Hello everyone and I hope you all had a lovely Easter break.

The children have settled very quickly into the daily routine, they have worked extremely hard in all their lessons and especially on their handwriting and letter formation.

Please see below an insight of the topics being taught this term.

English – we will start with our take one book ‘The owl who is afraid of the dark’, which the children are already enjoying, followed by poetry and instructions.

Maths – our topics are fractions and time.

Science -our topic is plants.

History - our topic is Florence Nightingale.

RE - we will start with showing care and concern. The children will be involved with discussion on how faith stories guide people and how we live together when we are all different.

D&T - our topic is mechanisms; wheels and axles. The children will create a moving vehicle.

  If you have any small cardboard boxes at home (shoe box or smaller), please could your child bring them into school for their moving vehicle. 

PSHE - our topic is relationships. The children will discuss how to make friends, solve friendship problems and respect each other.

Spellings for Friday are:

Group 1 – by, day, made. time

Group 2 – bottle, muddle, little, tickle, apple, puddle

Group 3 – squirrel, parcel, angel, parallel

Wishing you a great weekend.

From the Year 2 team.

Good afternoon everyone!

We have had a very busy and fun week. The children have written lots of interesting facts to include in their non-chronological report on sharks, which they will write next week.

In maths the children will finish their topic on measuring, capacity and temperature and complete various activities to consolidate their learning.

In geography, the children sketched a map of the KS2 playground and included human and physical features. Next week, the children will investigate local habitats, record their findings, and represent this in a bar chart.

In art, the children finished their topic on Picasso. First, they practised mixing watercolour paints and then re-created a portrait from one of Picasso’s collection.

On Monday morning, we will be watching the KS2 performance of ‘Rock Bottom’.

Reminder

On Wednesday, from 3-4.30pm, it is open afternoon for parents.

On Thursday, we finish at 2pm.

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 – could, house, old, too

Group 2 – badly, loudly, happily, cheerfully, careful, playful

Group 3 – colourful, colourless, powerful, powerless

Have a great weekend.

From the Year 2 team.

Good afternoon to everyone.

The children have all enjoyed science week, having fun carrying out lots of experiments. Please see some photos below.

In English, the children wrote an advert using fun commands to find a friend.

Next week, we are starting our new topic on non-chronological reports, which is centered on sharks. We will be discussing the layout of a report and research sharks using the iPads and a selection of books.

In maths, the children measured various objects around the classroom using a ruler and metre sticks.

Next week, the children will be measuring using grams and kilograms.

On Thursday, it is Maths day and the children will be completing activities on data handling.

In RE, we will be discussing and learning the Easter story.

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 – could, house, old, too

Group 2 – can’t, didn’t, hasn’t, it’s, I’ll, won’t

Group 3 – wasn’t, doesn’t, couldn’t, they’re

Wishing everyone a great weekend.

From the Year 2 team.

 Hello to all! 

Firstly, as I am sure you will all agree, the children did amazing at their assembly today, well done everyone!

The children enjoyed ‘World book day’ and their costumes were fantastic, please see photos below. 

Next week

It is science week and the children will complete various activities and take park in a workshop.

In English, we will continue on our ‘Wanted poster’ based on ‘15 Things not to do with a puppy’.

In maths, we will start our new topic on length and height.

In geography, we will locate some to the world’s most famous places.

 

Spellings for Friday are:

Group 1 – can, are, up, had

Group 2 – fly, flies, cry, cries, baby, babies, reply, replies

Group 3 – story, stories, memory, memories

Have a great weekend,

From the Year 2 team.

Hello everyone!

The children thoroughly enjoyed the Great Fire of London workshop; they looked fantastic in their costumes as you can see below.

Reminder on Friday is our class assembly this will start at 9 o’clock in the hall.

Next week

English - we will continue on our class book ‘15 things not to do with a puppy’ and the children will create a wanted poster for a friend which will include verbs, suffixes and connectives.

Maths -  we will finish our topic on multiplication and division using 2, 5 and 10 and complete our end of topic assessment.

Geography -  we will start our new topic on ‘Life in the city’. We will start with identifying the geographical characteristics of the UK and locate some of the world’s most amazing places.

RE -  we will discuss the celebration of Shabbat.

PSHE -  we will discuss healthy lifestyle choices and learn ideas on how to relax.

Art -  the children will learn about the artist Pablo Picasso.

 

Spellings for Friday are:

Group 1 – now, came, about, got

Group 2 – careful, careless, fearful, fearless, happy, happily, happiness

Group 3 – colour, colourful, colourless, neatest, greatest, oldest.

 

Have a lovely weekend

From the Year 2 team.