Valley Primary School
Year 2
Welcome to Year 2
Curriculum Information & Website Links
Year 2 Non-statutory Assessment Meeting
How to say the Read Write Inc sounds
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Life Skills Activities
Half Termly Life Skills challenges as part of our drive to develop good future citizens:
Weekly Brain Boosters and Curious Challenges as part of our Feel Good Friday initiative:
Home Learning Activities
- Year 2 Summer 2 KIRF
- Year 2 Summer 2 Topic Home Learning
- Year 2 Summer 2 Spellings
- Year 2 Summer 2 Newsletter
Special Announcements
Year 2 Optional Tests will be administered during May.
Sharing Our Home Learning . . .
Year 2 Photo Gallery
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We went to the Old Lode Lane site for the year 6 express event.
16/08/2024
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We invited the parents in to our 'Women who changed the world' express event.
16/08/2024
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We have been inspired this week by Coco Chanel.
16/08/2024
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We had great fun researching 'Peppered moths' for our non-chronological reports. We used the iPads and non fiction books to find facts.
16/08/2024
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We had a special author event with Sophy Henn, the author of the Happy Hills series of books.
16/08/2024
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In reading skills, we have been reading a story called Rollercoaster. It has taught us to be resilient and brave.
16/08/2024
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In computing, we are using our coding skills to create a sequence using a timer.
16/08/2024
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This half term, we are learning to play Golf for the Tri-golf tournament.
16/08/2024
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Science Day was AWESOME!
16/08/2024
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On World Book day, we found out about the author Joe-Tod Stanton.
16/08/2024
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In PE, we used our balancing and travelling skills on the equipment.
16/08/2024
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In art this half term, we have been making dragon eyes out of clay.
16/08/2024
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We went on a trip to the Black Country Museum.
16/08/2024
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On NSPCC Number Day, we used tape measures and measured each other in centimetres.
16/08/2024
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In Science, we have been finding out about the different food groups and what makes a balanced diet.
16/08/2024
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As part of Mental Health Awareness week, we learnt how to do Tai Chi to help us relax.
16/08/2024
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Our Maths topic this week was money.
16/08/2024
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As part of our engage day for our 'Best of Britain' topic, we looked at toys and schools and how they have changed in living memory.
16/08/2024
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We are creating Dragon eyes this half term, with the work of Marco Martalar as our inspiration.
16/08/2024
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In RE this half term, we have been finding out about the nativity, the meaning behind the story and what it means to Christians.
16/08/2024
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To express our learning from this half term’s topic Indian Spice, we organised pictures depending on whether they were from India or the United Kingdom.
16/08/2024
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In our DT this half term, we have been finding out about Indian dips and how to make them.
16/08/2024
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We have created our own acrostic poems about our Power of Reading book, Rapunzel.
16/08/2024
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We enjoy changing our books at the school library and sharing the books we have chosen with a friend.
16/08/2024
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We have been finding out about the nativity in our RE lessons.
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We have been learning about a healthy, balanced diet in Design and Technology.
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We had great fun on our Engage day for our 'Indian Spice' topic.
16/08/2024
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On Black History Day, we researched Aretha Franklin and her music. We created a fact sheet in the shape of a vinyl record.
16/08/2024
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In Science, we have been learning about the materials that are used to make a wheel, and how this has changed over time.
16/08/2024
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In English, we worked together in groups to publish factfiles with information about the appearance, diet, habitat and life cycle of emperor penguins.
16/08/2024
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In DT, we created Fire Engines with an axel and wheels. We used the saws to cut the axels.
16/08/2024
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In Maths, we have been using reknereks to help practise our number bonds to 10 and 20.
16/08/2024
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We have been practising balancing on one leg at a time.
16/08/2024
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In DT, we made mock ups of wheel and axle mechanisms using paper and art straws to show what the mechanism of our fire engines is going to look like.
16/08/2024
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In Science, we have been finding out about materials and their properties.
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In History, we looked at different sources and what they show us.
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In PSHE, we have been thinking about how we can take responsibility at home and at school.
16/08/2024
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In Music, we have been using glockenspiels to play a song.
16/08/2024
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We had a fantastic day finding out about TimesTables Rock Stars.
16/08/2024
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In Computing, we found out about algirthyms and how to write a set of instructions for the beebots to follow.
16/08/2024
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In Science, we have been learning about the suitability of different materials for a certain object.
16/08/2024
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In English, we created a story map of our story, Man on the moon.
16/08/2024
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For our FIRE! FIRE! Topic Engage Day, we dressed up and travelled back in time to 1666
16/08/2024