--- title: "Year 2 - Guided Reading - New Vocabulary" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-05-06-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/Guided_Reading.jpg) 6 May 2026 ![](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/images/97be0f0cfa325b327036f6fbbff25be6.jpg)This week, we began exploring a new text all about **climate**. To prepare for our reading, we went on a vocabulary hunt around the classroom! We spotted new, tricky words and used **Widgit images** as clues to help us work out what they might mean. The children did a brilliant job acting as "vocabulary detectives," using the picture clues to write predictions on their whiteboards. We focused on understanding specific climate types, including **Mediterranean**, **arid**, **tropical**, and **polar**. It was fantastic to see the children using their inference skills to tackle these big words before we started our reading. We are now ready to dive deeper into the text! [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/52a9f5cc-c182-4e47-baf4-242063396097.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-05-05-nursery-and-pre-school-pshe-my-family) Previous ### [Nursery And Pre-School - PSHE - My Family](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-05-05-nursery-and-pre-school-pshe-my-family) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2026-05-06_15_09_59.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-05-07-year-6-history-the-sikh-empire) Next ### [Year 6: History - The Sikh Empire](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-05-07-year-6-history-the-sikh-empire) ### 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/)