--- title: "Year 2 - Guided Reading - New Vocabulary" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-04-22-year-2-guided-reading-new-vocabulary" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 2 - Guided Reading - New Vocabulary ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Year_2_guided_reading_.jpg) 22 April 2026 ![](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/images/06bc0b024c253ab32ac0593411eaef42.jpg)To help us understand the story of the *Pied Piper*, the children moved around the room with six different **vocabulary cards**. Their mission was to match each new word to the correct definition hidden in different spots. At our school, we love **active learning** because it gets everyone moving while we learn tricky new words. It was a brilliant way to build our reading skills and get ready to dive deeper into the story! [Year 2](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-2) [English](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/english) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/ac11f289-9baa-4903-98ad-b046565bf520_(1).jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-04-21-nursery-pre-school-computing-creating-butterflies) Previous ### [Nursery / Pre-School - Computing - Creating Butterflies](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-04-21-nursery-pre-school-computing-creating-butterflies) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/91ed67ed-533a-4ebf-8393-69c9ad9e0182.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-04-27-nursery-pre-school-maths-my-pattern) Next ### [Nursery/Pre-school- Maths- My Pattern ](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-04-27-nursery-pre-school-maths-my-pattern) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)