Dahl & Milne Class 
Miss Calvert & Miss Phelan
Year 2
2025 2026
Year 2
Take a look at our career aspirations that we shared in our autumn careers survey...
footballer, crime scene investigator, dance teacher, painter, animal rescuer, zookeeper, boxer, basketballer, Amazon worker, hair dresser, ice skater, army, post man, a mammy, shop keeper, goalie, teacher, scientist, astronaut, pizza guy
Useful Info
Please ensure your child brings the following to school every day...
Labelled water bottle containing water.
Their book bag containing their planner and reading book.
Your child may also want to bring in their own snack each day. Please ensure that this is a healthy snack such as fruit or a cereal bar. Reminder: our school is nut free.
Our PE day is a Tuesday. Children must come into school in their kit with suitable footwear. Please ensure your child has jogging bottoms for colder days, as we spend a lot of our time outdoors.
Please sign planners by Monday of each week.
ENRICHING OUR COXHOE CURRICULUM IN YEAR 2
How we enrich our Coxhoe Curriculum and raise aspirations through careers activities, visits visitors and other experiences...
Useful websites, Links and Apps...
Year 2 Curriculum Overview
Read our Autumn Term Guide here...
What we've been up to...
Autumn Term 2025
What we have said about enrichment this term:
Dahl Class: Thoughts on Hoopstarz Day
Summary of what you did: We made a tent with hula hoops, did lots of hula hooping and learnt lots of skills like a 360, slinky, eyes closed, jumping in the air and putting all the skills together
What did you like about the visitor? Jumping in the air while spinning the hoop, making a tent out of hula hoops, when we had to hold two hoops up for our partner to try and crawl under and dancing to the music
What new knowledge have you gained from this visit? You have to put one foot in front of the other and you have to rock your tummy forwards and backwards, two hoops together makes a butterfly and how to hop 3 times with a hula hoop
What will you tell others about the trip? You get to make a tent out of hula hoops!, t was incredible!, It was amazing! and when you had to find a partner to share hula hoops with it was really fun
Which careers/jobs did you see on the visit? People who teach kids how to hula hoop
What skills/qualities would you need to do that career/job? You need to know how to hula hoop, hto be strong and confident and you need to be caring and loving
Milne Class: Thoughts on Hoopstarz Day
Summary of what you did: We learnt to hula hoop and to do tricks with the hoop.
What did you like about the visitor? We learnt how to spin the penny – AT; I liked when we put 2 hoops together to do a trick – OT; I enjoyed jumping in and out of the hoops – ZR; We liked learning new skills so we can do these outside at playtime; I liked how we learnt how to control the hoop – SD and I loved doing a slinky with my eyes closed - FW
What new knowledge have you gained from this visit? We can spin the hoop and do a crisscross with it – CB; We can control the hoop and teach others the new skills; We can balance and be patient and We can have resilience by trying again - FB
What will you tell others about the trip? It was exciting – BH; It was fun – EW and We can teach others how to do different tricks like spinning it around our neck - EI
Which careers/jobs did you see on the visit? Hoop teacher, PE teacher, Circus worker that does tricks, Entertainer and Sports leader
What skills/qualities would you need to do that career/job? You need to be friendly, helpful, have good balance and communication skills.
Spring Term 2026
What we have said about enrichment this term
Summer Term 2026
What we have said about enrichment this term
