Good afternoon to all!

We had a lovely, fun picnic on VE Day! The children especially enjoyed creating their own bunting and learning about the joyful excitement people felt when World War II ended in Europe.

Next week:

• English – We will be writing a narrative based on the children’s own versions of The Dragon Machine.

• Maths – We’ll continue our topic on fractions, focusing on recognising three-quarters and whole numbers.

• Science – We will be discussing life cycles.

• RE – We’ll be exploring faith stories.

Reminder: On Tuesday morning, we have a workshop on Florence Nightingale.

Spellings for next Friday are –

Group 1 – work, worm, word.

Group 2 – worse, worth, words, world, worship, worst, worthless.

Wishing you a great weekend.

From the Year 2 team.

Happy Friday!

The swimming pool is up and running and the children are thoroughly enjoying their swimming lessons with their friends.

The children have all worked extremely hard on all their topics this week, well done everyone!

In English, the children enjoyed listening to our class book ‘The dragon machine’ and created sentences with noun phrases, commas and conjunctions.

Next week, the children will identify verbs, use adverbs along with writing sentences, which will include suffixes –ment and –ness.

In maths, the children have solved numerous fractions using half, quarters, thirds and a whole of an amount and shape.

Next week, we will continue our topic on fractions and discuss the equivalence of a half and two quarters and three-quarters.

Next week

History – to continue to discuss how Florence Nightingale improved the conditions at the Scutari hospital.

Science – the children will plant and observe various seeds and bulbs.

ICT – the children are very much enjoying our topic on digital music, please see below a few photos taken this week.

D&T – to continue to design their moving vehicle. Reminder - Please could your children bring in any small cardboard boxes to use for their vehicle.

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 – fill, till, boil, milk

Group 2 – April, basil, lentil, pupil, fossils, evil

Group 3 – agile, tranquil, gerbil, nostrils

Wishing you a sunny long weekend

From the Year 2 team.

 

 

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 a rough timetable for the next 4 weeks. Your child has been told what group they are in, but please can your child have their swimming things in everyday incase there is a change.

Group 1

28th April, 1st May, 7th May, 14th May, 16th May, 22nd May

Group 2

29th April, 2nd May, 8th May, 14th May, 19th May, 23rd May

Group 3

30th April, 6th May, 9th May, 12th May, 15th May, 21st May

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

English – we have started our new book ‘The Dragon Machine’ by Helen Ward, which the children are already enjoying and will continue for 3 weeks. Our next book to follow on after is ‘Toys in space’ by Mini Gray.

Maths – Fractions and time.

Science - Plants.

Computing - How music makes us feel and the children will create digital music.

History - 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 - 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 - Relationships. The children will discuss how to make friends, solve friendship problems and respect each other.

Spellings for Friday are common exception words

Group 1 – by, this, that, but, the

Group 2 – behind, could, floor, many, parents

Group 3 – busy, climb, people, wild

Wishing you a great weekend.

From the Year 2 team.

 Hope everyone has a fabulous Easter!

The children have worked incredibly hard and deserve a well-earned break.

Happy Easter!

From the Year 2 team.

Hello everyone!

The children had a fun and busy week, they particularly enjoyed the visit from Potters Bar Fire Station, please see photos below.

In English, the children worked hard creating subordinating conjunctions to predict a story along with learning noun phrases and creating a letter with contraction words.

Next week, the children will learn possessive pronouns to include in a diary entry and use words with the prefix un- to write a set of commands.

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

 Throughout the week, the children will complete maths questions independently for the Spring progress assessment check.

During the week, we will be finishing our geography, computing, science topics. The children will explore local habitats, record their observations, and present their findings in a bar chart.

Reminder

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

On Friday, we finish at 1.15pm.

Spellings for Friday are-

Group 1 – at, the, of, can, are

Group 2 – wrap, write, wrong, ring, runcible, wood, what, went.

Have a lovely weekend.

From the Year 2 team.

Happy Friday!

First of all, a huge well done to the children for their fantastic assembly today—I’m sure you’ll all agree they did an amazing job!

In maths, we will be wrapping up our topic on measurement, focusing on capacity and temperature. The children will engage in activities measuring grams and kilograms, as well as comparing volume and capacity using millilitres.

In English, we will begin our new class book, The Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward Lear and Charlotte Voake. The children will work on using subordinating conjunctions to make predictions, create noun phrases for a list, and write a letter incorporating contractions.

For geography, the children will sketch a map of the KS2 playground, identifying both human and physical features. They will also explore local habitats, record their observations, and present their findings in a bar chart.

A reminder that on Monday morning, it is sharing assembly for a few children also later on in the morning we will be watching the KS2 performance.

Spellings for Friday are –

Group 1: of, gold, old, some, with

Group 2: beautiful, break, last, money, pretty, poor, water

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

From the Year 2 team.

Happy Friday everyone!

The children have worked incredibly hard this week—well done to all!

On Monday, we had an exciting planet workshop where the children explored fascinating facts about space. They learned so much and thoroughly enjoyed the experience!

In English, the children rewrote their own version of The Minpins, creating new main characters, settings, and monsters. They also included descriptive sentences using conjunctions and exclamation marks.

Next week, our English lessons will focus on rehearsing for your class assembly, which takes place on Friday.

In maths, the children had fun measuring various objects around the classroom and hall using rulers and metre sticks. Next week, they will be learning to measure using grams and kilograms.

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

Spellings for next Friday are recapping some of the Year 2 common exception words:

Group 1 – any, most, every, only, both

Group 2 – because, could, many, everybody, great, after, pretty, clothes.

Reminder – Year 2 class assembly on Friday at 9 am.

Have a wonderful weekend!

From the Year 2 team 😊