Here is a look at our learning from this week (January 6–9, 2026)

Week 1:

Dear parents and carers,

It has been a brilliant first full week of 2026! The Year 2 children have settled back into their routines beautifully and have shown such curiosity in our new topics.

📐 Maths: Shape Detectives

We have been exploring the world of 2D shapes. The children have been busy identifying shapes and describing their properties, such as the number of sides and vertices. We even hunted for these shapes around the classroom to see how they appear in real-world objects!

✍️ English: Descriptive Writing

We’ve dived into our new focus story this week. To bring our writing to life, the children have been practicing expanded noun phrases. They have done a wonderful job using descriptive adjectives to add detail to our characters and settings—ask them if they can describe a character to you using "two adjectives and a noun!"

🔬 Science: Living vs. Non-Living

Our young scientists have been investigating the world around them. We have been identifying and comparing the differences between things that are alive, things that are dead, and things that have never been alive. We had some great discussions about what "life processes" actually look like.

🎨 Art: The Colour Lab

Things got colourful this week as we explored colour mixing. The children moved beyond primary colours to investigate what happens when we mix two secondary colours together. We discovered some very interesting earthy tones and tertiary shades!

⛪ RE: Epiphany & New Beginnings

In RE, we retold the visit of the Magi, linking our learning to the Feast of the Epiphany (celebrated on January 6th). We also explored the story of how Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist, marking the start of his public ministry.

📜 History: Past vs. Present

We have started identifying similarities and differences between ways of life in the past and the present. The children were fascinated to compare how everyday objects and routines have changed over time.

Take a look at some of our photos below.

Have an excellent Weekend.

Kind regards,

Miss Meredith

Dear Parents and Carers,

A very warm welcome back! We hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing break and are feeling refreshed for the start of the Spring term.

We are so excited to see the children again and can’t wait to pick up right where we left off. We are looking forward to supporting them as they settle back into their routines and dive into all the exciting learning we have planned for 2026!

Thank you for your incredible, ongoing support.

Kindest regards,

Miss Meredith, Mrs Sumney, and Ms Casino

This week we spent time outdoors exploring how to count in 10s up to 100. We also had the opportunity to visit a market that we read about in the book ‘Grace and family’. 

Week ending with 12/09 - We have been settling into school routines and building a great atmosphere of learning. Exploring place value in Maths and reading Grace and Family in English! 

Welcome to Year Two!

I am delighted to be teaching the Year Two class this year.  Year Two is an important time in your child's education; the final year of Key Stage One will help to prepare them for Key Stage Two and beyond.

We will be working hard, whilst having fun learning.

I am joined by Mr Reid and Miss Casino, who will be working along side me to support the class on their exciting journey this year.

Miss Jeyakumar