Welcome to Class Two

Spring Term 2026

Welcome back Class 2 and happy new year! This spring term, we will be investigating about all living things, comparing the UK to Italy and its environment and exploring sculptures.

School will begin as usual at 8.45am and finish at 3.15pm. In Class 2 children enter independently from the main school entrance, hanging their coats and bags in either the boys or girls’ cloakrooms, either side of the classroom.

Please let the office or teaching staff know if someone else will be collecting in the afternoon.

Children in Year 2 continue to benefit from receiving a free piece of fruit/veg for a breaktime snack, but in Year 3 you will be required to bring your own from home: Please make sure that this continue to be in line with our healthy food policy: https://www.applebyprimary.cumbria.sch.uk/school-meals/

Phonics & Reading: We will be continuing to progress your child’s learning through the Little Wandle phonics program throughout Year 2, reinforcing their understanding, and bridging to spelling. Children in Year 3 can also benefit from keep-up sessions if required.

All children will have a reading book which they can take home, and this can be used to help nuture their understanding of reading for pleasure. Progress will be shared through their reading record from school; please try to build this into a daily routine at home as well, letting us know how they did.

Don’t forget that you can also access a huge range of e-books as well through the school’s online library: https://appleyprimary.eplatform.co/

English: This term we will be exploring the theme of ‘happiness in nature’ to aid us entering a young writer’s competition, using the book, The Lost words by Robert MacFarlane to aid us. We will also create recounts of real events, and consider our writing as we edit and improve this.

We will be building up the children’s descriptive abilities, and encouraging them to write independently, always thinking about using capital letters, full stops and finger spaces! We will be also focus on developing the children’s comprehension and inference, alongside increasing their grammatical knowledge and handwriting. We will also have weekly spellings to practice.

Maths: In Maths we will be using the White Rose scheme to develop your child’s confidence in money (Year 2) and introducing/continuing in multiplication and division (Year 2/3), alongside length and height (Year 2) and length and perimeter (Year 3). We will also use ‘fluent in 5’ daily challenges to build their fluency and recall, with ‘rapid reasoning’ mixed in. If you wish to continue practicing at home, we recommend using the 1-minute maths app to help children build their fluency and ability with number. https://whiteroseeducation.com/1-minute-maths We will also be using Times Tables Rock Stars to grow their times-table knowledge. https://ttrockstars.com/

Geography: This term we will be developing knowledge and understanding of Italy’s environment, especially its volcanoes, mountains and earthquakes. We will be using this knowledge to try and find out how these features have impacted on Italy’s settlements and human geography.

Science: In science our theme is on all Living things, and we will be exploring how we classify and group living things, using classification keys to aid us. We will also be exploring different habitats, and finding out how animals are suited to live in these, and how they provide the animals basic needs. We will also be finding out what happens when these environments change, and what impact this has on the plants and wildlife.

Art and Design: Our Art and Design this term will be focusing on developing our skill in sculpture, using literary and films to inspire us. We will then develop our knowledge of textiles, and how these are used as art, developing simple sewing techniques to aid us.

Computing: In computing, we will create animations and sequences using coding to help us, and explore the e-safety themes, looking first at online wellbeing and health, and then online bullying and reputation.  

PE: In Class 2, Children will have PE sessions twice a week, on Tuesdays* and Thursdays*. Children should bring both outdoor and indoor clothing as we will be going outdoors as much as the weather permits. Please make sure all kit has your child’s name in it, so we are able to reunite lost items successfully. Earrings must be removed for PE and your child must be able to do this for themselves. PE kit consists of a white t-shirt and black shorts/leggings with suitable trainers. If your child does not bring their PE kit, they will not be able to participate in the activities.

(*May be subject to change)

French/RE: On Wednesday afternoons, children will be investigating different forms of religious education, and will be learning some basic French focusing on greetings and classroom instructions and colours.

Communication: If you are worried or have any queries, please don’t hesitate to come and speak to Mrs Dickinson or Mrs Jackson, or the office if required. Please keep checking our class pages, especially our reminders page, which will be updated to let you know any important messages.

Our class page is also where you are able to click the ‘contact’ buttons to send a message to Mrs Dickinson or Mrs Jackson.

Inside your reading record book are useful passwords and a QR code which links directly to our class page for easy access.

Please do not hesitate to send us a question if you have any queries.

Looking forward to seeing you all after the winter break!

Mrs Lauren Jackson (Monday) and Mrs Clara Dickinson (Tuesday-Friday)