Year 2 is a very important year in a child’s life and what Year 2 learn in English will set the foundation for Key Stage 2. As Year 2 is the final year in Key Stage 1, this is the year where everything a child has learnt from Nursery up to this year is tested. …
By the end of Year 2, children should know how to read fluently and be able to extract the meaning from what they read, ready for KS2. This will include non-fiction as well as fiction text. They should also be able to write well and neatly on the line with correctly formed letters. In terms …
What do Year 2 learn in Maths Year 2 is the end of Key Stage 1 and what Year 2 learn in Maths, will set the foundation for Key Stage 2. The Maths curriculum has changed in recent years and there is a bigger emphasis on application of skills. This means that children no longer …
In Year 1 and 2, children need to understand suffixes, in particular those ending in -ing. These words change the tense of the sentence, when suffixes are added to the verbs or doing words. Therefore, their use in sentences also changes. For example: when the suffix -ing is added to root words, it shows that …