--- title: "Year 2" url: "https://wheelockprimary.co.uk/our-classes/year-2" school: "Wheelock Primary School" --- # Year 2 ![](https://wheelockprimary.co.uk/images/pages/35d1769df49f44aeeece763438728c6a.png) **KS1 Phase Lead -** Mrs Landstrom **Robins** - Mrs Davenport (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) and Mrs Brady (Thursday and Friday) **Owls** - Mrs Landstrom **Teaching Assistants** - Mrs Davies, Mrs Bell, Mrs Oakes, Mrs Moses. ![](https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.IEjiQualftJmxWrxgAfzgAHaE8?r=0&pid=Api&h=220&P=0) ## What are we learning in the Autumn term? | Literacy | A River (Circular narrative and a letter) The Night Gardener (Setting narrative Diary) | Maths | Numbers to 100 Addition and subtraction Properties of shapes | |---|---|---|---| | Science | Everyday materials Animals including humans | WCR | Fiction: The Invisible and The Proudest Blue Poetry: Where Teachers Keep their pets Non-fiction: Queen Victoria | | Spelling | Common exception words Year 1 | History | How was school different in the past? | | Art | Drawing- understanding tone and texture Colour mixing | Forest school | Building baby bears chair – link to D&T | | Music | Call and response Animals | PSHE | Being me in my world Celebrating difference | | No Outsiders | The Great Big Book of Families Can I join your club? | Geography | Would you prefer to live in a hot or a cold place? | | RE | Christianity Is it possible to be kind to everyone all of the time? Christianity Why do Christians believe God gave Jesus to the world? | Computing | Route explorers Creating pictures | | D&T | Cooking a balanced meal | | ## Homework Expectations Each week the children will be expected to complete: **Handwriting -** We will send home the children a handwriting sheet that will consolidate what we have been learning this week in class. This does not need to be returned. **Reading** - Children are expected to read daily and record this in their reading journal. Journals will be checked by an adult every Friday. Children who have finished phonics, are required to read and quiz each week. Your child's quizzes will be checked each Friday. Additional books and quizzes linked to your child's phonics level can be accessed on Oxford Reading Owl. Every time that your children achieve 10x 100% passes on their quizzes, they will receive a stamp in their reading records. They will also have the opportunity to bring home 'Reading For Pleasure' books weekly. These books are to be read and enjoyed with your child. **Spelling** - We will email you weekly with the spelling focus words for the week. Please can you look at these with your children. Initially, these will be year 1 and 2 common exception words. **Purple Mash, Numbots and TTRS**- Your child also has access to these online platforms to complete different activities at their own leisure. ## **Supporting your child's learning at home** There are a number of websites which can be accessed from home to help support your child with their learning these include: **Reading** **** - Accelerated Reader [Numbots Game](https://play.numbots.com/#/intro) [Home - Times Tables Rock Stars](https://ttrockstars.com/) **[Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)](https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button)** **[Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com)](https://ttrockstars.com/)** **Other** **[Purple Mash by 2Simple](https://www.purplemash.com/login/)** Any log ins that your child requires can be **found in their reading journal.** These might take a couple of weeks for us to set this up. ## **Spellings** By the end of Year 2, pupils are expected to read and spell the words listed below. **Your child will be tested on these at the end of each half term to track their progress.** ![](https://wheelockprimary.co.uk/images/images/083.jpg) ![](https://wheelockprimary.co.uk/images/images/077.png) ### PE ![](https://wheelockprimary.co.uk/images/images/084.png) PE will be every ***Monday and Friday.*** We ask that all children have an appropriate pair of outdoor shoes in school for extra PE sessions and other outdoor learning. Children will need to come into school wearing different shoes from the ones that they wear for PE. This is to ensure that children are not brining mud through the school when PE has been completed on a wet field. ***Kit for PE*** White t-shirt/house t-shirt/house hoodie Black joggers/black leggings/black shorts Trainers/pumps We ask that all children have a water bottle in school everyday. ## Parent Meeting September 2026 [Embedded content](https://files.schudio.com/pdf/flipbook/?src=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.schudio.com%2Fwheelock-primary-school%2Ffiles%2Fflipbooks%2FParent_meeting_Year_2.pdf) ### Our Classes - [Reception](https://wheelockprimary.co.uk/our-classes/reception) - [Year 1](https://wheelockprimary.co.uk/our-classes/year-1) - [Year 2](https://wheelockprimary.co.uk/our-classes/year-2) - [Year 3](https://wheelockprimary.co.uk/our-classes/year-3) - [Year 4](https://wheelockprimary.co.uk/our-classes/year-4) - [Year 5 ](https://wheelockprimary.co.uk/our-classes/year-5) - [Year 6](https://wheelockprimary.co.uk/our-classes/year-6) [![](https://files.schudio.com/wheelock-primary-school/images/logo/Wheelock_Logo_white_out(1).png)](https://tlptrust.com/) **Wheelock Primary School** Crewe Road Wheelock Sandbach Cheshire CW11 4PY Principal - Mrs Sally Whitehead SEND Coordinator - Mrs Rachael Lewis Safeguarding Lead - Mrs Sally Whitehead ![](https://files.schudio.com/wheelock-primary-school/images/logo/TLP_logo_for_footer.png) The Learning Partnership is a charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. 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