Cranborne Primary School

Reminders

P.E. (from April 2026)

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

Wednesdays - 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 focus on using our number skills for multiplying, dividing and understanding fractions.

We will be learning to:

• recall our 2, 5 and 10 x tables quickly
• understand multiples and repeated addition as well as number of groups, group size and product
• use our understanding of multiplication and divsion to solve fraction problems
• tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes (any practise of this at home will be very much appreciated!

 

English

This term we will be reading the book 'On The Way Home' by Jill Murphy.  We will be making predictions, and inferences about why the main character creates elaborate stories as well as collecting exciting and interesting vocabulary to use when we write our own versions of the story. During our learning we will be focusing on:

• revising sentence structure, including capital letters at the start of sentences and for proper noun and full stops, exclamation and question marks at the end of sentences
• ensuring our sentences contain a verb and a subject
• consistent use of tense throughout 
• use of adjectives and powerful verbs
• correct sequencing of events

In addition, we will be reading One Day On Our Blue Planet - In The Ocean by Ella Bailey.

We will also be continuing to learn how to join letters when writing and we will be focusing on consistent letter size, correct formation and presentation.

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 long, winding river
• 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 continue to focus on correct formation and consistent sizing.

For spelling, we will 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

Our Science topics this term are 'Plants' and 'Living Things and their Habitats'.

We will be learning:

·       to observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants

·       to investigate and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.

·       to explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive

·       to identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other

·       to identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro habitats

·       to describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food.

 

Year 2 BBC Bitesize - Plants

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpxnyrd

 

Year 2 BBC Bitesize – Living Things and their Habitats

Living things and their habitats - Year 2 Science - BBC Bitesize

 

Foundation Subjects

History - We will be learning about seasides of the past, thinking about how our summer holidays are different to holidays in the recent past and the Victorian era.

Geography - We will be finding out why our planet is called 'The Blue Planet' and exploring the world's continents and oceans.

PE   Outdoor - Athletics, Target Games and Strike and Field Games
        Indoor - Gymnastics and Dance

Computing - We will be learning about different ways to present our work and coding.

R.E -  We will be asking why Christians follow Jesus and about the importance of the Torah to the Jewish community.

PSHE - Our jigsaw topic this half term is ‘Relationships' and 'Changing Me'

DT- We will be making our own pizzas. This will involve cooking skills such as selecting ingredients, grating, measuring and cutting.

Music - We will be exploring improvisation and thinking how music makes us feel happy.

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.