Class 2 2025 - 2026
Mrs Edwards
Welcome to Class 2
This half-term our topic is Modern Monarchs
Who is our monarch?
Who was the monarch before King Charles III?
Who was the monarch before Elizabeth II?
Who will be the next monarch?
What duties does a monarch have?
What is a jubilee?
What is a coronation?
We will answer all of these questions and more ...
What can I do to support my child at home?
Learn about the different members of the Royal Family and how they are related:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/56862010
Look at photos of the late Queen Elizabeth's life:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62840556
Learn about the Royal Family through the voices of children:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/watch/if-kids-ruled-the-world-the-royal-family
Visit Buckingham Palace - you will need to wait until the summer - having been, I can highly recommend:
https://www.rct.uk/visit/buckingham-palace
10 fun facts about King Charles:
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/monarchy/facts-about-the-king-charles-iii/
English
All children are grouped for Phonics and for Guided Reading. Class 2 children were assessed at the end of December 2025 by Mrs Parker (our Phonics Leader), with some children moving reading colour bands as a result of this.
Our new book to support writing this half-term will be revealed shortly ...
What can I do to support my child at home?
Encourage your child to read to you regularly. Your child's books should be returned every Thursday so that they can be changed and ready to come home again on Friday.
Remind your child to return their signed reading record every day to get a star for reading at home.
Maths
This half-term:
All children will be learning about multiplication and division. Y2 will begin to learn their 2x, 5x and 10x tables. During their practical maths sessions, children will be exploring 2-D and 3-D shape, this will include shape names and properties and additionally, Y2 will learn about symmetry.
What can I do to support my child at home?
Encourage your child to access Sumdog each week - remind your child to slow down so that they can be accurate when they are playing on Sumdog.
Practice times-tables with the Numberblocks:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/numberblocks-two-times-table-song
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/numberblocks-five-times-table-song
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/numberblocks-ten-times-table-song
Try playing these free shape recognition games:
https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/shapeEscape/index.html
https://wordwall.net/resource/340645/maths/2d-shapes
Science
This term, we will learn to understand how animals, including humans grow into healthy adults.
We will be finding out:
- What the five senses are and which part of the body is associated with each one.
- The names for the main body parts and where they are located.
- About baby animals that do not look like their adult parents, eg frogs, butterflies.
- What humans should do to grow into healthy adults.
We will continue to learn about the four seasons and changes that happen in nature.
What can I do to support my child at home?
Watch this BBC Live Lesson from 2021 to learn about Winter:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/articles/z8gcr2p
Watch this BBC Live Lesson - filmed at Chester Zoo in 2020 - to learn about camouflage:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/articles/zx8pxbk
Please check this page regularly for updates and more information.
Feel free to ask me for help and support - we work best when we work as a team.
Mrs Edwards
