Cranborne Primary School

Homework

The focus for all homework at Cranborne will now be centred around daily reading and sharing of books and the learning of core maths skills.

Each week, we will add a note in this space to inform parents/carers which spellings and maths skills we are focusing on in class. Parents/carers can then support their child(ren) to practise and consolidate this knowledge at home.

We recommend using your child's Mathletics account (username and password can be found inside the cover of their reading record) to practise key skills. There are activities available for all areas and topics across the Maths curriculum and you can adapt the level of challenge to suit your child.

Times Tables Rockstars (TTRS) is also invaluable to help your child learn their times tables. The focus in Year 2 is the 2, 5 and 10 times tables but feel free to encourage your child to move onto the 3, 4, 6 and 8 times tables (and further) if they already have a good grasp of these. Again, their username and password for TTRS can be found inside the cover of their reading record.

The Topmarks website and BBC Bitesize also have many online maths games.

If you would like to try some paper-based learning, CGP (www.cgpbooks.co.uk) offer a wide range of Year 2 specific workbooks along with explanations and answers.

Please do continue to read with your child everyday. This is one of the most impactful things you can do. Share the book together, reading a few pages and discussing the story and characters. You can use the questions on the bookmark we sent home to support this discussion.

Week beginning 08.09.25

Spellings: 

Rule: 

Maths:  This week, we are learning

Time Table Rockstars: 2s, 5s and 10 times tables. If you already know these tables by heart, try the 4 and 8 and 3 and 6 times tables next.

Oxford Owl:

For extra spelling resources and ebooks, please follow this link:

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ 

Username: cranborne

Password: school 1 

Common Exception words/

Red Tricky words

Below, are the list of common exception, or red tricky, words for Year 2. These are words that do not follow the usual sound patterns.  You could try these fun ways to practise spelling the words:

• write the words in different colours
• How many times can you write one of the words in a minute?
• How many of the same word can you fit on a Post-it?
• write the word using your non-dominant hand
• write the word in the air
• write the word with your eyes closed
• rainbow write a word (go over the word with different colours)

Reminders

P.E. (from September 2025)

Outdoor PE lesson - Wednesdays (both classes)

Indoor PE lesson -   2C on Thursdays and 2GR on Fridays

On these days, children are to come into school dressed in their PE kit. Please ensure they are in weather appropriate clothing as they will be outside at lunch and break times in these clothes.

Please also ensure that all parts of your child(ren)'s kit is clearly labelled.  Long hair must always be tied back and it would be safer if earrings were not worn.

Libarary

Year 2 library visit days are:

Wednesdays - Class 2GR

Fridays - Class 2C

Reading Books 

Please ensure that your child reads everyday at home, in addition to the daily reading they do at school. We can not stress enough how important this is in helping your child to become a confident and fluent reader.  Please send reading books and reading records into school each day.

Reading at home

Using books at home

• Read to a grown up and answer questions about your book - your grown up can use the questions on your bookmark
• Read together with a grown up - taking turns to read
• Read to sibling, pet or teddy bear!
• Re-tell the story in your own words
• Predict what will happen at the end of the story then read the book to see if you were right
• Draw a cartoon of the story

Using OXFORD OWLS

The link below will take you to the free online library. A Year 2 account has been created for your use.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

Username: square20

Password: school

The Oxford Owl website is a great, free resource that enables you to access online texts for your child. These are the same schemes of books we have in school. The books are all grouped by age range, but you may wish to look at other ages also.

Herts Library Service

The Herts. Library Services are offering free online books also. Please follow the link below to access it.

https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/Libraries-and-archives/Books-and-reading/Ebooks-and-Audiobooks/ebooks-and-audiobooks.aspx

Maths

This term, we will begin by securing maths fluency skills using numbers to 20, initially. We will then move onto place value, developing our understanding of tens and ones. We will be regrouping, representing, ordering and comparing numbers to 100, including within the context of measure. We will learn more about parts and whole of numbers and find unknown parts or wholes.

We will be learning mental addition and subtraction methods and using money to make combinations and find change.

English

This term, we will start our English learning with a narrative focus on fairytales. Our core text is 'Rapunzel' by Bethan Woollvin. This is a modern take on the classic story and the children will write their own narratives based on the book, as well as comparing the story to the original.

Later in the term, we will be reading about the Great Fire of London, learing about why it strated, how it spread so quickly and its impact on the lives of people in London at that time. The children will write recounts inspired by the text, 'Great Fire of London', Anniversary Edition by Emma Adams.

Throughout the term, the children will be focusing on:

• learning correct sentence structure, including capital letters at the start of sentences, and for proper nouns, and full stops, exclamation and question marks at the end of sentences
• using adjectives to create expanded noun phrases, e.g. the ancient magician with the tall hat
• expanding sentences using co-ordination (e.g. and, but, so) and sub-ordination (e.g. because, when, if) 
• using powerful adjectives and verbs
• learning how to organise our writing for a reader
• Reading texts with increasing fluency and expression
• Reading for meaning and improving our comprehension skills

In our handwriting, we will be focusing on correct formation and consistent sizing.

For spelling, we will continue to focus on spelling patterns, revising and practising them weekly.  We will also continue to learn the Year 2 common exception words that do not follow a spelling pattern.

Science

This term our topic is 'Uses of Everyday Materials'.  We will be identifying and comparing the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including 
wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses and finding out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.

Foundation Subjects

History - we will be looking at how seaside holidays of the past are different to our holidays now.  

Geography - we will be finding out why our planet is known as the Blue Planet.

PE   Outdoor - athletics

        Indoor - gymnastics

Computing - Our first unit is called 'Route Explorers'. This unit allows children to code using the tool, 2Go. Children learn to build simple algorithms to move a screen turtle along routes. They consider direction and distances and create commands. We will then move onto the unit called 'The Internet'. This unit introduces children to the fundamentals of the internet, including its purpose, how we access it, and how to use it safely and effectively. We will explore the roles of browsers and search engines, websites and webpages and develop the skills needed to search for and evaluate information online.

R.E -  our key questions are:

• Why do Jewish families talk about repentence at new year?
• Why was Jesus given the name of 'Saviour'?

As well as exploring the answers to these questions, we will visit St Magnus the Martyr in London, exploring the features of a church during our Great Fire of London trip.

PSHE - Our Jigsaw topics for the autumn term are 'Being Me In My World' and 'Celebrating Difference'.

DT- we will be investigating, planning, designing and building our own vehicles whilst learning about wheels and axles.

Art- we shall be creating our own self portraits whilst exploring andd learning about the works of the artist Frida Kahlo.

Music - we will be learning about pulse, rhythm and pitch and thinking about how music can help us to make friends.

Some useful websites:

Mathletics

https://login.mathletics.com/

BBC Bitesize Maths

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/collections/year-2-and-p3-maths-lessons/1

 White Rose Maths

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Purple Mash

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/cranborneen6

BBC Bitesize English

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/collections/year-2-and-p3-english-lessons/1

Oak Academy

https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-2

National Geographic Kids

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/

Geography

https://world-geography-games.com/

Draw with Rob Art

http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob

Home Learning Support
Please find below some resources which may be helpful in supporting your child with their learning at home.