Zebras - Year 2
Hello Zebras
It is lovely to be back in school for the Autumn term. We hope you had a great summer holiday.
Miss Elsdon teaches on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
On Wednesday Mrs Gray will teach in Zebras.
On Wednesday we have PE with Coach Nash and Thursday class PE - so come to school wearing your PE uniform on those days.
We have our music lesson with Mrs Gower on a Tuesday.
Friday is our day for Art. It will be very helpful if your child brings an old t-shirt to school to wear as a painting overall to protect their clothes.
You can contact us using our class email
zebras@stmargaretsipswich.org
Do you know?
Zebras live in Africa. They live in family groups called 'herds'.
I expect you know that zebras are found all over Africa but do you know where Chapman's Zebras come from? They are found in southern Africa. You can spot us in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Botswana. Can you see our homes on the map?
Female zebras are usually pregnant for nearly 13 months - that's over a year! They usually only have one baby at a time. Baby zebras start eating grass when they're only a few days old, but they also enjoy their mum's milk until they're 7-11 months old.
What are we learning about this term?
Here is our curriculum map which has an overview of our learning for Summer term.
Year 2 Autumn Curriculum Overview 2025
We are looking forward to an exciting Spring term and here is an overview of our learning.
Homework
Spellings will go home weekly, they are linked with our phonics.
We will be completing a termly topic based activity, you will receive information in due course.
Reading
Reading is so important. Your child will have 2 reading books, which will be changed every Friday. Please read with your child as much as possible and record in the orange reading diary. Please make sure reading books are at school every day because we also hear the children read in school. Reading is also for pleasure so here is a list of books you can share with your child.
Phonics
In addition to the words following regular spelling patterns that we learn in phonics children also practise words which are trickier to learn and here is a list.
Year 2 common exception words
All children now have a library book. If your child would like to change their book please can they bring it into school on a Monday.
Scroll down the page to find. . .
- Take a look at an online book
- We're all going to the zoo today
- Something For Fun
Take a look
at an online book
We all enjoy looking at and listening to stories, so why not listen to a story online?
You can even become an illustrator of books.
https://www.storylineonline.net/ There are lots of stories for you to listen to
http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob 10:00am Tuesday and Thursday – Draw with Rob
We're all going to the zoo today. . .
Can you spot our own Zebras at Africa Alive?
Enjoy!
Something For Fun
Fun Games on Twinkl Go
Maths is fun!
Useful information to support your child's learning