Welcome to Flamingo Class
Miss Senior – Year 2 Class Teacher
Miss Cartwright – Year 2 Teaching Assistant
Curriculum Overview
Welcome to Year 2. Throughout the year your children will learn through the following units of work:
• Who are our Historical Heroes?
• Would you Prefer to Live in a Hot or Cold Place?
• Why is the Wakefield gallery named the Hepworth?
• Why is our World Wonderful?
• How has life changed since the Great Fire of London?
• What is it Like to Live by the Coast?
You can also speak to your class teacher for additional information regarding the National Curriculum for Year 2 or click on the link below.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum
Click on the link below to view our curriculum overview.
Long Term Overview – Year 2 – 2026-2027
Autumn Term 1 – 2026
This half term our unit of work is:
Historical Enquiry – Who are our Historical Heroes?
As Historians we will be finding out about Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole, two real-life heroines from the past. We will learn about who they were, what they did and how they changed nursing and hospitals for the better. We will look at photos, artefacts and books to create a timeline of their lives.
Click on the link below to view our curriculum overview for the first Autumn term.
PSHE Overview – Autumn 1 – Year 2
Things to Remember
PE Kit
Bring your PE kit on a Monday and take it home on a Friday.
Please bring both an indoor and outdoor kit so children are ready for any weather.
Homework
Homework and spellings will be handed out on a Friday.
Please return completed homework and spellings on a Wednesday, ready for our weekly spelling test.
School Dinners
Please see the School Dinners page or contact the school office for more information about our School dinners.
Click on the link below to see reminders for this half-term:
Year 2 Reminders Parents Autumn Term 1
Reading at Hendal Primary School
Phonics: Your child will learn to read following the ‘Floppy Phonics Sounds and Letters’ Programme. This programme is designed to support the rigorous and systematic approach to teaching synthetic phonics. The programme offers opportunities for multi-sensory learning. Our caring teaching staff plan exciting lessons to meet the needs of all individual children.
Reading: Our phonics resources are fully integrated with our ‘Oxford Reading Tree’ scheme of books. These books include the well-known characters, storylines and illustrations of Mum, Dad, Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy the dog! Our reading books are organised into coloured bands based on the level of challenge and length of text. We have a wide selection of other books within the coloured bands to ensure children are exposed to a variety of texts with the intention of all children developing a love for reading that will ensure success in adult life.
Parent Partnerships
We welcome any opportunities for parents to share their skills and knowledge.
Please listen to your child read at home every day and record this in your child’s reading record.
Thank you for your support.
Home Learning
Handwriting
Handwriting – Cursive handwriting booklet
Handwriting – Common exception words handwriting practice
Diamond Dash
Topaz – Counting in steps of 2, and 10 to the 10th number in the sequence
- Not timed
- All numbers in the sequence must be correct
Emerald – 2, 5 and 10 times-tables
- Not timed
- All answers must be correct
Pearl – 2, 5 and 10 times-tables
- Multiplication and division calculations
- Timed: 5 minutes
- All answers must be correct within the time
Ruby – 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 times-tables
- Multiplication and division calculations
- Timed: 5 minutes
- All answers must be correct within the time
Sapphire -3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 times-tables
- Multiplication and division calculations
- Timed: 6 minutes
- All answers must be correct within the time