Year 2 2025
Welcome to Year 2
Mrs Morley and Miss Akhtar make up the Year 2 team
Spring Term 2026
English
The key text for English this half term is ‘Everest’ which is a non-fiction text based on Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s climb to the summit of Everest. It documents the challenges and triumphs they faced along the way. We will then be writing a diary entry in role as Edmund Hilary as he reaches the summit of the mountain. We will focus on using the past tense in our writing and the use of adverbs.
Maths
In Maths we will continue to secure fluency of addition and subtraction facts within 10. We will add and subtract two-digit numbers and single digit numbers. We will add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiples of ten. We will continue to develop our fluency of the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
Geography
In Geography, we will be exploring the differences between Hyde and Tansen in Nepal. Here we will be comparing and contrasting the two locations. We will be looking at the human and physical features, rainfall and climate and tourism. Th children will also be applying their geographical knowledge from the previous term where we researched Hyde.
Science
In Science we will be continuing to study minibeasts and microhabitats. We will be planning and carrying out an experiment, focusing on observing and recording data accurately. We will be collating the data that we find using information technology. We will learn more about the role of a botanist and learn to identify a range of flowering plants.
Autumn Term 2025
English
In English we will be focusing on the story Hodgeheg by Dick King- Smith. This links closely to our Science unit on habitats and is a lovely story about a hedgehog who faces the dilemma of how to get to the other side of a busy road to reach the park. Children will write their own stories based on this idea using accurately sequenced sentences punctuated with capital letters and full stops, accurate letter formation and size, and descriptive language to engage the reader.
Maths
In Maths we will be focusing on reading and writing numbers 10 to 100. We will be learning to estimate multiples of ten on a 0-100 number line and applying our known facts from within 0-10 to add and subtract in multiples of ten. The children will also learn to add three addends efficiently by various methods and to calculate the difference between two numbers. We will be using our maths learning in our Geography and Science lessons this term to help us explore our area and local habitats.
Theme
This half term, our Geography focus is on Hyde and what it is like to live there. We will start by exploring the boroughs that make up Greater Manchester before focusing in on Tameside and then Hyde. We will explore the physical and human features of Hyde and later in the term we will take part in a Geographical field trip to Hyde.
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