Spring Term 2026

Our theme this term is:

To The Edge of The World

Our Big Question is: What does it mean to have courage?

 We will learn about the lives of historically significant people in different time periods – Christopher Columbus, Ernest Shackleton, Neil Armstrong and Mae Jemison. We will consider their contribution and legacy and think about how they showed courage. We will also explore Christopher Columbus more deeply and consider the impact of exploration on the Native American people.

Science and sustainability week: From learning about carbon footprints, to making turbines powered by solar energy to making bee baths out of recycled plastic. Year 2 have had a busy week learning about how we can look after our environemnt.

Year 2 had a fantastic time celebrating World Book Day. We went on a book treasure hunt where we had to solve clues to work out the book title; we read with our buddies in year 6; we were told stories by guest story tellers AND we even chose 'new' books at our book swap. What a busy day full of the joy of books!

Columbus Day. Year 1 and 2 joined together for a 'Living History Day'. We learnt all about what life on board Columbus' ship would have been like, we made ship's biscuits, plotted the voyage, made sea monsters (as they were believed to sink ships)! We set sail on the Santa Maria, and when we arrived in America, we  tasted food which Columbus brought back to Spain. We thought carefully about Columbus' treatment of the Native American people and used this knowledge to decide whether we think he was a hero, a villain or a bit of both. 

 

Explorers. Year 2 were surprised to find a rucksack in their classroom which had items in it. We decided that they thought it belonged to an explorer. This got us thinking about where we would like to explore!

29.1.26: Year 2 have found a river in our class! We are wondering why it's there.....

We were inspired by our river to write poems suing verbs and nouns.

We have used paper to make jungle collages in the style of Henri Matisse 

 

23.1.26: Year 2 were visited today by a Muslim faith speaker. We really enjoyed learning more about the Islamic religion.

21.1.26: Computing. The children have been experimenting with algorithms. They have learnt that you need to program precise instructions to get their Beebot to go where they want it to. 

19.1.26: We visited Central library and changed our library books. We also enjoyed listening to stories whilst we were there.

Autumn Term 2025

Our theme this term is:

From Land’s End to John O’Groats

Our Big Question is: What does it mean to be British?

We will be going on a virtual tour of the UK learning about local geography and significant events throughout history as well as local food, music, art, and sports

We will explore Cornwall, London, Wales, Ireland and Scotland.

Click on the links below to read more. 

Year 2 Curriculum Poster Autumn 2025

Year 2 Letter to parents

 

5.12.26:

Year 2 have been working in groups to order the story of Goldilocks before retelling it orally. This will help us in our writing next week. 
 

Landscape Art.

Year 2 have been studying landscape artists. Today they looked at work by Welsh artist Glenys Cour and copied her style. 

Year 2 studied JMW Turner's style and created watercolours of Welsh Castles.

19.11.25: WOLVES! Year 2 have been studying the book Wolves by Emily Gravett. Before writing non-fiction texts about wolves, they prepared a video documentary in groups. Click on the links to watch!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nn9W-GKU9rkTe8GzLBAOm7zbsjQeE-uy/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZkluKyG8fOJyT1u6eG31allUrfrpZIn6/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wLjN2JKfDJ-rKt85PqIfvPUVZe0k594C/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K0AerGHUBTem7Ovdw3OnDmuQMLsy09yB/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xIyYYiJ98ixwxQ_MaYrXzcd5tVUcACTO/view?usp=sharing

7.11.25: We had a brilliant time at the Tamar Bridge visitor centre where we met Isimbard Kingdom Brunel and learnt about how he built the Royal Albert Bridge in 1859.

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Bridges continued (11.10.25):Year 2's quest to learn how to become engineers just like Isambard Kingdom Brunel continues! Today, they used construction materials to make mock-ups of bridges.

9.10.25: Year 2 visited Central Library today. We enjoyed listening to stories and choosing books to bring back to enjoy in school. 

Year 2 have been studying bridges in DT. Today we made collages of bridges and looked carefully at the shapes in different bridge designs.

Strange happenings: Year 2 have had some strange things arrive in their classroom. From bumpy rugs with messages on to an old suitcase with honey inside. We think it could be a bear!