Message from the teachers

Dear Year 2 Parents,

It has been a busy and exciting couple of weeks in Year 2. The children have embraced new learning experiences with great enthusiasm and have continued to impress us with their curiosity, determination and positive attitudes to learning.

In Science, the children have now begun their new topic on Living Things and Habitats. To launch this exciting unit, the children thoroughly enjoyed a visit from the Science Explorer Dome, where they learnt more about the Earth and its different habitats. The experience sparked lots of curiosity and enthusiasm for their new learning.

The children also thoroughly immersed themselves in an online workshop with the Royal Opera and Ballet House, which focused on the world of opera. During the workshop, we were joined by hundreds of children from schools across the country, creating a wonderful shared learning experience. The children sang beautifully throughout the session and engaged brilliantly with the activities and discussions, showing great creativity, enthusiasm and confidence.

We have now completed our summer term assessments and the children worked incredibly hard throughout. We were very proud of the positive attitude, perseverance and maturity they showed during assessment week.

A quick reminder that children should bring a healthy snack for morning break time, such as fruit, vegetables, cheese or crackers. Please do not send crisps or other confectionery items, as these are not permitted as break-time snacks. Thank you for your support in helping us promote healthy eating habits.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We look forward to another exciting few weeks of learning in Year 2.

Kind regards,

The Year 2 Team

An update from the classroom and the teaching and learning taking place

Literacy- Short story - Marshmallow

Maths- Time 

Science- Living things and habitats

Geography- What it is like to live by the coast?

RE- Places of worship

PSHE- Safety and changing bodies

Music- Structure (Theme: Myths and legends)

DT - Textiles: pouches

Spelling- Suffixes 

Coming up over the next few weeks…

Recorder lessons- Please keep them safe as they will pick up where they left off with Ms Jane in Year 3.

PE- our PE days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Please wear PE kits into school

Reading Books- please remember to bring back reading backs with their reading records on Monday so we can change switch them with a new book.

Spellings- the children will have their spelling tests on Monday mornings and will know how they did the following Monday when the do the next test (you can access Ready Steady Spell via website under the Year 2 tab).

Please make sure all uniform is labelled, as well as water bottles. 

Snack time- We ask that the children bring in a small healthy snack for morning break time ( fruit/vegetables/fruit-bars) No crisps, biscuits, sweets or chocolate. The children will be able to have their snack during break time. We also provide fruit during this time so there is also no pressure to provide snacks if you do not wish to. 

These are our behaviour expectations that we have gone through with the children, they are the same as last year. Use the poster to talk through these with your children at home.

Standing information

Hollymount Entitlement

Trip – Beach day (In school)

Curriculum Day – 

PE Days (wear PE kit to school) We will have PE on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Children can wear their PE kits on these days. 

Website information

Remember to check out our website page for more information https://www.hollymount.org/Year-2/ 

Our website also includes all curriculum information so you can find out what your child is learning https://www.hollymount.org/Our-Curriculum/  and has advice for support positive mental health https://www.hollymount.org/Mental-Health-and-Wellbeing/