Welcome to Year 2

summer 2 2026

Year 2 summer 2 2026

Dear parents and carers,

Welcome back after the May holidays. There are many things for all year 2 pupils to look forward to this half term, including our science trip to Abbeystead Estate, sports day and summer fayre. Of course over the first three weeks of this term we will also be completing the End of Key Stage 1 SATs tests. At all times we will ensure that the wellbeing of all pupils is our main focus, allowing the children to succeed, achieving our school motto of being the best they can be. We ask your support in ensuring that the children are well rested and attend school everyday.

Later in the term we will be preparing pupils for moving to year 3. Ensuring that the transition to Key Stage 2 is smooth and the pupils are fully prepared. This will include year 2 staff organising set playtimes for all year 2 pupils on the Key Stage 2 yard, practising their morning entry through the year 3 gate and onto the yard, dismissal at the end of the school day and other transition activities. Any changes to the regular timetable at the start and the end of the school day will be communicated to families. At all times we will ensure that the children remain focused on completing their work, learning and enjoying their last term in year 2. In order to enjoy all the fun times it is vital they continue to stay focused and continue to make good choices around school.  

In order to ensure your child achieves it is vital they are going to bed on time, which will allow them to come to school ready to listen and learn and attending school every day. Please continue to encourage good bedtime routines and ensuring that your child develops good school attendance habits. It was a fantastic achievement to win the whole school attendance prize for spring term. Well done to all the children and we thank all of our families for their support in this matter.

We will continue to remind children about our school values of Respect, Good Manners, Patience, Perseverance and Honesty.  We will use our reward system 'Brookhouse Monster's University' to recognise good behaviour and attitudes.  If your child is in the winning University team, they will be given a reward at the end of the term.

To reward individual achievement if your child achieves enough Dojo points they will receive either a silver, gold or even platinum certificate at the end of term. Your child will earn dojo points for demonstrating our school values or working hard. If your child produces an outstanding piece of work or demonstrates one of our school values to a high standard, they will be placed on the golden crown.  If they stay on it for the rest of the week, they earn an extra 10 dojos. 

PSHE also plays a key role, this will take place both through class and assembly sessions.  The PSHE topic of this half term is keeping safe. Each week they will continue to focus on an attribute of the fortnight which might be linked to our school values, British Values or their PSHE topic. 

The summer 2 topic is called 'a day at the beach'.

Attendance

It is vital to continue with high expectations of attendance, we hope to celebrate many days, even full weeks, where we have 100% attendance. Therefore I thank you in advance for your support in ensuring that children attend school every day. For regular attendance helps your child build good habits, getting them used to the idea of getting up and ready for learning each day.  It helps our pupils build and sustain relationships with staff and make lasting friendships.  It can also help to ensure continuity of learning, with staff being more easily able to assess your child’s progress and identify next steps for them in accessing the curriculum.

Every moment in school counts, and missed school days add up quickly. The higher a pupil’s attendance, the more they are likely to learn, and the better they are likely to perform as they progress through school.

Homework

Please encourage your child to complete their homework each week.  Homework will be collected in on a Wednesday to be marked and returned by Friday.  Your child's weekly homework tasks can be found in the spring 1 homework grid, which is glued into your child's homework book - a copy of which can also be found above in the important document section.

Furthermore, your child will be given a list of words to explore on a weekly basis for our Whole Class Reading sessions.  It is important that your child completes this work so they are able to access the text that we will be reading.    

Optional online homework is available through Purple Mash, Reading Plus and TT Rockstars. Over the course of this term children will be taught how to effectively use the various online learning platforms, therefore once login details and a password are glued into your child's diary, your child should be able to login and complete assigned tasks independently. Please be patient as online platforms will be slowly introduced over the course of the term.  

Daily reading is crucial, so please can you listen to your child read as much as possible at home to support their learning and also their understanding of different texts.

English

This term we will be studying a poetry unit called poems with a theme. We will focus our exploration of poetry through the ‘Talk for Writing’ strategy of imitate, innovate and invent.  As well as this, we will be focusing on the skills needed to invent their own piece of writing and look at writing through other subject areas.

Whole class reading will continue to take place every day, through which we encourage children to focus on new vocabulary in the text and the comprehension of the text.

To further support your child's skills in reading comprehension, please support your children in their reading of school books, at home for ten minutes every day. 

Mathematics 

This term we will start by focusing on time and volume. At all times we will continue to focus on using all our number knowledge to answer multi step word problems. We will provide pupils with the opportunity to secure their mathematical learning using concrete, pictorial and abstract models. They will then learn to apply this knowledge to reasoning and problem solving (QUACK - Please ask your children what this means).  In addition to the daily maths lessons, every child will also take part in a daily 15 minute mastering number programme. The programme uses a range of practical resources and visual aids to help develop every child's understanding of number. 

Science

This term we will study living things and their habitats (Biology). We will observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants. We will explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead and things that have never been alive. We will conduct scientific investigations, which will require the children to observe closely and perform tests to suggest answers to questions. 

In order to help your child remember the key knowledge, please encourage your child to learn their Knowledge Organiser.

Physical Education

In Year 2, P.E will take place every Monday so please make sure your children come to school in their full P.E kit - yellow P.E shirt with the school's logo, black joggers, shorts or leggings and their school green sweatshirt. In their P.E lessons (athletics) they will focus on developing their balance, agility and co-ordination. 

Please make sure that your child has their earrings removed or covered by plasters from home on this day. 

Computing

In computing this term we will be focusing on creating pictures (information technology). Children will recreate art styles using 2Paint a Picture, this will include impressionist, pointillist and surrealism styles of art. 

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Geography

In geography the children will learn to use geographical skills to locate Blackburn on a map and create a map of the school. Children will also learn about the four seasons and name physical/human features of our local area. 

Oracy - Voice 21

As a school we are developing our Oracy, learning through talk and learning to talk.  In class, we will create discussion guidelines in order to aid meaningful discussions.  We encourage children to fully participate by taking on a range of roles and utilising sentence stems to articulate their ideas.  We will provide opportunities for discussion in all areas of the curriculum.

Important dates

01.06.26 - KS1 SATs week 1

02.06.26 - Year 2 trip to Abbeystead Estate

15.02.26 - KS1 SATs week 2

16.06.2026 - Sports Day

13.07.2026 - Whole School Awards

14.07.2026 - 100% Attendance Day

15.07.2026 - Rock Steady Concert

We hope that your child continues to enjoy an amazing time in Year 2, striding to be the best that they can be. However, if you do have any queries feel free to talk to us in the morning or at the end of the day or arrange an appointment through the school office.

Stay healthy, safe and happy! 

From all the Year 2 team: Mr Owen, Mrs Ali, Mrs Patel and Mrs Dedat.