BEECH CLASS
YEAR 2
MRS OLIVER
2026-27
Autumn Term
Welcome to our class page! Hopefully you will find this page useful. On our class page we have details of our topics for this half term as well as other useful information about Beech Class and websites that we use to help our learning. We love to share what we learn in school every day, so please follow us on our Facebook page to see what we get up to on a daily basis.
Mrs Oliver
What will we be learning about this half term?
English
1st half term - Taking Flight (animation), The Dreamgiver (animation), The Pebble in my pocket by Meredith Hooper.
2nd half term - Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis, The Tiny Crusader (animation).
Maths
Place value, addition and subtraction, shape.
R.E.
1st half term - What is the Good News Christians believe Jesus brings?
2nd half term - What is the Good News Christians believe Jesus brings? (Part 2)
Science
1st half term - Babies and basic needs (Animals including humans)
2nd half term - Changing materials (Everyday materials)
History - 1st half term
Famous Kings and Queens
Geography - 2nd half term
Life in the city
Art - 1st half term
Animal Art
DT - 2nd half term
Structures – Mechanisms (sliders and levers)
P.E.
1st half term - Play (creating games) and locomotion (dodging)
2nd half term - Dance (explorers) and ball skills (hands 1)
See below for PE days
Music
Hands and feet
Ho Ho
PSHE / RSE
1st half term - Being me in my world
2nd half term - Celebrating differences
Computing
1st half term - Creating pictures
2nd half term - Making Music
Key information
Arrival/collection
Our arrival time each morning is 8.45-9.00am and we leave at 3.15pm.
What to bring to school
The children should bring in a water bottle which they will take home each day as well as their packed lunch (if they do not receive a school lunch). They do not need any other equipment such as pencil cases, stationary etc as they will have everything they need at their own desk.
Snacks
Children are allowed to bring a ‘healthy’ snack to school for breaktime. However, this must be either a piece of fruit or breakfast/cereal bar. Thank you for your cooperation.
PE days
Our PE days are:
1st half term - Wednesday and Thursday and Forest School is on Friday
2nd half term - Wednesday and Thursday and Forest School is on Friday
On these days, the children should come into school wearing their PE kit. PE kit consists of: trainers, white PE t-shirt, purple shorts or plain black tracksuit bottoms, purple hoodie or purple school jumper.
When participating in forest school sessions on a Friday afternoon your child must wear their PE kit (no shorts) and sturdy boots.
Homework
Spellings
Spellings will be posted on Class Dojo each week. It would be great if the children completed fun activities at home and we will be learning these spellings in class throughout the week.
www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html
www.ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling
Reading
The children are encouraged to read a variety of texts at home and share a love of reading with parents. Try to read Home Reading Books at least 3x per week. Remember to bring your book back into school each day. There will be an opportunity to change library books every Wednesday. Children are allowed to bring their library book home but it must be returned to school on Wednesday each week. Children who do not bring their book in will not be able to take a new book out until it is returned.
Times tables
Try to practise your times tables 3x per week. Suggested websites and apps to help to practise times tables include:
www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Useful websites
Visit these websites for help in learning times tables:
Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)
Multiplication Tables Check - 2023 - Timestables.co.uk (Times Tables Check)
Visit these websites for some games to practise your English skills:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
Vocab Ninja Mini Games (vocabularyninja.co.uk)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Visit these websites for some games to practise your Maths skills:
Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
