Welcome to our Year 2, Owl Class page 

Class Teacher: Miss K Fairbrother 

Support Staff: Mrs D Tebbutt, Miss K Mistry

PE Days: Monday and Thursday 

In Owl Class we work hard on embedding our skills from EYFS and Year 1 and further build upon our foundations before we head into Year 3 and Key Stage 2.

Please click on the link below for all the information on what we are learning about this half-term.

Week Ending 26th September 2025

Maths: Year 2 have been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.  They have been able to spot missing numbers on number tracks and look for patterns when finding multiples.  They have also been counting forwards and backwards in 10s from different numbers such as 68 to understand that only the tens should change and not the ones.

Science: The children investigated whether materials could change shape.  They used wax, which they learnt was a solid, and understood that when it was heated up the particles are no longer tightly packed together, and they move to create a liquid.  They put solid wax in moulds, we heated it, then the wax quickly cooled and had formed its new shape.  

 

Geography: They have been learning about the export of fruit this week, in particular bananas, which is a popular fruit in the UK.  They followed the harvesting of bananas from a plantation in Costa Rica and learnt the steps involved in the cleaning, inspecting, boxing up and shipping to the UK. 

 

DT: The children have started to plan their castle model using paper and tubes to create the drawbridge using a pulley system. Cardboard boxes will still be needed for next week.  Thank you!

Week Ending 19th September 2025

In English in Year 2, they have been learning the text 'How to trap a dragon' using Talk for Writing actions. They then started thinking about their own mythical creature that they could trap, and they wrote about why. They decided what they would use to trap their creature and wrote a list of what they needed.

During their Maths lessons, the children have been using base ten to partition 2-digit numbers in different ways. They have also been finding missing numbers on number lines that have intervals of 10 and 1.

In Science, they considered the question: Are all fabrics waterproof? They tested a range of fabrics to see if they absorbed water, then used wax crayon to make absorbent fabrics waterproof! Sometimes it didn't work, so the children had to make sure their layer of wax was thick!

In Geography this week, Year 2 looked at the export of cheese from a dairy farm from Devon who exported their cheese all the way to Australia! They used maps to plot a route by boat and looked at the continents they would pass to get there.

In DT the Year 2 children have designed castles this week ready to make a castle next week which uses levers or hinges. Any box donations would be appreciated for this, cereal boxes are perfect, thank you!

Week Ending 12th September 2025

In Maths, they have continued their work on place value, with a focus on comparing numbers e.g. 10+5 < 25 and then ordering numbers from smallest to greatest and greatest to smallest.  They can talk about how many tens a number has to help them decide if it is smaller or greater.

In English, after reading Jack and the Beanstalk last week, they have written some of their own settings for the top of the beanstalk.  They drew their setting and thought about what adjectives they could use to describe it.  Then, they wrote descriptive sentences using their senses.

In Geography, the children were exploring the question 'Why are there so many dairy farms in Devon?' They looked at the area of Devon on a map and some pictures of the farming areas.  They were identifying human features and physical features.  They then looked at the differences in temperature, rainfall and sunshine compared the rest of the UK.

 

During our Science lessons  they investigated the question 'Are hard materials absorbent?' and explored hard materials such as wood, metal, plastic and rock.  

 

In DT, they are exploring levers and hinges this week. They made a card which showed an egg hatching, so they used a hinge to open and close the egg.  The children enjoyed deciding what would hatch from their eggs!

Week Ending 5th September 2025

In Maths Year 2 have been learning to understand the value of each digit in 2-digit numbers using base 10 equipment and part whole models. They have been comparing the numbers and deciding which numbers are greater or less. In English they have read the traditional story Jack and the Beanstalk, created story maps to re-tell the story and have begun collecting adjectives to describe the setting of the castle. In Science they tested absorbency of different types of paper to see which were the best for cleaning up spillages. In Geography the children discussed where dairy products come from. They followed a farmer in Wales on a dairy farm who showed the process involved for milking cows, refrigerating the milk, collecting it to take to factories where it is pasteurised and bottled up to go the shops.