🐝Welcome to Yellow Class - Year 2

Welcome to Yellow Class! In Year 2, we’re all busy bees 🐝—curious, creative, and always ready to learn. We work together to build confidence, independence, and a love of learning that lasts a lifetime.

 

C Thornton

Mrs Thornton

Class Teacher & EY & KS1 Coordinator

 

J Medley-Hill

Mrs Medley-Hill

Learning Mentor

 

Mrs Hepworth

ETA

🌍 This Half Term’s Topic: Magical Mapping! 🗺️

This half term our topic is “Magical Mapping!” 

Throughout this topic, the children will develop their understanding of maps, local geography and the world around them. They will explore how places are represented and learn key mapping skills through a range of engaging and practical activities across the curriculum.

This is a summary of some of the learning we will be covering.

 

📅 Important Dates This Half Term

  • 🏅 Thursday 9th July – Sports Day (morning) & Summer Fair (afternoon)
  • 🚌 Tuesday 14th July – Whole School Trip

 

📅 Year 2 Topics for 2025–2026

Term Topic
🍂 Autumn 1 🔥 Fire! Fire! Everywhere
🕯️ Autumn 2 💡 Lights of the World
🐦 Spring 1 ✈️ Feathers and Flight
🏰 Spring 2 📜 Long, Long Ago...
🌍 Summer 1 🌈 What a Wonderful World!
🗺️ Summer 2 🧭 Magical Mapping

📌 Key Information

  • 🏃‍♀️ PE Days: Monday and Friday
    Children must wear their PE kit and suitable footwear. Earrings should be removed or covered with plasters.

  • 📖 Reading Books: Sent home daily
    Please sign your child’s Reading Log—this helps them earn certificates and build reading confidence.

  • ✏️ Spelling Practice: Weekly spellings sent home
    Regular practice is essential for success in Year 2.

  • 📄 Parent Info Sheet: Available below with ideas for supporting learning at home.

📚 What We’re Learning

📖 English

  • We will be exploring a range of texts including Big, Bad Owl, The Disgusting Sandwich and Scaredy Squirrel 🦉🐿️. The children will retell these stories, write about characters and create their own stories.
  • They will also develop their writing through instructions, adverts and speeches, as well as reading and writing explanations 📝✨
  • Our class reading for pleasure will include the Percy the Park Keeper series 🌳📖
  • Spellings remain a very important part of Year 2, so please continue to practise these regularly at home ⭐

📚 Reading

  • Reading continues to be a very important part of our learning. It is important that children read every night at home and that you talk to them about what they have read to support their understanding.
  • Please remember to sign their Reading Log so they can work towards their next reading certificate ⭐
  • 📕 Little Wandle books must be returned every Monday morning.
 

🔢 Mathematics

  • We will be learning about time, statistics and position and direction ⏰📊🧭
  • The children will practise telling the time to o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to, and begin to build confidence in applying this in real-life contexts. They will also explore how to collect, record and interpret data using simple charts and tables.
  • In addition, we will continue to develop our understanding of the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) and apply these skills to solve multi-step problems and missing number questions ➕➖✖️➗
  • The children will take part in a range of practical activities, reasoning tasks and problem-solving challenges to help deepen their understanding and build confidence in Maths 🎲✨
 

👑 Other Areas of the Curriculum

🗺️Geography 

  • As part of our “Magical Mapping!” topic, we will focus on local geography and develop our mapping skills. We will learn how to read and create simple maps using symbols and keys. We will also use directional language to describe locations and routes.

🎡Design and Technology 

  • In DT, we will be learning about mechanisms and how things move. We will design and build our own Ferris wheel. We will explore how different parts work together to create movement.

🕌Religious Education 

  • In RE, we will explore the question “How are symbols used to welcome new life?”. We will learn how babies are welcomed into Sikh, Christian and Muslim communities. We will also understand the importance of belonging to a community.

⚽Physical Education 🏃‍♂️

  • PE will take place on Monday and Friday, and children should come to school in their PE kit on these days 👟
  • We will be working with a sports coach from SM Sports, taking part in striking and fielding activities as well as gymnastics, helping to develop coordination, balance and teamwork skills 💪
  • Please ensure children have suitable footwear for PE. If your child has pierced ears, earrings must be removed before school or covered with plasters.

💛PSHE 

Our Jigsaw topic this half term is “Changing Me”. We will learn about growing and how our bodies change. We will also talk about how to stay healthy and safe.

Children must wear PE kit and trainers/pumps. If they wear earrings, please remove them or provide plasters.

🏡 How You Can Help at Home

  • Read daily and sign the Reading Log
  • Practise weekly phonics spellings
  • Talk about what your child has learned
  • Play number bond games like Hit the Button
  • Practise 2x, 5x, and 10x tables

🌐 Online Resources

If you’d like to see more detailed planning, please speak to a member of the Yellow Class team.

📌 Don’t forget to send your child with a named water bottle every day!

 

Look out for our Parent Information Sheet below! 

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Page last reviewed: June 2026