Spring Term 2026
WC: 02.02.26 Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
Another good week by us all.
In English we have been planning our own big write ready for our writing later this week. We are writing about George searching the forest looking for the dragon he caught, including feelings and using noun phrases to describe what he can see and hear. Looking forward to reading the finished pieces!
In Maths, we have started our new unit of work- measuring. We have been using rulers to measure in cm. We can read a ruler telling us how long something is and also we can draw lines to match a cm given. We know you must start at 0 not before or after the 0!
In PE - Tri golf - we worked on chipping. We had to chip the ball with a chipper to see how far we could chip the ball. We loved this!
In Geography, we looked at the human and physical features in Sleaford and Skegness and compared the two.
On Wednesday, we had PE with Miss Cheryl and Art with Mrs Freeman.
Thursday and Friday - Miss Cragg
We're getting there! One more week until a very well deserved rest.
We're not slowing down though, far from it. In English we have continued to write a descriptive paragraph about George searching the woods for the dragon. We published it and wrote our edited writing up in neat, creating work to be proud of.
In Maths we have continued to learn about our new unit of measurement, measuring in metres, comparing measurements and then ordering measurements using our understanding of greater than, less than and equal to.
In Science we have been learning about how eating well keeps our bodies healthy. We looked at the Eatwell Plate and learned about the different food groups, identifying our favourite foods as well as thinking about foods we dont need too much of. Everything in moderation we think!
In RE we learned about the final pillar of Islam, Hajj. We looked at how Muslims from around the world pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to perform rituals, pray together and visit the Ka'bah. We completed our end of unit quiz - we have learned so much this half term! We did a spelling lesson about syllables and that finished our week off. Have a wonderful weekend!
WC: 26/01/26 Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
A lovely week this week.
In English, we have started looking at our book link 'How to train your dragon'. We watched little snippets when Hiccup searches the forest and then his cautious approach. We used this stimulus to write sentences with adverbs, questions, prepositions and adverbial phrases. For our experience day, we used drama techniques to explore how to capture a dragon.
In Maths, we worked on odd and even numbers and counting in our ten times tables. A lovely couple of days in Maths!
In Geography, we looked at human and physical features at the beach. We labelled different pictures with their human and physical features.
In PE- tri golf- we worked changing our shot in golf. We played a game of aiming; we had to aim to get the ball in the horseshoe and the further away the horseshoe the more points you got. The children love playing golf and are showing some great skills!
On Wednesday, we had PE with Miss Cheryl and Art with Mrs Freeman.
Thursday and Friday - Miss Cragg
We've hit the ground running this week, straight in with using our 10 times table dividing by 10 first as well as using our 5 times table knowlege first with multiplying by 5 and then by dividing by 5.
In English we've been writing sentences using suffixes, because to give a reason for George to slay the dragon, using contractions such as I'll, won't and can't as well as commands, a sentence with 'when' and putting adjectives in our writing.
In Science we learned about the importance of exercise and the effects on our bodies. In RE we learned about the fourth Pillar of Islam, Sawm, also known as Ramadan when Muslim people fast during sunlight hours.
We had our spelling test this week, here are the next set of spellings ready for the test on 12/02:
ball, always, blew, blue, everybody, by, pretty, beautiful, after, all
Have a great weekend!
WC: 19/01/26 Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
A great week this week, Year 2.
In English, we have been reading our new book 'George and the Dragon'. We discussed the dragon flying, it's fire-breathing powers and his terrifying tail. We used onomatopoeia, synonyms and conjunctions to write exciting sentences.
In Maths, we have been working on grouping and sharing objects and numbers. We used sharing circles to help us and our times table knowledge to share and group. We have even been introduced to the division symbol.
In PSHE, we worked in a team to design our own birds for our dream garden and collaged them. We used a range of materials to collage our birds!
In PE, we worked on hitting the ball over distance, this involved working on our swing. A great job!
On Wednesday, we had PE with Miss Cheryl and Art with Mrs Freeman.
Thursday and Friday - Miss Cragg
In Maths this week we have worked on the 2 times table, dividing by 2 as well as doubling and halving. We know that when we times by 2 we have double the amount and when we divide by 2 we are dividing. We are doing so well with our times table knowledge!
In English we have been sentence stacking, writing sentences with adjectives, adverbs, verbs and synonyms as well as subordination and the inner thoughts of a kidnapped princess. All very exciting! Our writing is really progressing!
In Science we were thinking about how exercise, food, drink and good hygiene affect our bodies and are important to keep us healthy. In RE we were looking at the third Pillar of Islam, Zakat, which is the act of giving.
A busy week, well done everyone!
WC: 12/01/26 Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
A busy week this week.
In Maths, we have started looking at groupings. We have been working on equal groups and how many in each group and linking this to our multiplication facts.
In English, we have written our own story acting as Dad, Dad was too busy to help Jasmine with her practising because of all his jobs. We used lots of repetition to add an effect to our writing.
In Geography, we looked at the different coastal towns in Lincolnshire. We used Google maps to find them all and plot them on a map of Lincolnshire.
A great start to the week, well done.
Thursday and Friday - Miss Cragg
We've jumped straight back into school life after our lovely Christmas break with our learning, in Maths we've learned about the multiplication symbol, written multiplication sentences and learned about arrays. We're trying to remember to look at the groups first then how many are in each group as well as use the multiplication symbol...and make it look different to our addition symbol!
In English we've published our Big Write which means writing it up in neat like all of the older year groups do. We've also had our second lesson on our new book, George and the Dragon. We've learned about similies, used some repetition and included a noun phrase in our writing. In Science we completed our second lesson on what humans need to survive, we did some role-playing about being stranded on a desert island! In RE we started our new unit on Islam, learning about the Five Pillars of Islam, the first pillar being the Shahada, the declaration of faith.
We've also squeezed in a spelling test, the spellings for the test on Thursday 29th January are:
happier, shiny, runner, be, bee, we, no, great, break, steak
Have a wonderful weekend!
WC: 05/01/26 Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
Welcome back! We hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.
A brilliant start to the new term in Year 2. We have started our English with our previous advert 'My Christmas Star'. We wrote sentences with similes, repetition and verbs and then talked about fears. We talked about what fears we have and how we can overcome these fears.
In Maths, we have continued to work with money. We looked at different ways to make £1 and comparing amounts of money. A great start to the term.
In PE, our new unit is 'Tri-golf'. We practised holding a putter and aiming.
We started our new unit in Geography, all about seas and oceans. We used an atlas to locate the seas and oceans around the United Kingdom and what the difference between the two are.
On Wednesday, we had Dance with Miss Cheryl and Art with Mrs Freeman.
Thursday and Friday - Miss Cragg
Welcome back! We've hit the ground running this week, finishing off our money lessons in Maths learning about finding change whilst practising our subtraction skills and using everything we've learned so far with some two-step problems. Friday brought us a new challenge when we started our new unit learning about multiplication and division, recognising equal groups.
In English we have completed our last sentence stacking lesson using superlatives, repetition and alliteration then we started our plan for the Big Write which will begin next week. We've completed our RE unit on Christianity and begun our new learning in Science all about our bodies looking how we change over time from babies to toddlers to adolescents to adults.
Friday was all about Rock Kidz and we loved seeing everyone dressed up like the rock stars they are! What a way to end the week! Have a great weekend.
