Welcome to Year 2 

Class Teacher: Miss Dyson 

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Gibson

Welcome to Year 2, I hope you have all had a lovely summer and you are excited as I am to begin our new academic school year! I hope this new school year will be fun of excitement, embracing new opportunities and acquiring lots of learning. 

I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, especially my two young boys, enjoying walks, travelling and making super dinosaur dens! 

This is our class page which will be updated regularly showcasing all of our brilliant learning, remember to keep checking this page for updates. 

As always, we will be focusing on our School Intents:

Who can demonstrate resilience? 

Who will embrace new experiences? 

Who can build on prior learning? 

Who can be creative? 

Let us enquire together working both independently and collaboratively!

Please come and see me or contact the school office and I will be more than happy to help you in any way that I can, 

Many thanks and God Bless 

Miss Dyson

Dear Lord, 

Watch over our children as they begin their new school year. Bless them all with joy at seeing friends, excitement at new experiences, and a love of learning. 

Guide and protect all who learn, replacing fear with joy, anxiety with peace, and tiredness with energy. 

Give wisdom, patience, and joy to teachers as they support their students. 

In Jesus' name we pray, 

Amen

Reminders

• School starts at 9:00am, with the school gates opening at 8:35am (allowing extra time for all the children to make their way onto the school playground).
• Please ensure the office staff have your up to date contact details.
• Please ring the office if your child will be absent. 
• Breakfast club starts at 8:00am and the gates will be closed at 8:15am.

If you have any questions or concerns, please see Miss Dyson, who is more than happy to answer any queries regarding your child's progress or general well-being. Feel free to approach me after school or contact the office to arrange a meeting.

Reading books

Reading is at the heart of all our learning at Holy Family. To support this at home, please could all children ensure that they read their school reading book every night and that their reading record is signed by an adult. Children need a reading book in school each day. Books are closely matched to their reading ability and will be changed as they improve and can answer comprehension questions about the text.

Homework

All children will be given weekly English and/or maths homework along with weekly spellings to be tested each Friday. All written homework must be presented to the highest standard. Homework is to be completed and returned to school on Mondays.

PE 

PE days are Wednesdays and Fridays - please make sure you bring the correct kit (white top, dark shorts and indoor shoes in the Winter term). Please make sure any earrings can be removed or are not worn on PE days. I recommend that children bring their P.E kits to school on Monday, leave it at school and take it home on a Friday to be washed.

Uniform

We pride ourselves on the appearance of our children. Please help us to maintain this by ensuring all children attend in the correct uniform, including school shoes. 

In Year 2, children enjoyed exploring games which would have been played in the 1940's. It was surprising to see that many of these games are still around now. 

Year 2 hosted the first celebration of Holy Week, retelling the story of Palm Sunday through drama and a hymn. Thank you to all Year 2 parents who attended. 

Year 2 enjoyed hosting their fundraising event, 'Sip, snack and win', hosting a tombola and selling drinks and sweet treats. The fundraiser was held to raise money to help with reducing the cost of their school trip to Yorkshire Wildlife Park. A huge thank you to all families for donating gifts for our tombola and for attending the event, thank you! 

To celebrate Science week, Year 2 enjoyed showcasing some of their Science learning. Parents visited and took part in some science experiments with their children. Children created a wormery with real worms and also created a bug hotel! Well done! 

Year 2 marked the beginning of Lent by planning and delivering a class celebration of the word. Children received their ashes and we reflected on the beginning of Lent and what that means to us. Year 2 also made their own Lenten promises and hung them on the Jesse tree. 

Year 2 enjoyed celebrating world book day 2025. We read the story 'Goldilocks and the three bears', children then created shoe box settings and wrote a descriptive piece of writing. 

Year 2 enjoyed learning all about Orchestral instruments. They selected from a range of instruments to pair with a script they devised to retell the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, well done Year 2!

Year 2 were lucky enough to receive a special visitor... Ed Miliband! On his visit to school to speak to the school council, he was given a tour of the school where he spoke to the children and answered questions in each class. Year 2 sang the seven continents song to Ed and discussed their learning. 

In this lesson, children used their scripted storyboards and 'scratchjr' app to create their animations. 

Children have been learning all about God's promise and reflecting on the special season of Advent. 

Children in Year 2, have designed and created a range of structures. They focused on the design brief and selected from a range of materials, working collaboratively. They then tested and critiqued their designs. 

Year 2 took part in a webinar with Kersti Worsley a famous author of 'Maths through stories'. Emme also asked a question and went live, 'Did you like writing stories when you were my age?' 

During one of our immerse lessons for our new genre; recount: journalistic writing children explored a range of texts. They listened to news reports, observing how facts were reported. They then role played being reporters, organised a range of statements and looked at fiction and non-fiction texts in our reading room. 

Children used a range of instruments to create short sounds with varied dynamics that represent an animal.

Year 2 had some a very special visitor, talking about the importance of dental hygiene. We discussed the importance of brushing our teeth correctly and for two minutes, making sure we brush our molars at the back. Year 2 were very excited to receive their very own toothbrush and toothpaste to practice with at home. 

RE Branch 1: Creation and Covenant 

Year 2 enjoyed presenting their class assembly, focusing on the theme of harvest. They were brilliant at remembering their lines and spreading the important messages of thankfulness and the important job our farmers do for us.

As a class we gathered together to reflect on Branch 1. We said the rosary together and also sang Hail Mary, children then shared knowledge and learning. 

Year 2 are enjoying their current unit in PE; invasion. During this lesson they explored and applied different tactics for attacking and defending. 

Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed the TT Rockstar day, we enjoyed using the ipads to access TT Rockstars and a whole day of maths learning and investigations....marvellous mathematicians Year 2!

In this lesson the children reflected on God's creation, our world. They then discovered the work of Andy Goldsworthy, he uses natural materials to celebrate parts of the world. Each child wrote a prayer of thanks and we then used natural materials in our school environment and created some beautiful pieces of art work. 

In this lesson, Year 2 used drama to understand why King John was known as 'Bad King John'. We re-enacted a battle, increased tax money and created our own list of promises for a class 'Magna Carta'. 

Children were fully immersed in our current topic 'Kings and Queens' when we celebrated a class coronation, this links to our literacy learning journey too as we are currently reading 'Prince Cinders'. 

A huge well done to Emme, she completed the reading challenge over the summer holidays. Emme read lots of books during summer and was awarded a certificate and lots of stickers.