Thornton Hough Primary School

Welcome to Year Two!

Summer Term Headlines

• Reading books and red reading records are to be in school every day please.
• PE kits are to be in school every day. Our PE lessons this term are on Monday and Thursday, however these may change on occasions.
• Water bottles will be sent home every Friday.
• Coat/raincoat to be brought into school everyday. 
• Sun tan lotion to be applied before school while the weather is still warm please, and a sun hat to stay in school if possible.

For more information about what the children will be learning about in the different subjects over the Summer Term please click on the document below:

Important dates

Mon 6th May              May Day Bank Holiday 

Thurs 23rd May           Year 2 Class Assembly

Fri 24th May               Break up for Half Term 

               HALF TERM

Mon 3rd June                 Staff development day (Children not in)

Tues 4th June                 Children return to school 

w/c Mon 24th June       Diversity Week

Tues 25th June              KS1 Sports Day (1.30pm Village Green for parents to watch) reserve day 2/7/24

Wed 26th June              Class Photos

Fri 5th July                  PTA Summer Event at Brimstage Maze

Fri 12th July                Reports to parents 

Thurs 18th July           Musical Evening in School 6:30pm 

Tues 23rd July             Final Day of School Year  

Daily Essentials:

Maths 

• Practise counting in 2,3,5,and 10's forwards and backward from 0  
• number bonds to 10, 20 and 100
• halving and doubling 

Suggested website to practise times tables, counting, number bonds halves and doubles:  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Spellings

• This website has interactive games that are specific to Year 2 spelling:  https://spellingframe.co.uk/ 
• Year Two Common Exception words are also freely available on this link: https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2019/08/29/13/50/37/10bf76a2-c1dd-42e6-88af-0686acd91609/CommonExceptionWords_Y2.p

Reading   

• Please continue to listen to your child reading a range of texts. (fiction, non-fiction and poetry)  
• A Year 2 book list is can be found on this website: https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-2

World Book Day 2024

Year 2 enjoyed spending the day dressed as their favourite book character!