Happy New Year everyone!

The children have settled extremely well back into the daily routine. 

They have enjoyed learning the story of ‘The bear under the stairs’ which we will continue next week. The children wrote about a real life experience of something that scared them.

In maths, the children have enjoyed learning money, solving calculations using different coins and notes.

Please see below the lessons for next week and an insight of the topics we will cover in this term.

English - our book is ‘The bear under the stairs’ by Helen Cooper. The children next week, will write a letter in role as a character and create a reply. We will also be looking at the different graphemes for the grapheme ‘air’.

Maths - the topic is on money. Next week, they will be counting, comparing and calculating sums using notes and coins.

Science - our topic is animals, including humans. The children will discuss and observe that animals, including humans have offspring, which grow into adults, by describing the changes to animals as they grow.

History - the topic is on the Great Fire of London. We will start the topic by introducing where, when and how the Great Fire of London started.

Art - the topic is painting and mixed media. The children will develop their knowledge of colour mixing, use paint to explore texture and pattern and compose a collage.

ICT – our topic is robot algorithms. The children will give instructions and then explain what happens when we change the order of instructions and they will design and test their algorithm.

PSHE - the topic is Dreams and Goals, encouraging the children to stay motivated when doing something challenging. The children will identify their successes and know how this makes them feel proud.

RE - the children will be learning different ways of giving thanks to God. They will discuss where they like to go that is special to you. The children will discuss and draw their special place. Within the term, we hope to be able to visit Little Heath Christ Church.

On Thursday, we will have our workshop on our history topic The Great Fire of London. We do require parent helpers please either for the morning, afternoon or all day to support us with the activities. Please let me know if you available. Please see previous blog for ideas of clothing if your child would like to dress in period style clothing.

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 – to, two, one, won, see, sea.

Group 2 – knock, know, knee, knitting, knife, gnat, gnaw, gnash, gnome.

Have a great weekend.

From the Year 2 team.

 Hello to all,

Please see below: 

Reminder: The Great Fire of London workshop will take place on Tuesday, 15th February. We kindly ask that the children come dressed in period-style clothing. Here are some suggestions:

Boys: A plain t-shirt (with or without a collar), a belt or cord tied around the waist, a plain waistcoat (if available), and a flat cap (if you have one). School trousers should be tucked into their socks.

Girls: A plain white collared shirt, a long plain skirt or dress in black, brown, or dark blue, and a plain waistcoat (if available). An apron or a white pillowcase can be used, and a piece of white fabric tied around the head to cover the hair.

Please let me know if you are available to help either during the morning or afternoon sessions or both to help support the children at the work stations.

Thank you

Mrs Beadle

Happy Christmas everyone!!

Thank you everyone for your very generous gifts, it was extremely kind of you.

We have had an extremely busy week, full of fun activities and especially the children's performance of Bethlehem’s Buzzin it was absolutely amazing. They all thoroughly enjoyed singing the songs, well done everyone!

Please see below pictures taken from the weeks jollities.

We wish you all a fantastic Christmas and we look forward to seeing the children back

on Tuesday 6th January.

Thank you very much again for our gifts.

From the Year 2 team

Happy Friday! 

We have had a very busy week and a fun packed day today. The children enjoyed their Christmas dinner followed by a movie with the whole school. Please see photos taken below-

Next week

Monday morning is sharing assembly and in the afternoon, the children will perform their Christmas performance to the school. 

Tuesday morning is our Christmas performance to the parents on ‘Bethlehem’s Buzzin’.

In the afternoon, it is our KS1 Christmas party. Children can bring in party clothes to change into after lunch.

Wednesday, the children will be performing their Christmas show on ‘Bethlehem’s Buzzin’ in the afternoon and after the show it is open afternoon to come into class and look at your child’s work books.

Thursday the children will complete Christmas activities along with a Christmas maths challenge working in small groups.

Friday – reminder we finish at 1.15pm.

Wishing you a fun weekend

From the Year 2 team.

 

Good afternoon, everyone!

The children had a wonderful week! They thoroughly enjoyed designing and making their own hand puppets. They pushed themselves, showed great determination and even completed the sewing on their own—fantastic effort!

The children also worked very hard on their recounts of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, successfully using expanded noun phrases in their writing. Well done, Year 2!

Learning Next Week

English – The children will plan a sequence of events for their own version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Maths – We will revisit and consolidate the key topics covered throughout the Autumn term.

Geography – We will explore local weather patterns and discuss whether we would prefer to live in a hot or cold climate.

RE – We will continue thinking about the question “Why does Christmas matter to Christians?” and sequence the Christmas story.

We will also continue rehearsing for our performance of Bethlehem’s Buzzin’ throughout the week.

Reminder

Friday will be Christmas dinner day and Christmas jumper day. In the afternoon, the children will enjoy a movie.

Spellings for next Friday

Group 1: they, one, who, was
Group 2: flies, tries, replies, copies, babies, carries, cries, dries, marries, families

Wishing you all a lovely weekend!
The Year 2 Team

Good afternoon,

The children have been practising their songs for their Christmas performance at the end of each day and are doing wonderfully.

In English, the children have been enjoying the story of Goldilocks. Our classroom porridge keeps disappearing and different items are being moved, which has added lots of excitement! This has helped the children develop their use of adjectives and deepen their understanding of Goldilocks’ character as they create their wanted posters.

Next Week’s Learning

English – The children will write their own story using a range of sentence openers, explore events from different points of view, and compare two versions of the same story.

Maths – The children will complete assessments on the topics taught during Year 2.

Geography – We will continue learning about life in a hot place, exploring local weather conditions and identifying the features of hot and cold climates.

Throughout the week, we will also be practising our performance of Bethlehem’s Buzzin’.

Spellings for next Friday are:

 Group 1 – so, with, and, be

 Group 2 – cry, fly, dry, try, reply, sly, shy, terrify, sky, multiply

Have a wonderful long weekend!

From the Year 2 Team

 

Wow, it’s Friday again!

We have had a busy and enjoyable week rehearsing for our Christmas performance, and the children have been practising their lines and songs during their English lessons.

In maths, the children learnt the properties of 3-D shapes and lines of symmetry. They enjoyed searching for 2-D and 3-D shapes around the classroom and describing their properties.

Next week, we will continue exploring 2-D and 3-D shapes, focusing on their edges and vertices and creating repeating patterns.

The children also challenged themselves by independently learning a range of sewing techniques to use when creating their puppets. Please see the photos below.

Next Week’s Learning

English – Comparing three different versions of Goldilocks, identifying adjectives to describe her character, creating a wanted poster and sequencing the original story.

Science – Investigating how to make paper waterproof.

Geography – Learning about life in a hot place, exploring local weather conditions and identifying features of hot and cold climates.

PSHE – Understanding that our differences make each of us special and unique.

D&T – Designing a glove puppet.

Computing – Digital photography

 Spellings for next Friday are:

 Group 1 – of, but, this, went, to.

 Group 2 – pencil, fossil, nostril, pupil, metal, pedal, capital, hospital, animal, oval.

Have a wonderful weekend.

From the Year 2 Team