Welcome to Swallows 2

Teachers: Mrs Fielden and Mrs Horner

Teaching Assistant: Miss Hayhurst

Welcome to Swallows 2!

Hope you have all had an amazing summer and are ready to begin your time in Year 2.  We are all so excited to meet you and watch you grow and learn this year.

Autumn Term 1 2025

Our history-led topic this half-term is 'Burnley Back in Time'.  We will be learning all about Towneley Hall, Victorian schools and the toys Victorian children played with.  We will make comparisons to modern-day school life and toys today.  In Art, we will learn all about observational drawings.  We will study the artwork of the Boyle Family and study Lowry's industrial work. 
In English, we will be writing an animal adventure story based around the story 'Way Home for Wolf' by Rachel Bright.

 In Maths, we will be developing our place value and number skills.

Our Class Novel is 'Meerkat Mail' by Emily Gravett.

P.E. Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.

Please make sure that your child has the correct kit in school.

How you can help... listen to your child read every day, talk about the text and any new words you find! Log in to Oxford Owl and help your child find their ebook. If your child is in the guided reading group, they should change their book at least once per week. Please sign their reading record book. For maths, practise counting forwards and backwards in steps of 2, 5, 10 from zero.

Forest School:
Forest school will be held on Thursday afternoons. Children attending Forest School should come to school wearing old clothes on Thursdays.

Weekly Timetable AUTUMN 1  2025