Year 2 2025 - 2026

Meet the Team:

Meet the Team:

2H - Ms Howell, Mrs Ahmed, Mrs Javad, Ms Osborne and Mrs Knight.

2M – Mrs MacNeill, Ms Turner, Miss Osborne and Mrs Knight.

If you have any questions, please speak to one of our Year 2 staff or email year2@almapark.manchester.sch.uk

Welcome

Welcome to Year 2! This year, children will continue to develop as enthusiastic and independent learners, with opportunities to challenge our thinking, take risks and learn from our mistakes.

Here, you can find an overview of the Year 2 Curriculum. You can use this information to discuss with your child what they have learned and continue to support their learning at home.

What's happening this half term?

Maths

This half term, we are exploring fractions and time. We are learning: 

• How to recognise and find fractions of a number, shape and/or object. 
• How to write simple fractions. 
• How to tell the time using the minute hand and the hour hand.

We are continuing to learn the 2, 5 and 10 times tables, including multiplication and division facts. 

English:

We will be writing a recount of a celebration using the past tense and sentence starters. 

Our Talk for Write text is Kassim and the Greedy Pirate's Tresure . We will be writing a rags to riches. We will be focusing on the setting descriptions using a range of vocabulary and punctuation.  

Science:

We are learning about plants. What do plants need to survive? 

Click for the Knowledge Organiser. 

History:

We are learning about Sunny Lowry and Charlotte Cooper.

Click for the Knowledge Organiser. 

D.T.:

We are learning about cooking and nutrition. We will learn how to safely prepare food to create our own dish.

Click for the Knowledge Organiser. 

Computing:

Digital Music

We will listen to a variety of pieces of music and consider how music can make us think and feel. We will compare creating music digitally and non-digitally. We will look at patterns and purposefully create music.

Religious Education:

We are learning about Special and Sacred books.

Click for the Knowledge Organiser. 

PHSE:

Children will learn about keeping safe everyday and online.

Music:

Children will learn about beat.  

PE:

Remember to come into school wearing your PE kit on the following days.

• Dance - Monday

Kit: Black shorts or tight-fitting black leggings and a plain white t-shirt. Please ensure hair is tied back.

• Outdoor Games (Send and Return) - Wednesday 

Kit: Trainers, black shorts or tight-fitting black leggings, and a plain white t-shirt (a tracksuit top and joggers may be worn if cold). Please ensure hair is tied back.

Reading:

Our class read is Stink bomb and Ketchup face 

Please read with your child every day and comment in their reading record when you do. Reading books should be in school everyday for independent reading and will be changed everyday when required and signed.

Homework:

Spellings will be sent out every week on Thursday, which children will learn for a spelling test the following Thursday. 

This half term's BrainBuilder can be found here.

Year 2 children need to be able to read and spell these words - Year 2 Common Exception Words