Welcome to Year 2

Autumn Term

Year 2 have been learning about the Victorians this half term. We have really enjoyed learning about Queen Victoria, her husband Prince Albert, her 9 children and the family dog Dash.

In English, we have read ‘The Victorian Adventure’ and ‘The Chimney Sweep’. We found out that children as young as 5 had to go work in the Victorian times. They worked in the mines, up the chimneys and in workhouses.

In History, we have looked at Queen Victoria’s timeline and compared her to Queen Elizabeth. We then researched about ‘The Great Exhibition’. We then studied Florence Nightingale and all the good things she did for nurses and hospitals.

In art, we researched the famous artist William Morris. We found out that he was a famous wallpaper designer. We then designed our own wallpaper, all of the designs were fantastic!  

We have really enjoyed learning about the Victorians and we can’t wait for our Victorian trip in Autumn 2.

Please use the above document to support maths home learning. 

It suggests a maths activity, along with a link to a Youtube information video, for each area of learning. 

Please dojo any photographs of completed home learning, we would LOVE to see how busy you have all been :) 

There is a link to our weekly spellings at the below. 

This document has lots of different fun ways to practise spellings. Lots of these we have already tried in classes, and lots are new! Please try to practise spellings, or the Year 2 'Common Exception Words' daily.