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Year 2 – Chestnut
Welcome To Year Two Chestnut
Mr Sutcliffe
Support Staff - Mrs McGovern (am)
Mr Hogan (am)
Nurturing hearts, Inspiring minds
A warm welcome back to the 2025 – 2026 academic year.
We hope you and your families have enjoyed a lovely summer holiday. Autumn 1 is a term of new beginnings, new classrooms, new teachers, new friends and new learning. It is a busy, exciting time and we are sure our children in Years 1 and 2 will settle brilliantly and have a fantastic first half term.
KEY DATES THIS HALF TERM:
Welcome Wednesday – Wednesday 17th September 2025 8:45 – 9:00a.m.
Parents Evening – Wednesday 22nd October 2025
CURRICULUM - AUTUMN 1
English:
We are using a new scheme of work to deliver our English curriculum this year – Pathways to Write. Our text this half term is:
LOOK UP! By Nathan Byron
Through this text children will use expanded noun phrases, conjunctions and punctuation to write a diary account.
ELS spelling is taught three times a week.
Maths:
Time – o'clock (start of half term)
Place Value
Shape
Religion:
We are using a new scheme of work this year – Lighting the Path.
The first unit of work (branch) will be centered around Creation and Covenant.
During this unit, the children will learn about different parts of the Bible and hear the story of Noah. We will think about how we can be good stewards for our earth in the same way Noah was.
This half term's value is GRATITUDE. We will be looking for how the children demonstrate this value this half term and know they will show their appreciation in lots of ways as their new school year begins.
Science:
Materials
History:
We are using a new scheme of work this year – KAPOW.
Through this scheme, the first history unit is How was school different in the past?
Children will develop an understanding of the fact that although schools may have been in the local area for a long time, they have not always been the same as they are today.
Computing:
Computing Systems Around Us
Children will develop a wider understanding of IT in use at home, in school and in wider society.
Art:
We are using a new scheme of work to deliver our art curriculum this year – Access Art.
Our first unit of work is called Explore & Draw
This introduces the idea that artists can be collectors & explorers as they develop drawing and composition skills
PSHE:
Mental and Emotional Health
What is the difference between big feelings and small feelings?
How can I keep safe online?
What makes others happy?
These are also linked to our Rights Respecting Curriculum.
PE
Gymnastics
Dance - The Great Fire of London
Games – Attack, defend and shoot
PE days are on TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
Children should come to school with their SCHOOL PE KIT in a BAG on Tuesday but can wear it into school on a Wednesday.
Please ensure your child’s school PE kit is clearly labelled.
Music
Tony Chestnut
Carnival of the Animals
READING BOOKS
These should be brought to school EVERY DAY to enable us to record when guided reading sessions have been done in school. Books will be changed on a FRIDAY.
Home Reading
Your child is expected to read for at least 10 minutes, five times a week.
However, they are not limited to five times as we would like them to read as often as possible to develop a real love for books and take pleasure in exploring different types of books.
When you read with your child, please record this in their reading record.
When you record what your child has read, please include the following:
✓ The date they have read on.
✓ The name of the book they have read.
✓ The pages that they have read that day.
✓ A couple of sentences about what you have noticed or how they have read.
When you read with your child, please question them on what they have read, ask them lots of questions about the story as this develops their comprehension and understanding. Please use the reading booklet provided at the start of the year to help you with the sorts of questions you might ask, dependent on the colour band your child is reading.
Comprehension is a key skill assessed in Year 2 so asking questions will help your child greatly with their understanding.
Spellings - your child will have a set of spellings to learn each week.
Spelling checks will be done on a Friday to test the words for that week.
Maths -
Please use NUMBOTS . Passwords have been sent home and are also in the Reading journals.
Phonics Videos
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