This is a fun Geography assembly for year 2. It has 2 catchy songs with youtube links and one hymn for if you work in a Catholic or C of E school. It covers continents, oceans and compass directions. There are so many opportunities for fun acting and miming in this script too depending on the ability of your class. Hopefully it saves you some time for planning your own assemblies.

This is a fun Science assembly for year 2. It has 1 catchy song and a fun poem with youtube links and one hymn for if you work in a Catholic or C of E school. It covers, what is a spine, the five vertebrate animals classification, carnivores, herbivores and omnivores, the importance of a balanced diet across the five food groups, and why hygiene is important . There are so many opportunities for fun acting and miming in this script too depending on the ability of your class. Hopefully it saves you some time for planning your own assemblies.

This is a fun History assembly for year 2. It has 1 catchy song and a fun poem. It covers the events during the great fire of london,how it started, why the fire burned, fire fighting methods and how London changed afterwards . There are so many opportunities for fun acting and miming in this script too depending on the ability of your class. Hopefully it saves you some time for planning your own assemblies.

I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers and the children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs. Each session is based on 8 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.

I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers and the children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs. This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 9 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review. This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.

In my last two schools we would focus on a Unicef article of the week and refer to it in our teaching as part of being rights respecting schools. I have created a template of the 42 different rights which pertain to children and this can be printed and added to a noticeboard or display for easy referral. They can also be used in your planning or to help you track which articles you have used in your own planning. I use these each week to inform my planning and for display purposes so my children can see and read which article we are focusing on this week. Further information: https://www.unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-convention-child-rights/ Here is the PDF where I used the phrasings of the UN convention of the rights of the child: https://www.unicef.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/UNCRC_summary-1_1.pdf

I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs. This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 5 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review. This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.

I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers and the children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs. This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 10 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.

I have used this resource with my Year 2 group of Working At/ Expected and Working Above/Greater Depth readers and the children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently. This resource contains planning for the entire book.Each page is based on 9 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has an extension task. This is also a resource which could easily be used with Year 3 as well as a week long end of term reading comprehension.

I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs. This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 5 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.

This powerpoint contains weekly spelling lists which will last the Autumn term for your Year 2 class. These spelling lists progress through the 100 Common Exception Words that your students will need to learn by the end of KS1 and also contain challenges which will benefit and stretch your more academically able students.

have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs. This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 5 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include, a recount of the story lesson and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review. This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.

This powerpoint contains weekly spelling lists which will last the Spring term for your Year 2 class. These spelling lists progress through the 100 Common Exception Words that your students will need to learn by the end of KS1 and also contain challenges which will benefit and stretch your more academically able students.

This resource is one that I use often on my tables to encourage and build vocabulary in the children’s independent writing. This resource contains 8 different word mats which focus on building language and vocabulary skills based on the 5 different senses. It does not just focus on the senses as a whole but also focuses on how we can further describe them, for example separate mats for unpleasant and pleasant smells. These mats are both KS1 and KS2 friendly. They also use visuals to help reinforce which sense is being described.

I currently use this in my KS1 classroom. 5 Reading Corner rules which are a good visual prompt for behaviour management purposes to respect books in their reading corner, library or social area.

I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs. This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 5 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has an extension task. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review. This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.

This resource is very useful when you have a slow start and the children are coming in in random waves. This resource has 20 slides and its enough for a month’s morning starter for a Year 2 class. It has a Phase 5 handwriting focus and a simple maths focus of either place value, counting in 10’s or number bonds.

My students love these slides! These slides are very useful for a slow start and are a way for children to practise their handwriting independently as they begin the school day. I use these as children enter my classroom in dribs and drabs. They copy each letter, word and sentence 3 times before writing their own independent sentences.

This is a resource I use in my own KS1 classroom and is really useful when forming and extending questioning sentences and supporting questioning language used by my students. 7 key question words. Simply print, cut out and display. This resource is ideal for ECT’s needing to decorate a classroom. If you find this resource useful please rate and review. Thank you!

This is a resource I use in my own KS1 classroom and is really useful for reminding the children of which function we are using to day and the key stem language associated with it. 7 key symbols. Simply print, cut out and display. This resource is ideal for ECT’s needing to decorate a classroom. If you find this resource useful please rate and review. Thank you!