child with home learning; however, please do not hesitate to contact us if you feel your child needs support.
Our PE days this term are: Tuesdays and Fridays
