Starfish Class Autumn 2 Week 1

Date: 7th Nov 2026 @ 8:12am

Year 2 Blog: Welcome Back!

Welcome back after half term! We hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable break. It has been wonderful to see the children return to school with such enthusiasm and excitement for their learning.

In English, we started reading Laika, the Astronaut Dog. To hook the children into the story, they took part in a rescue mission challenge where they had to design and build a space rocket or vehicle to bring Laika safely back to Earth. The children created some amazing designs, which were far better than the teachers' attempts! They then used their creations to help retell the story of Laika's imaginary return to Earth. We also explored the key features of narrative writing and introduced some important vocabulary ready for writing our own versions of the story.

In Maths, we continued our work on subtraction, focusing on subtracting tens and ones using partitioning and exchanging. We used a range of practical resources and pictorial representations to support our understanding. Exchanging tens into ones is a very tricky concept, but the children showed fantastic resilience and determination throughout the week. We are incredibly proud of their efforts and perseverance as they tackled this challenging learning.

In Topic we have been learning about living things and what makes them living. We have explored whether things are alive, no longer living and those that have never lived. The children were fascinated that a wooden bench used to live!

We are looking forward to another exciting week of learning ahead! 😊🚀✈️

Star writer – Joshua O

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