Year 2 Writing Journey
Throughout the year, pupils strengthen foundational knowledge and develop greater control of the writing process.
FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
- Use a growing range of suffixes, conjunctions and sentence forms.
- Use present and past tense with increasing consistency.
- Use full stops, capital letters, question marks, exclamation marks, commas in lists and taught apostrophes.
EXECUTIVE SKILLS
- Plan or say aloud what will be written.
- Make simple additions, revisions and corrections.
- Proofread spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Set 1 books for 2026-2027
| Half term | Book title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn 1 | Troll Swap | Leigh Hodgkinson |
| Autumn 2 | The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark; Owl Babies | Jill Tomlinson; Martin Waddell |
| Spring 1 | The Dragon Machine; The Dragonsitter | Helen Ward; Josh Lacey |
| Spring 2 | Major Glad, Major Dizzy; Naughty Amelia Jane | Jan Oke; Enid Blyton |
| Summer 1 | The Last Wolf | Mini Grey |
| Summer 2 | Grandad’s Secret Giant | David Litchfield |
Journey through 2026-2027
AUTUMN
Establish and revisit
- Secure sentence boundaries, handwriting and high-frequency spelling.
- Plan ideas and vocabulary sentence by sentence.
- Write linked sentences about familiar events or texts.
SPRING
Develop and connect
- Use coordination and subordination to connect ideas.
- Use expanded noun phrases and different sentence forms.
- Reread and revise with a teacher or partner.
SUMMER
Apply and become independent
- Sustain a purposeful piece with ideas in a logical order.
- Use tense and punctuation consistently across the piece.
- Proofread and make increasingly independent corrections.
What families may notice
Across the year, writing should become more accurate, sustained and independent. Children should increasingly be able to explain what they are learning, talk through ideas before writing, use taught knowledge in new contexts and improve their work after rereading.
How families can help
Talk through the order of ideas before writing and ask your child to find one sentence to improve and one spelling or punctuation point to check.
Year 2 Writing Journey
