Year 2 Newsletter – Friday 21st November 2025

November 21, 2025

English

Next week we will be writing the Nativity story. We are going to be using time connectives to sequence the main events and will use adjectives to describe the settings and characters. We will think carefully about using punctuation such as full stops, commas and exclamation marks. With a friend, we will share our stories and will practise acting out key scenes.

Reminders

Year 2 Christmas Performances

Tuesday 9th December at 2:15pm

Wednesday 10th December at 9:15am

Thursday 11th December at 2:15pm

If you have not yet ordered your tickets, please email howbridgeyear2@howbridge-inf.essex.sch.uk stating your child’s name, your preferred date and whether you would like 1 or 2 tickets.

 

Nativity Costume Deadline:

Wednesday 3rd December 2025

If you need help with any aspect of your child’s costume please do not hesitate to speak to us and we will be more than happy to help.

Maths

Next week we will continue our work on Shape. We will continue to explore the edges, faces and vertices of 2D and 3D shapes and will compare shapes according to their properties. We will then learn about lines of symmetry and will explore these on different 2D shapes.

Topic

Next week we will be learning about meteorologist Edith Farkas. We will write sentences to explain why she was famous and what she achieved. In Geography we will be comparing The UK and Russia by thinking about the human and physical features in both localities. We will use photographs and books to make comparisons. We will also be continuing to practise our performance of The Big Little Nativity!

MiniMe Mindfulness
This week in our MiniMe Mindfulness session with Abbey, we learnt about how to shift our energy to change our emotional state. We learnt about self awareness and used music, dancing, laughing and chatting to help us shift our energy.
Homework

The children will be bringing home their own maths time table challenge books. Each week we will state which ‘workouts’ and pages we would like the children to complete. Please stick to these pages and do not rush ahead. 

This week, please complete Workout 10 on pages 20 and 21. 

Books are to be handed in on a Wednesday, ready to be marked and will be sent back out on a Friday.

Top Players

Max Cooper, Ronan Healy, Oliver Hardwicke, Isla Millar, Jasmine Coates, Sky-Rose Hine

Top Dancers 
Louie Van Holland, Penny Marsh, Phoebe Warren
Children’s Health Project
Kiko Trzerbski, Skye Mahoney, Bonnie Carter