Friday 7^th November 2025

Dear Parents/Carers of Year 2,

RE: Year 2 Curriculum Letter – Autumn 2 ‘Pole to Pole’

Our learning journey topic this term is ‘Pole to Pole’. The children will be learning about the human and physical geography of both polar regions and how it differs from countries on the equator. During the first three weeks of term, we will be looking at alternative traditional tales in the form of Red in the City by Marie Voigt. Later in the term we will be focusing on the book, The Great Explorer.

Reading
We really appreciate your continued support with children’s reading at home. Reading at home with your child every day will enable them to make as much progress as possible before the end of Year 2. Children need to continue to bring their book bags to school every day. If the children are on a fluency book they are expected to hand these in on a Monday but the adults in each class will change your child’s book with their reading band level on Thursdays and send the new books home on Fridays.

PE
Please send your child to school wearing their PE kit on their PE days. School PE kit consists of trainers or plimsoles, plain black or grey shorts/trousers, a white T-shirt and their red school jumper. Please do not send your child into school wearing football shirts or other non-uniform clothing.

PE is on Fridays and every other Monday during PPA;
Monday 10^th November
Monday 24^th November
Monday 8^th December

Home Learning Project:
We would like children to show what they remember from last term’s learning where they looked at different materials and their properties. Our home learning project is to create an object made from any material/materials and discuss with you why they have chosen to use them. Children to bring in their objects from 1^st December onwards.

Messages for Teachers
We want to ensure that any messages you send are received and actioned as quickly as possible. We are happy to have brief chats in the playground at the beginning or end of the day.
However, if you are unable to speak with us directly, please remember the correct channels for communication, especially when reporting pupil absence or sharing concerns/messages for the teaching staff.
To ensure messages aren’t missed, all communication should be sent directly to the school office via the main admin inbox: admin@kelvingrove.lewisham.sch.uk

Parent Events
Year 2 are excited to invite parent and carers in for a Stay and Share morning on Friday 28^th November 2025, from 8:40am to 9:10am. Please look out for more details in a separate letter next week.
We will also send out a separate letter in the coming weeks with dates for our Winter Events.

Thank you in advance for your continued support.

Ms Abey Ms Elboury & Ms Dolerius

Year 2 Team