Homework will be set on Thursday for completion the following Tuesday.

Mrs Hughes' English group spellings are in the pupil spelling logs from Tuesday (and are included for information in the weekly homework on a Thursday) and will be tested on a Monday morning.

No physical or email homework needs to be returned.

Reading books are issued on a Wednesday to be returned the following Tuesday. The 'Go Read' system is the same as it was in Year 1. Books will only be changed if they are returned on a Tuesday and marked as complete on 'Go Read' (by 8.50am Tue morning). If books aren't returned we assume you want to keep them longer which is fine. If books aren't marked as complete we assume they have not been completed and will be returned to you for completion.

Maths - there will be set tasks on 'Sumdog' from time to time as well as the usual choices. See 'Home learning Hub' page for link.

Do get in touch if you have further questions.

The Year 2 Team

Autumn 2021

8/11/21 Mrs Hughes' spellings

Red - any, many, anyone, could, should, would

Words to log and learn 2A Unit 6 - knot, know, knock, gnash, gnarl, gnaw

16/11/21 - Mrs Hughes' spellings

Red words - find, kind, mind, behind, every, everybody

Words to Log and Learn 2A Unit 7 - rely, petrify, why, July, satisfy, horrify

22/11/21 Mrs Hughes' spellings

Red Words - old, cold, gold, hold, told, people

Words to log and learn 2A Unit 8 suffix ing (1)- nodding, stopping, splitting, prodding, clapping, drumming

30/11/21 Mrs Hughes' Spellings

Red Words - you, your, love, above, Mr, Mrs

Words to Log and Learn - 2 A Unit 9 suffix ing (2) - shining, racing, shuffling, writing, making, rattling

7/12/21 Mrs Hughes' Spellings

Red Words - parents, door, poor, floor, path, bath

Words to Log and Learn - 2A Unit 10 the 'j' sound - jar, adjust, magic, giant, large, bridge

W/B 13 /12/21

No spellings this week.

No Homework this week

Phonics - 'or' sound spelt - or as for / oor as in door / aw as in awful / au as in August

Spring 2022

4/1/22 Mrs Hughes' spellings

Red words - who, what, where, when, why, again

Words to log and learn 2A Unit 11 the 'o' sound spelt 'a' after 'w' and 'qu' - want, wand, wash, was, quarrel, quantity

Mrs Hughes' Spellings 11/1/22

Red Words - grass, pass, class, beautiful, pretty, because

Words to log and learn 2A Unit 12 suffix ed (1) - hugged, clapped, slipped. dropped, spotted, stepped

13/1/22

No homework this week - keep reading and practise spellings.

Mrs Hughes' Spellings 17/1/22

Red Words - great, steak, break, move, prove. improve

2A Unit 13 suffix ed (2) - dried, scurried, multiplied, married, tried, copied

Phonics - the ou/ow sound - house, mouse, round, about / cow, brown, howl, town

Mrs Hughes' Spellings 25/1/22

Red Words - through, bought, thought, Mr, Mrs, above

2A Unit 14 suffix ed (3) - frazzled, cycled, tackled, smiled, phoned, liked

Phonics -ire sound - fire, hire, bonfire, spire, inspire, wire

Mrs Hughes' spellings 1/2/22

Special Focus - contractions

This is not an actual unit so the words are at the back of the spelling logs.

Red Words - eye, watch, want, other, only, does

Words to log and learn - we're, don't, she's, can't, you've, I'll

Phonics - ear - dear, spear, hear, near, gear, year

Mrs Hughes' spellings 7/2/22

2B Unit 1 the r sound spelt wr - write, wrestle, wrong, wren, wrap, wreck

Red Words - over, money, how, now, most, pretty

Phonics - read and spell - ure sound - pure, sure, picture, nature

17/2/22

No homework or regular spellings over half term. We have covered a homophones special focus this week in spellings and grammar.

The children brought home the Year 1 common exception words that still need to be learnt. Please practise as part of weekly homework.They are colour coded for reading and writing. If there is no sheet they are complete.

Mrs Hughes' spellings 1/3/22

Red Words - sure, after, both, busy, buy, climb

Words to Log and Learn 2B unit 2 adding the suffix er / est - faster, braver, quicker, softest, nicest, cutest

Phonics - read and spell set 2 sounds - recap.

9/3/22

Mrs Hughes' Spellings

Red Words - clothes, plant, her, full, even, down

Words to log and learn 2B Unit 3 - suffix er / est (2) - jollier, prettier, tidier, spikiest, luckiest, happiest

Mrs Hughes Spellings 16/3/22

Red Words - wild, worse, wear, sugar, two, water

Words to log and Learn 2B Unit 4  - suffix er / est (3) - double the last consonant then add er/est - bigger, fatter, hotter, maddest, gladdest, slimmest

Phonics - tion - station, nation, tradition, conversation, exploration, congratulation, attention

Mrs Hughes' Spelling 23/3/22

Red Words - bought, beautiful, because, talk, past, Wednesday

Words to log and learn 2B Unit 5 ee sound spelt ey - honey, key, alley, turkey, barley, hockey

Phonics - cious / tious - delicious, vicious, ferocious, precious, scrumptious

Mrs Hughes' Spelling 29/3/22

Red Words - Sunday, does, goes, really, very, thought

Words to log and learn 2B Unit 6 add the suffix ness - darkness, illness, coldness, kindness, weakness, foolishness

Phonics - recap set 2 & set 3

Summer 2022

Mrs Hughes' Spelling 21/4/22

Red Words -Tuesday, all, small, call, tall, talk

Words to log and learn 2B Unit 7 add the suffix ness (change the y to an i then add ness) - happiness, giddiness, droopiness, spiciness, bossiness, ugliness

Phonics - recap set 2 & set 3. Focus - ee sound spelt: ee / e-e / ea - seed, compete, neat

Mrs Hughes' Spelling 25/4/22

Red Words -whole, half, hour, our, house, caught

Words to log and learn 2B Unit 8 words ending in 'le' little, cuddle, apple, bubble, battle, handle 

Phonics - recap set 2 & set 3. Focus - ou / ow - house, now. Zh sound spelt s - vision

Mrs Hughes' Spelling 4/5/22

Red Words -through, Monday, Tuesday. Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Words to log and learn 2B Unit 9 words ending in 'el' jewel, parcel, tinsel, angel, squirrel, snorkel 

Phonics - recap set 2 & set 3. Focus - ou / ow - house, now. ea / ee - speak, teach, week

Mrs Hughes' Spelling 13/5/22

All Year 2 Red Words have been covered now so pupils should be able to spell all of the words at the back of the Spelling Logs (page 38) which are the Year 1 and Year 2 Red Words combined.

Red Words (revisit) - fast, last, two, whole, clothes, worse

Words to log and learn 2B Unit 10 words ending in 'al' - medal. hospital, crystal, tropical, magical, animal 

Phonics - recap set 2 & set 3. (see 'Homework Useful Stuff')

Homework 13/5/22

Maths

Please keep practising telling the time to 5 mins using an analogue clock (with hands).

Check out the NEW Maths Knowledge Organisers on the 'Homework Useful Stuff' page. We are looking at Measures (Length / Capacity / Mass) as well as Position and Direction) over the next 2 weeks.

Mrs Hughes' Spelling 16/5/22

All Year 2 Red Words have been covered now so pupils should be able to spell all of the words at the back of the Spelling Logs (page 38) which are the Year 1 and Year 2 Red Words combined.

Red Words (revisit) - above, people, because, our, hour, half

Words to log and learn 2B Unit 11 adding the suffix 'ful' - beautiful, successful, delightful, plentiful, careful, cheerful

Phonics - recap set 2 & set 3. (see 'Homework Useful Stuff')

Homework 19/5/22

Maths

Please keep practising telling the time to 5 mins using an analogue clock (with hands).

We are revisiting the 4 rules - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 

Check out the Maths Knowledge Organisers for all the facts on the 4 rules on the 'Homework Useful Stuff' page. 

Mrs Hughes' Spelling 24/5/22

All Year 2 Red Words have been covered now so pupils should be able to spell all of the words at the back of the Spelling Logs (page 38) which are the Year 1 and Year 2 Red Words combined.

Red Words (revisit) - plant, down, her, full, Wednesday, even

Words to log and learn 2B Unit 12 adding the suffix 'less' - joyless, endless, harmless, pointless, faultless, painless

Phonics - recap set 2 & set 3. (see 'Homework Useful Stuff')

Mrs Hughes' Spelling 6/6/22

All Year 2 Red Words have been covered now so pupils should be able to spell all of the words at the back of the Spelling Logs (page 38) which are the Year 1 and Year 2 Red Words combined.

Red Words (revisit) - pretty, again, does, would, should, could

Words to log and learn 2B Unit 13 adding the suffix 'ment' - judgement, movement, argument, punishment, payment, employment

Phonics - recap set 2 & set 3. (see 'Homework Useful Stuff')

Mrs Hughes' Spelling 15/6/22

All Year 2 Red Words have been covered now so pupils should be able to spell all of the words at the back of the Spelling Logs (page 38) which are the Year 1 and Year 2 Red Words combined.

Red Words (revisit) - floor, path, many, any, anyone, water

Words to log and learn 2B Unit 14 words ending in 'tion' - multiplication, caption, option, ambition, lotion, nation

Phonics - recap set 2 & set 3. (see 'Homework Useful Stuff') Focus this week - set 3 'sh' sound spelt 'ti' as in 'tion' - action, fraction, section, ...

20/6/22 - Mrs Hughes' spellings

No spellings this week. We are checking Y1 and Y2 common exception words for both reading and writing.

Mrs Hughes' Spelling 28/6/22

All Year 2 Red Words have been covered now so pupils should be able to spell all of the words at the back of the Spelling Logs (page 38) which are the Year 1 and Year 2 Red Words combined.

Red Words (revisit) - very, really, favourite, sure, every, everybody

Words to log and learn 2B Unit 15 adding the suffix 'es' - hobbies, babies, multiplies, bodies, families, cries

Phonics - recap set 2 & set 3. (see 'Homework Useful Stuff') Focus this week - set 3 'sh' sound spelt 'ti' as in 'tion' - action, fraction, section, ...

7/7/22 Homework and Spellings

Spelling

We have now completed all the Year 2 spelling patterns and Red Words (common exception words).

There will be a list of Year 1 (very urgent now) and Year 2 words that the children need to work on coming home to practise over the summer. The 'R' and' W' means 'Read' and 'Write' so the lists show which words your child can / can't read and spell. Any 'Yellow' means those words are targets. 

Homework

It is important for the children to keep reading regularly over the summer holidays so they are ready to go in Year 3. Do enjoy the books you have at home  - maybe visit the library to borrow new exciting titles. Leeds Libraries run summer reading activities which are always good fun and have great books. 

Telling the time is one of the maths areas that still needs lots of practice. Telling the time to quarter hours is Year 2 but to 5 minutes is top Year 2 and makes sure they are really ready for Year 3. 

Any times tables practice would be beneficial: 2 X, 5 X, 10 X and 3 X alongside division complements. Also any mental addition and subtraction with 2 digit numbers would also be beneficial to keep skills sharp.

Tying shoe laces - it would be good for pupils who still can't tie their shoes to practise over the summer so they are all set for KS2. Most pupils don't have laces except for trainers - which can take lots of time out of PE if they need adults to do it for them.

Finally, thanks so much for all the support with spellings and homework over the year. As I've said to the children many times, Year 2 have twice as many spelling units as the rest of the school so we really do work harder than anyone else on spellings! :) It couldn't be done without you. It makes such a difference with all the help we get from you guys! Thank you :)

The Year 2 Team