Welcome to Year 2 Dahl Class!

Year 2's day is from 8:45am - 3:15pm and they come through the Key Stage 2 door. 

Year 2 can also attend Maths Club in the school hall from 8:20am.

You can use this page of the website to find out about Year 2's weekly timetable, what we have been learning about during the current term and find out what each week's homework is.

Homework and Reading books should be in school everyday. The Reading books will be checked everyday and the Homework folders will be checked on a Friday. Wednesday will also be PE days so please ensure that your child comes to school with their hair tied up, trainers in their bags and if possible earrings are removed. 

We will also add details, pictures and links to the fun activities we have been taking part in.

We hope the children will have a fantastic year with us in Year 2. 

If you have any questions please do come and see us.

Miss Orpin and Mrs Manwaring.

Check out some of our favourite Maths games to play!

Funky Mummy

Shark Numbers

Hickory Dickory

Coin Calculator

Post a letter 

Hit the button

Archery Doubles

Doggy Division

Check out some of our favourite Phonics games to play!

Alien Escape

Odd and Bob

Word Pairs

Phonics Frog

Yes/No Yeti

Buried Treasure

Dragon's Den

Picnic on Pluto

Term 5

This term in English we are reading:

• "Toby and the Great Fire of London” by Margaret Nash.

Please DO NOT read these books with your children as it will ruin the slow build up and surprise we use in our English lessons. 

If you would like to read a similar book to your child then this term I would recommend:

•  "Vlad and the Great Fire of London” by Kate Cunningham.
• “You wouldn’t want to be in the Great Fire of London” by Jim Pipe.
• “The Baker’s Boy and the Great Fire of London” by Tom Bradman.
• “The Great Fire of London” by Susanna Davidson.
• “The Great Fire of London (Famous People, Great Events)” by Gillian Clements.

Term 4

This term in English we are reading:

• "Jim and the Beanstalk" by Raymond Briggs.
• "Rapunzel" by Bethan Woollvin.

Please DO NOT read these books with your children as it will ruin the slow build up and surprise we use in our English lessons. 

If you would like to read a similar book to your child then this term I would recommend:

•  "Little Red" by Bethan Woollvin
• "Jack and the Baked Beanstalk" by Colin Stimpson
• "Trust Me, Jack's Beanstalk  Stinks!" by Eric Braun
• "Jack and the Jelly Bean Stalk" by Rachael Mortimer
• "Hansel & Gretel" by Bethan Woollvin
• "Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion" by Alex T . Smith
• "Little Red Hood" by Marjolaine Leray
• "How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth" by Michelle Robinson and Kate Hindley
• "How to Babysit a Grandad" by Jean Reagan and Lee Wildish

Term 3

This term in English we are reading:

• "Lila and the Secret of Rain” by David Conway and Jude Daly.
• "One Day, On Our Blue Planet… In the Antarctic" by Ella Bayley.

Please DO NOT read these books with your children as it will ruin the slow build up and surprise we use in our English lessons. If you would like to read a similar book, or a book to aid their learning around our topic, to your child then this term I would recommend:

• "Furaha Means Happy: a book of Swahili Words” by K Wilson-Max.
• “Mama Panya’s Pancakes” by Cairns and R Chamberlin.
• “The Day the Rains Fell” by A Faundez.
• “Handa’s Surpise” and “Handa’s Hen” by E Browne.
• “Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain” by V Ardeena.
• “Mara Serengeti: A Photographer’s Paradise” by J Scott.
• “The Most Important Gift of All” By K Littlewood and D Conway.
• “One Night, Far From Here” by Julia Watuers.
• “We All Went on Safari” by Laurie Krebs.
• “African Animal Tales Collections” by Mwende Hadithi.
• “A is for Africa” by Ifeoma Onyefulu.
• “The First Book of Nature” By Nicola Davies.
• “A Little Guide to Trees” and “A Little Guide to Wild Flowers” By Charlotte Voake.
• “Acorn” by Edward Gibbs.
• “Wild” by Emma Emily Hughes.

Term 2

This term in English we are reading:

• "Man on the Moon (a day in the life of Bob)" by Simon Bartram.
• "Look Up” by Nathan Bryon.

Please DO NOT read these books with your children as it will ruin the slow build up and surprise we use in our English lessons. If you would like to read a similar book, or a book to aid their learning around our topic, to your child then this term I would recommend:

• "Space" by Heather Alexander and Andres Lozano.
• “The Way Back Home” by Oliver Jeffers.
• "Space Kids. An Introduction for Young Explorers" by Andrea De Santis and Steve Parker.
• "The Skies Above My Eyes" by Charlotte Guillain and Yuval Zommer.
• "Professor Astro Cat's Solar System" by Dominic Walliman and Ben Newman.
• "The Story of Stars" by Neal Layton.
• "Look Up!" by Nathan Byron and Dapo Adeola.
• "Astro Girl" by Ken Wilson-Max.
• "Toys in Space" by Mini Grey.
• "Beegu" by Alexis Deacon.
• "Wanda and the Alien" by Sue Hendra.
• "Here Comes the Aliens" by Colin McNaughton.
• "Wonderful Life" by Helen Ward.
• "Dr Xargle's Book of Earthlings" by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.
• "The Earth Book: A World of Exploration and Wonder" by Jonathon Litton and Thomas Hegbrook.
• "Earth from Space" by Michael Bright and Chloe Sarosh.
• "Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth" by Oliver Jeffers.
• "Planetarium: Welcome to the Museum" by Raman Prinja and Chris Wormell.

Term 1

This term in English we are reading:

"The Jolly Postman" by Janet & Allan Ahlberg.

"The Last Wolf" by Mini Grey.

Please DO NOT read these books with your children as it will ruin the slow build up and surprise we use in our English lessons.

 If you would like to read a similar book ,or a book to aid their learning around our topic, to your child then this term I would recommend:

• "Katie Morag Delivers the Mail" by Mairi Hedderwick.
• "Dear Mother Goose" by Michael Rosen.
• "Dear Fairy Godmother" by Michael Rosen.
• "Mixes Up Fairytales" by Hilary Robinson
• "Each Peach Pear Plum" by Janet & Alan Ahlberg.
• "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book?" by Lauren Child.
• "Beware the Storybook Wolves" by Lauren Child.
• "I am so Strong" by Mario Ramos.
• "Goldilocks and Just the One Bear" by Leigh Hodgkinson.
• “My First Nursery Collection” by Tony Ross.
• “Mr Wolf’s Pancakes” by Jan Fearnley.
• “The Way Home for Wolf” by Rachel Bright and Jim Field.
• “Wolf Won’t Bite!” by Emily Gravett.
• “The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig” by Eugene Trivizas and Helen Oxenbury.

You could also read any of these Stories:

• Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Hansel and Gretel
• Cinderella
• Sleeping Beauty
• Jack and the Beanstalk
• East of the Sun
• West of the Moon
• Aladdin
• The Little Mermaid
• Peter Piper
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Three Little Pigs
• Mother Goose
   

Or any of these rhymes:

• Old King Cole
• Incy Wincey Spider
• There was an Old Woman who lived in a Shoe
• Hey Diddle Diddle
• Simple Simon
• There was a Crooked Man
• Little Jack Horner
• Eeny, Meeny, Miny Mo
• Humpty Dumpty
• Jack and Jill
• The Queen of Hearts
• Sing a Song of Sixpence
• Little Miss Muffet
• Pat a Cake
• Baby Bunting
• Three Blind Mice
• Baa Baa Black Sheep