Year 2 2025 - 2026

"Do everything in love” 1 Corinthians 16:14

Learning to love, loving to learn

Welcome to Year 2

Our staff

Mrs Orton is our class teacher and Mrs Humphreys (Monday-Wednesday am) and Mrs Wagg (Wednesday pm-Friday) will be supporting our learning.

The following information tells you a little more about the coming term in Year 2 and your child's learning. However, if you have any queries or questions please don't hesitate to contact us.

helen.orton@st-marys.halton.sch.uk

General information

• Please ensure your child brings a bottle of water to school every day.
• Homework will be sent out on a Friday. Please support your child with their home learning activities and return them to school for marking on or before the following Wednesday.
• Reading books and reading diaries will be sent home each day and we would ask that they be returned to school the following day. Please read with your child at home at least 4 times per week and complete their reading diary. If you would like to discuss your child's home reading or would like any support in this regard, please do not hesitate to contact us. 
• Please ensure that all school uniform is labelled with your child's full name. 

PE is timetabled for Wednesday and Friday this half term although this is subject to change at short notice. Therefore we would ask that your child has a full PE kit in school at all times. PE will take place outside whenever possible so please account for this when sending in your child's PE kit.

Summer Term  2025-2026

Mrs Orton, Mrs Humphreys and Mrs Wagg are excited to welcome you back. This term we have some exciting topics and experiences in store. We look forward to a fantastic term!

Our Christian Values

During the Summer term, our Christian value will be 'Honesty' and 'Determination.' 

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." (Philippians 4:13)

English

This term, we will be reading 'The Last Wolf' by Mini Grey and 'Grandad's Secret Giant' by David Litchfield. We will be using these texts to develop our writing skills.

Phonics

We have now concluded our whole class phonics sessions. Some children will continue to access phonics sessions in small groups to allow them to learn at a pace that suits them.

Reading

During our whole class reading sessions we will be reading some fabulous books called 'Fantastic Mr Fox' by Roald Dahl and 'Grimm's Fairy Tales'. 

Children will also continue to have their own reading books and will read these privately with adults in school. Reading books will be sent home each night and we would strongly encourage you to read with your child for around ten minutes at least four times per week. We would ask that reading books and diaries be returned to school each day. 

Maths

As mathematicians, the children will learn through concrete experiences moving onto pictorial and abstract methods as their confidence builds. They will also be expected to use their learning to reason about maths and solve problems.

The children have been learning their ten, five, two and three times tables in school and the children would benefit greatly from practising their tables at home. Towards the end of the last half term, I sent home a leaftet offering advice for supporting your children with the times table recall at home. If you would like a further copy of this leaflet or any other advice in this regard please do not hesitate to ask a member of the year 2 team. 

Science 

As scientists, we aim to develop our knowledge and understanding, scientific skills and measuring and recording abilities. This term we will be learning about plants, notably how seeds and bulbs develop into mature plants. We will be having lots of fun growing our own plants and noting which conditions the plants thrive in. 

History

During the summer term, we will be learning about the history of our local area with a particular focus on St Mary's church, Norton Priory and Halton Castle. 

Geography

In our geography lessons, we will also be learning about the physical and man made features of our local area. We will be studying maps of our local area and also creating our own. 

RE

For RE we will continue to use the Questful RE scheme. This term we will be looking at why the church is a special place for Christians and we will be linking this with the study of other major world faiths. During this unit we will be taking a trip to St Mary's Church and exploring the features of the chuch. We will also be studying what happened during ascension and pentecost. 

Courageous Advocacy

As we continue to live our lives and act out the teachings of Jesus, we will look to be courageous advocates and think about our school grounds and how we can improve them for the local community.

PE

In our PE lessons we will be partaking in athletics, tag rugby and group games that involve striking and fielding skills. 

Art 

As artists, this term we will be continuing to take inspiration from the greats, specifically Claude Monet, JMW Turner and Edgar.,. The children will be experimenting with tone and texture in order to create their own masterpieces! 

DT

In our Design Technology lessons, the children will be learning about the impact that fossil fuels are having on our environment and will be exploring how they can create a moving vehicle in an environmentally sustainable way. 

PHSE

In PHSE, we will follow the Heartsmart scheme. Our topics for this term will be 'Fake is a mistake' which supports our value of Honesty and 'No way through isn't true' which supports our school value of Determination. 

Computing

This term we will be learning about robot algorithms and managing our privacy and security online. 

Music

This term, we will continue with our whole class ukulele lessons which the children absolutely love! 

Possible trips and visitors

We are currently planning a number of eductional visits and we will keep you updated in this regard as soon as we have finalised all details.