Year 2
Week Beginning 5th January 2026
Happy New Year! We hope you have had a lovely Christmas break with your families. Thank you all for your thoughtful gifts to the staff too, we really appreciate your kindness.
Key Information:
Friday 13th February - Break up for half term @ 3pm
Monday 23rd February - Return to school for term 4
Thursday 5th March - World Book Day
Thursday 18th June - Amazon and Nile Class Worship
Worship Theme This Week
Hope - Epiphany 6th January
Matthew 2: 1-2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
Next week's learning
Maths - We will be looking at 2D and 3D shapes
English - We will looking at the Story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Phonics - identify the sound 'ture' making the 'cher' sound
Science - We will be investigating what animals need to survive.
RE - We will be learning about Maha Shivaratri, the Hindu festival
PSHE - We will be learning about roles and responsibilities within our community and celebrating differences between people.
Art- We will exploring Illustrations (Quentin Blake)
This week's spellings -
Medal
Pencil
Metal
Fossil
A parent information sheet about our phonics learning this week has been attached at the bottom of this page.
Additional resources
Best Books for Year 2 | Ages 6-7 | The Reader Teacher
https://kids.guinnessworldrecords.com/stories
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround -
Miss Finnigan, Miss Pain, Mrs Hall and Mrs South