Thornton Hough Primary School

Welcome to Year 2

Summer Term Headlines

Our topics for the Spring Term are 'Kings and Queens of the U.K' and 'Food and Farms'. 

• Red reading records and books are to be in school everyday. Books will be changed on a Monday.
• Waterbottles and coats to be in everyday. 
• Our PE days are on a Tuesday and Thursday but PE kits are needed in school every day. 

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

• Monday 1st May -May Day Bank Holiday
• Fri 5th May Coronation Celebration – Royal Heir Day in school
• Mon 8th May- Coronation Bank Holiday
• w/b 15th May and 22nd May Year 2 SATs tests
• Friday 26th May- Break up for Half Term 
• Monday 5th June- Inset day
• Wednesday 21st June - Class photographs
• Wed 28th June Year 1 and 2 trip to Claremont Farm
• Monday 26th June- KS 1 Sports Day (1.30pm -Village Green for parents to watch ) reserve day 3/7/23
• Fri 7th July Year 2 Class Assembly
• Fri 7th July- Reports to Parents
• Fri 7th July- PTA Summer Event at Brimstage 

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