Welcome to Snowy Owls.
Year 2
Snowy Owls
Welcome to Snowy Owls!
The Spring Term has started with a bang! We have been excited to make our bread and write instructions. We have been learning about The Great Plague in History and all about the United Kingdom in Geography. We have some lovely learning activities planned linked to our topics as well as an educational visit to The National Emergency Services Museum after February half term.
You will recieve a weekly email with more information about the Know 3 Homework. Spellings are activities linked to our phonics and we practice these in class too. Please support your child as much as you can with spellings, homework and reading.
2026 is the National Year of Reading and in Snowy Owls we love reading books together. Our class owl will be sent home to share stories with your child, please snap a picture and email it to me and return the bag, books and fluffy owl so another pupil can do the same.
Please see some important information below:
Homework and spellings
Homework and spellings will be set every Friday and will need to be completed and handed in by the following Thursday. This routine will help the children and encourages independence as they go through year 2. Please encourage your child to establish a consistent homework and spelling routine to reinforce their classroom learning.
P.E.
PE will take place on Mondays. On these days, please ensure your child comes to school in the correct PE kit. It is also important that on these days, they do not wear any jewellery or cover with plasters and shoulder length hair to be tied back.
Reading
Reading is a key part of school life and early reading is the start of a wonderful journey into discovering a whole new world of stories, facts and adventures.
We will be continuing our reading adventure with our very own snowy owl, Fluffy, who will be coming home with your child to share a reading book of their choice with Fluffy, in a place of their choice. All we ask is that you snap a picture of your child reading with the owl and email it to school - look out for a text and the bag coming home very soon!
Remember every Tuesday we change our books as it is Choosy Tuesday.
To support your child in their reading we encourage you to listen to them read as often as you can and make a note in their reading records on how they did.
Reading will be individual at the beginning or end of the term and all other reading will be in a guided group session.
More books for reading can be found here https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks1-school-pupils/suggested-reading-list-year-2-pupils-ks1-age-6-7/
If you have any questions or queries please get in touch via the school office.
Many thanks for your continued support
Mrs Potton
Below are some helpful websites to support your child's learning:
Our author of the term is
Kate Cunningham
Our Artists of the term are
Spring 1 - Julien Opie – “All artists deal with our experience of reality, whether they are reimagining it, or trying to capture it in some specific way.”
Spring 2 - Clarice Cliff – “Having a little fun at my work does not make me any less of an artist.”
Our Scientists of the term are
Spring 1 - William Harvey – “All we know is still infinitely less than all that remains unknown.”
Spring 2 - Jane Colden - “I have the mission to sketch and classify every plant in my family estate.”
Our Sports People of the half term are
Spring 1 - Margot Fonteyn - “Take your work seriously but never yourself.”
Spring 2 - Lucy Bronze - “We want to play our game – the way we want to play it- and win the way we want to win.”
Our Composers of the term are
Spring 1 - Philippe Jaroussky – “Without a minimum of confidence there is no room for communication.”
Spring 2 - Robert Schumann- “To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts, such is the duty of an artist.”
What can you find out about these special people?
Our wonderful learning in pictures
What are we learning this term?
Here are our topics for this term:
English: Our work will be based on Vlad and the Great Fire of London, we will write instructions, a narrative and a diary.
Our author is Kate Cunningham
Maths: We will complete work around shape, fractions, money, time, position and direction as well as addition, subtraction and a focus on counting in 2, 5 and 10.
Computing: We will be focusing on Algorithms followed by Data.
Geography: We will be focusing on Why is our world wonderful?
History: The Plague/The Great Fire of London
Music: We will be focusing on Structure followed by Contrasting dynamics
Our musicians of the term are: Philippe Jaroussky and Robert Schuman
P.E: We will be focusing on REAL Dance Cognitive followed by REAL P.E Creative
Our sports people of the term are: Margot Fonteyn and Lucy Bronze
Science: Animals: life cycles and health followed by Plants: plant growth
Our scientists of the term are: William Harvey, Jane Colden
Design and Technology: Structures: Baby bear followed by Textiles: Pouches
French: We will be learning parts of the body and face followed by Fruit and vegetables. French is taught through song.
R.E: We will focus on Jewish beliefs followed by salvation unit linked to the Easter Story
Art: We will focus on Drawing: telling a story followed by Craft and deisgn: map it out.
Our Artists of the term are Julian Opie and Clarice Cliff
You can find a full overview of the year under the curriculum tab.
The school follows the National Curriculum 2014.
Please ask your child's teacher if you require any information.
