Red Hill Primary School

We would like to warmly welcome your child into Year 2 and we are very excited to support them on their last year in Key Stage 1 as they prepare to move into Key Stage 2.

At Red Hill, we have three Year 2 classes:-

2M - Miss Morris

2C - Mrs Clark and Mrs Choudhury (Miss Batchelor)

2MM - Miss Millbank and Mrs Jervis (Miss Clottey)

Our year group TAs are Miss Mihailova and Miss Young.

Please click below to see the curriculum map for Year 2, as well as half termly topic webs. These are working documents however, so they may change as we progress into the term. The Year 2 Curriculum Meeting slides are also below.

Please see below for weekly homework sheets. Children should have brought these home every Friday in their homework books.

Attached is also a recommended reading list.

Our topic for this half term is ‘Live and Let Live'.  In Science we will be learning the different characteristics of living things andh ow to classify them.  We will also be understanding how to look after pets and their lifecycles.  After, we will be learning how seeds look different and grow in various ways, as well as what they need to stay alive.  In Geography we will still link this to Live and Let Live but by identifying features of familiar places on maps and learn how animals are suited to different habitats in the world.  We will also learn what migration is.  Lastly, for DT, we will explore how a bird feeder words and how to make a lever that can open and close a bird feeder.

Reading

Reading should be completed a minimum of 3x a week, but ideally for 10 minutes each evening. This should be completed with an adult, and children can choose to read their own book, a book from school or on bug club. Adults need to record the reading session in the reading record, alongside a sentence or two about how the read and anything they found tricky. Reading records must be in school every day.

Homework books

Homework books are sent home on a Friday and must be returned to school on a Wednesday. Weekly homework includes:

Maths

A short maths challenge linking to the week’s learning. There will be 3 different challenges that your child can choose to complete depending on how confident they felt with that concept in class. Children should also log into TTRS (https://ttrockstars.com) and practise their multiplication recall.

Spellings

Children will have 10 spellings sent home linking to a spelling pattern being taught in class. These will be tested in the spelling session on a Wednesday morning.

IPC

At the bottom of the homework will be some questions linking to the topics being taught in class. Please ask your children these questions and get them talking about all the incredible learning that is taking place in classrooms! This is a great chance for children to share all of their amazing knowledge.

PE days are as follows for Spring 1:

2M - Monday

2C - Monday and Thursday

2MM - Friday 

As we move into Winter, please ensure that children wear their winter PE kits (jogging bottoms, Red Hill PE top, school jumper and trainers). Please also make sure children bring a warm, waterproof coat with a hood.