Y2 Miss. Neale
Welcome!
Welcome to Year 2's class page. Here you will find updates about all our fantastic learning and great websites to help your child learn at home. Please check our page weekly to see what we've been up to! 
Meet The Team
Miss Neale - Class Teacher
Miss Goodman - Teaching Assistant
Miss Chant - Teaching Assistant
We are more than happy to help with any questions or queries so please feel free to come and speak to us.
Key information
Home reading
Please aim to read daily with your child and write it in their planners. Reading can include PM books, library books and Bug Club. Remember, children can earn reading dojos for their home reading!!
Home learning
In Year 2, children will be given weekly Maths or English every Friday. This is due in the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to complete one piece of topic home learning per half term.
Children will be given weekly spellings on a Friday and will be tested the following Wednesday.
PE
Our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday but please keep PE kits in through the week in case of any changes. Thank you
Newsletters
June 2019
Welcome back to our final half term! Our next topic is 'Wriggle and Crawl'. We will be exploring mini beast habitats and life cycles. Please see our newsletter above for more information.
Key text: Never tickle a tiger, Pamela Butchart.
April 2019
Welcome back for our summer term! This half term our topic is 'The Scented Garden'. Please find our newsletter above for more information. We will be learning about planting seeds, life cycles and caring for plants. Towards the end of the half term, we will be visiting Pleasley Orchid to explore different plants.
Key texts:
Jack and the beanstalk
The Flower by John Light
Key dates:
Thursday 25th April - SATS meeting (3.30 and 5.00pm)
February 2019
This half term, our topic is Muck, Mess and Mixtures!
Through our topic, children will be exploring foods from around the world, sculpting with clay and creating original prints. Please see the newsletter above for more details 
Key texts this half term:
George's Marvellous Medcine by Roald Dahl and Alice in wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Year 2 are keen to develop the outdoor areas for spring and summer, would appreciate any donations to set up our water sensory area. We are looking for:
Shells, rocks, pebbles, sticks, pine cones, jugs, bottles.
If you have any more ideas that you think could go outside, please message 
** YEAR 2 ARE HOSTING AN ART MUSEUM ON 2ND APRIL, 2.45PM.
PLEASE COME ALONG AND SEE OUR FABULOUS WORK AND YOU CAN EVEN TAKE PART AND CREATE SOME OF YOUR OWN ART!**
January 2019
Happy New Year to all! We hope that you've had a relaxing Christmas holiday. Our new topic is 'Land Ahoy'. Please see our half termly newsletter for more information.
Key texts this half term: The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch by Ronda and David Armitage, The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle,The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber and FlotSam by David Wiesner.
21.1.19 - We had a visit from Anya, a lady who lived in Japan for 2 years! She explained some traditional Japanese traditions and showed us - Japanese currency, cutlery, lucky charms and books! Then we compared Japan to England.
15.1.19 We had a pirate visitor today! Children explored the seven seas to search for hidden treasure
Year 2 had a pirate party! We dressed up like pirates, danced like pirates and learnt some facts about pirates from the past!
November 2018
Welcome back to our second half term. Our new topic is 'Street Detectives'. Children will be finding out about the history of our local area.
Please find our newsletter in the newsletter section above.
Key texts: A walk in London, The Jolly Postman
This is the method that Year 2 use to add two two- digit numbers together. If there are more than 10 ones, we change the ones for a group of ten. This is the first step towards exchanging with the column addition method.
19.11.18 - a trip around the local area!
9.11.18 - Year 2 made a remembrance wreath and black out poems to remember our fallen heroes.
September 2018
Welcome back! We hope you've had a relaxing summer holiday and are as excited as us for the new school year. This half term our topic is 'Towers, Tunnels and Turrets.'
Key texts: The Tunnel by Anthony Brown and the traditional tale Rapunzel.
Key Dates
We are visiting Bolsover Castle on Wednesday 19th September
Also we have a class museum on 23rd October, 2:45pm - Family will be invited in so we can share our amazing learning this half term! I look forward to seeing you all 