Friday 6^th November 2026

Dear Parents/Carers of Year 2,

RE: Y2 Curriculum Letter, Autumn 2 ‘Moving with the Times’

Our learning journey topic this term is ‘Moving with the Times’, where the children will be learning about how transport in London has changed over the years, and how to use sources and timelines. In science, children will be looking at different materials and exploring the sustainability of different materials. In English, we have two main books that also feature forms of transport. We start with ‘The Naughty Bus’ that goes on a wild adventure and then we will move on to ‘Mrs Armitage on Wheels’.

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. Unfortunately, new books cannot be sent home until the old ones have been returned.

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 for Year 2 will be on every other Monday (starting 9^th November 2026) and every Friday.

Monday 9^th November 2026

Monday 23^rd November 2026

Monday 7^th December 2026

Dates for your diary

A separate letter will be sent out in the next couple of weeks with all dates for festive events later this term.

Other reminders

Finally, as the weather becomes colder, please ensure your child has a warm coat and that all jumpers, hats, scarves and gloves are named.
Children should also bring a filled and labelled water bottle to school each day with their names clearly labelled.

Homework Project:

We would like children to design a polar region habitat box. This will support their previous learning from last term where we looked at the two Poles (Arctic and Antarctic regions) and all the climates in-between.  Also, we compared each pole to an opposite climate such as the tropics. Your child should have a great understanding of the animals that live in these regions and the physical and human features which can be found there. Please bring completed boxes into school during the week beginning Monday 7^th December for children to share.

Thank you in advance for your continued support.

The Year 2 Team

Ms Abey and Ms Elboury