Welcome to the Year 2 webpage. We will use this page to keep you informed about events and learning in Year 2!

Dear Year 2 Parents,

Please find attached the Year 2 newsletter for the first half of the Summer term.

Year 2 Summer 1 2025 Term Newsletter

Thank you and best wishes, Year 2 Team

We have had another exciting and busy half term! 

We had a fabulous first week back celebrating our love of reading during ‘Book Week’.  Both Burlington Infants and Burlington Juniors had a poetry focus for Book Week this year. The children did an amazing job of learning their poems and reciting them to Year 4. At the end of the week we finished with our annual ‘Dress Up Day’. The children all looked amazing in their costumes and the staff got involved too!

Our key text for this half term was a book written by Bethan Woollvin called ‘Hansel and Gretel’. The children took on the role of Hansel and Gretel to write a letter to persuade their friend to visit the good witch Willow’s house. The children also wrote a book review to encourage the Y1 children to read the book.

In geography the children researched the physical and human features of Rio and south east Brazil. They developed their persuasive writing skills further by writing a brochure to encourage people to visit Rio de Janeiro. 

In maths the children recapped their knowledge of place value and used this to complete addition and subtraction number sentences using a range of strategies.  They  then applied this skill to solving word problems.  The children have also worked very hard to be able to read and make times on a clock.

In PSHE the children have been discovering some new snacks that are good for their bodies.  Awesome Avocado proved very popular!  The children also enjoyed the fruity scone, the veggie dips and tasting a variety of fruits.

In Science the children have been sorting objects they found outside into living, has never lived and once living and explaining why. They also recapped their learning about food chains.  The children took part in an exciting STEM project building a vehicle to help them learn about wheels and axles.

In Computing this half term the children have been learning about collecting and presenting data. The children entered data onto their chromebooks and created pictograms and block diagrams.  

The focus this half term in art has been painting. The children learnt about local artist Richard Rowan and recreated their favourite paintings of his using watercolours.

In PE the children have been focussing on gymnastics and invasion games. The children  have been gaining confidence at balancing, rolling and creating sequences.

Thank you again for your continued support, we really appreciate it. It was great to have so many of you join us for Reading Morning and our Eid celebration. The children enjoyed wearing their own clothes on Red Nose Day and thank you for your generous donations.  We were also impressed by the creativity for our Easter Egg competition and Book Week Dress Up Day!

We hope you all have a lovely relaxing half term and we will see you back at school on Tuesday 22nd April. 

Dear Year 2 Parents, 

Please find attached the Year 2 newsletter for the second half of the Spring term.

Year 2 Spring 2 2025 Term Newsletter

Thank you and best wishes, Year 2 Team

It has been another busy, fun filled time in Year 2!

We love reading and we have really enjoyed the book Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty!  We wrote a character description about Ada and then we brought in our favourite book characters and wrote a character description about them.  

In Maths we continued to learn about multiplication and division.  We also enjoyed learning about fractions of a shape and of a number, and all about 2D and 3D shapes.

In Science we have been finding out about and describing the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air) and describing the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene.  We took part in a bread/germ experiment and egg/teeth experiment.  These helped us to learn about the importance of washing our hands and looking after our teeth.  We were also very lucky to meet Dr Sheila Kanani, a British astronomer, who told us about herself and answered some of our questions.  

During our History lessons we have been learning about two important nurses who helped to look after soldiers during the Crimean War, called Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. As part of our DT learning we took part in sawing and hammering to make beds and used the blanket stitch to make covers for hospital beds for the soldiers.  We manipulated clay to make medals for the nurses. 

This term we are learning about Judaism.  This half term we learnt the Jewish Creation story and special objects such as the mezuzah and the menorah.

In computing we were learning about robot algorithms and designed, created, and tested a mat for a bee bot.  

We also took part in a workshop with Earth Song to learn about Chinese New Year and enjoyed taking part in craft activities when our parents joined us in class.

We are excited about next half term which begins with our annual Book Week!  Thank you for all your support. We hope you all have a lovely week off.

8 of our Year 2 children took part in a Dodge Ball tournament this week at The Kingston Academy. The children did so well and had so much fun. We are so proud of their efforts - well done! 

Every half term the children in KS1 learn about a Scientist. This half term, the children have been learning about Dr Sheila Kanani.  We were very lucky that Dr Sheila Kanani visited us on Thursday. She told the children all about her job and answered their questions about space. She was very impressed by their space models, writing and their knowledge about the planets. To read more about her, please click on this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Kanani

Dear Year 2 Parents, 

Please find attached the Year 2 newsletter for the first half of the Spring term. 

Year 2 Spring 1 2025 Term Newsletter

Thank you and best wishes, Year 2 Team

This half term we have been learning about The Great Fire of London.  We have been learning to write in the past tense and improve our sentences using adjectives and a range of conjunctions.  We kept a diary about the main events, just like Samuel Pepys did in 1666!  We learnt about where and how the fire started by taking on the role of the baker, Thomas Farriner.  The children worked hard to knead bread.  They then realised how tired and hot he must have felt after working in his bakery.   We learnt about the different methods used to try to stop the fire and even recreated the bucket chain and also watched the effect of using a fire hook to pull down houses to create a fire break.  When The Great Fire of London ended, we became architects and designed a new London and wrote rules to prevent another fire happening e.g. houses not being built close together or not to be made of wood.  The children also took part in a fantastic workshop to support their learning.

In maths we developed our scale reading skills and we have also been learning about money.  We can make the same amount in at least three different ways and add different amounts of money and calculate change.  We ended the half term by learning about multiplication and how it links to repeated addition.

In science we have been learning about materials and their properties.  We explored objects to investigate if they could change shape by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching, depending on the material they are made from.  We had fun debating whether it would be a good idea or a bad idea for all objects to be transparent and investigated which material would be the best for Santa’s elves parachutes!  

In art we have been learning about the artist Dennis Creffield who used charcoal to create his work.   The children investigated how to use charcoal and completed an observational drawing of a tudor house using charcoal.

This half term we have been learning how to take a good photograph!  We have learnt when it is best to take portrait or landscape photos, and how lighting can affect the photos that we take. We also learnt that the appearance of photos can be changed e.g by adjusting the colours.

PE is always a popular lesson and this half term we have been focusing on dance and ball skills.   We have been learning to send and retrieve a ball in different ways, which has developed our throwing and catching skills. In dance the children have had fun creating dance phrases to different feelings using music as stimuli.

We visited New Malden Baptist Church to learn about why Christmas is important to Christians.  Back in school we learnt about how other cultures celebrate the Christian festival.  The children learnt about celebrations in Serbia, Italy, Argentina, Australia and Iceland.   We completed the half term by learning the blanket sewing stitch to create our own Christmas decoration.  We are very proud of them! 

Thank you as always for your continued support. We have appreciated all your donations on Mufti Days, Children in Need Day and at our School Fair.  The children enjoyed performing for you at their Christmas Concert.

We hope everyone has a safe and fun holiday, and wish you all the best for 2025!

A big thank you to Hyomin in Jupiter class who drew this fantastic poster which highlights all the things we can do to protect the planet. Even though Hyomin is not an Eco Council member, she took the time to think about all the ways we can help and to make this really informative poster - thank you so much!

Dear Year 2 Parents, 

Please find attached the year 2 newsletter for the second half of the autumn term. 

Year 2 Autumn 2 2024 Term Newsletter

Thank you and best wishes, Year 2 Team

Dear Year 2 Parents/Carers, 

Please find attached a letter from Ms Ellis, our Maths leader regarding fluency tests the children will be completing this term and how you can help them at home. 

Year 2 Maths fluency test letter Autumn 2024

Thank you and best wishes, Burlington Infant & Nursery School

What an exciting first half term it has been!  

In maths the children have been working hard to consolidate their place value knowledge. They have used this knowledge to compare numbers, add and subtract, and have been showing their thinking in different ways!

The Y2 children have had the opportunity to write for a range of purposes. After reading the stories ‘The Rainbow Fish’ and ‘One Day on our Blue Planet: In the Antarctic’, they wrote their own story about a Rainbow Penguin.  The children felt proud reading their stories to the Y1 children. They wrote instructions for making Bird Pudding (to feed the birds during winter around our school site) and also wrote a poem called Animal Voices. We are very pleased to see the children’s sentence construction improving and their handwriting becoming neater! 

Following our trip to the Wetland Centre, the Y2 classes designed their own Mini Bug Hotels using materials that would attract minibeasts. The children evaluated their work and thought about how they could make them even better next time.

In art the children have been developing their skill of tinting and shading.  The children learned about the artist Alma Thomas and enjoyed discussing and recreating her work.

The children have been learning about computer systems and networks, and using IT safely. The children have been practising logging on and off the chromebooks and developing their typing skills.

Mrs Williamson, our fantastic music teacher, has helped each Y2 class to create a composition about sounds that we hear in the home, inspired by the piece ‘’No place like it’ by Kerry Andrews.  The children had to think about the steady beat throughout the composition and used texture (layering of sounds) in their class composition.

Thank you to all the parents for their continued support.  We hope everyone has a relaxing and safe holiday!

Thank you to all the Year 2 parents who attended the talk on Friday morning. We hope you found it useful. If you were unable to attend, please click below to see a copy of the presentation.

Welcome to Year 2 presentation for parents - September 2024

If you would like a copy of the handouts which were given in the meeting, please speak with your class teacher.

Dear Year 2 Parents 

Please find attached the year 2 newsletter for the first half of the autumn term. 

Year 2 Autumn 1 2024 Term Newsletter

Thank you and best wishes, Year 2 Team