Year 2

Welcome to Year 2

Autumn 1 2025

We are all so excited to welcome you back to Heymann in September!

The staff that you will be working with are Miss Henshaw (2T), Ms Dyer (2L) and Mrs Johnston (2P). Other adults that work in Year 2 are Mrs Caines, Miss Darnbrough, Miss Patterson, Mrs Brown and Mrs Littlejones. On a Monday afternoon, you will be taught by either Señora Cameron, Mrs Bielecka or Mrs Maqsood.

PE

Please can children come to school in PE kits on Tuesdays (fundamental movement skills) and Wednesdays (football).

Please ensure that your child’s PE kit is weather appropriate as we will be doing some lessons outside. They can wear their usual PE kit with their Heymann cardigan or jumper. Your child will need a coloured t-shirt to match their house (these have not changed from Year 1).

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This half-term our geography topic is “What is Interesting About Nottinghamshire?”

Our science topic this half term is habitats.

For information on the content of our lessons, please familiarise yourself with our Knowledge Organisers below. These outline the key information that children will need to be able to recall by the end of the unit.

What Is Interesting About Nottinghamshire Knowledge Organiser

Curriculum Toolkits KS1

Knowledge Organiser Living Things And Their Habitats Year 2

Jigsaw – Being Me In My World Knowledge Organiser

Please also make sure that children bring a water bottle and their book bag (with their reading books and reading record) to school every day.

Please view our Curriculum Meeting 2025-2026 videos that share vital information about Year 2 at the bottom of this page. This will include information on homework, assessment and daily routines.

Please see at the bottom of this page our Autumn maths KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts). Key Instant Recall Facts are what underpin much of the mental maths knowledge that children are required to know throughout their learning journey. KIRFs are crucial for ensuring that a child is able to build confidence and fluency in a wide variety of mathematical topics. By being able to reference Key Instant Recall Facts on a regular basis, they’ll also find the national curriculum to be significantly more accessible.

If you have any questions please email us at year2-teachers@heymann.notts.sch.uk

Take care,

Mrs Johnston, Ms Dyer and Miss Henshaw

Weekly Timetable

Here we will update the timetable weekly so you can see what your child will be learning each day. The timetable may alter slightly during the week depending on circumstances.