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Cooking & Gardening

We are proud to offer all pupils the opportunity to take part in cooking sessions during the school day. These sessions take place in the School House kitchen and are led by the class teacher.

Fresh ingredients from our school garden are used wherever possible, helping children learn about food, nutrition, and sustainability.

To support this programme, we ask for a voluntary annual contribution of £13.00, which covers the cost of additional ingredients for the full school year (September 2025 – July 2026).

• To contribute, please log into your MCAS account
• The fee can be found in the Clubs section and added to your basket.

Your support helps us continue offering this valuable hands-on learning experience. Thank you!

Healthy Snacks

To help keep energy levels up and minds focused, we encourage pupils to bring a healthy snack for break time.

Great options include:

• Fresh fruit or vegetables
• Plain rice cakes or crackers
• A small pot of dried fruit
• Cheese cubes or yoghurt (in a cool pack)

Please do not send sweets, chocolate, crisps, and fizzy drinks. Let’s work together to support healthy habits and happy learning!

Thank you and Happy Holidays

Thank you for your support throughout this term. The Year 2 team has thoroughly enjoyed teaching this wonderful year group. If you are celebrating, we wish you a very Merry Christmas. Have a restful break and stay safe. We look forward to seeing you all in 2026!

Reading and/or talking about their reading to an adult for at least 20 minutes, 5 times a week. Complete your child’s reading record each time they read. Remember it doesn’t always have to be their school book. Reading records and reading books should be sent into school daily.

Please use these to practise spelling patterns and other words that are recorded. Some words are called red words because they are common exception words (Y2 list) that also need to be learned in Year 2 and our phonics skills can't always be applied to these words.  Orange words are words connected to our learning in school.  The spelling words will also be recorded here.

Wc 17th November the suffix 'ing' part 1 

knotting, clapping, beginning, drumming, running, skipping

Red Words: hold, every, everybody

Orange Words: clothes, people, parents

Wc 24th November - the suffix 'ing' part 2 

baking, shining, making, devastating, phoning, smiling 

Red Words: even, money busy 

Orange Words: material, rigid, stretchy

Wc 1st December - the 'j' sound

join, large, badge, adjust,  energy, bridge, 

Red Words: could, would, should

Orange Words: picture, final, colour 

Wc 8th December - Review and Consolidation

We will review and consolidate units 6 - 10. These spellings can be found in the spelling log books. There will be an assessment on Friday instead of dictation. 

Wc 15th December - the 'o' sound spelt as 'a' 

was, watch, want, squash, quantity, quality

Red Words: whole, again, sure

Orange Words: candle, orange, wrap

Wc 6th January - Review of Red Words

We will review and assess the red words covered so far this year.

The words are: door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, child, children, wild, climb, most, only, both, old, cold, gold, hold, told, every, everybody, even, great, pretty, beautiful, after, eye, could, should, would, who, whole, clothes, busy, people, water, again, money, parents. 

The Clockwork Dragon 

Jonathon Emmett 

IBSN: 978-0192738011

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

Roald Dahl 

IBSN: 978-0241558508