Hello, we made it - half term is here!

It was great to speak to so many of you at parent consultations on Monday.
The children have settled extremely well into the routine and expectations of Year 2, I'm sure like me, you are very proud of their progress.

This week the children enjoyed the story of 'Anancy and Mr Dry Bone and learning about Mary Seacole. 

In maths, they challenged themselves and completed problem solving sums by answering in different representations.

Please see below an outline of the topics we will be covering next term.

English - We will be discussing the difference between instruction and explanation. The children will be writing their own explanations.

Maths - We will be adding and subtracting 2 and 3 one digit numbers along with measuring using different scales.

Science - We will start our topic on uses of everyday materials.

Geography - We will start our topic on 'Life in a city' and start with exploring major capital cities around the world.

PSHE - We will be start the topic on 'Celebrating differences'.

RE - We will be learning about the festivals of Diwali, Hanukkah and Christmas.

D&T - We will be starting our topic on creating 'Hand Puppets'.

Please remember to bring back full P.E  kits.

Home learning

Following on the topic of puppets next term. I would like the children to create a small moving puppet of their choice. We have looked at lots of different ideas. The children will discuss their character and materials they have used to the class.

Date for the puppets to be in by is Monday 7^th December.

 Please could your children also complete at least 1hour over half term on mathseeds or mathletics and reading eggs.

 Wishing you all a restful, fun half-term.

From the Year 2 team.

Good afternoon to all.

This week the children have worked very hard creating their own traditional tales which they are very proud of and enjoyed sharing with the class.

In maths, the children completed numerous sums regrouping to tens with addition and subtraction using the tens frames and coins.

Next week

English- the children will learn about the story of ‘Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone’ they will be involved in lots of discussion and will create a list of the characters including adjectives.

Maths- the children will be regrouping 2-digit numbers using different representations.

History – the children will be learning about Mary Seacole and will write some interesting facts.

RE- we will discuss why water, light and tree are an important symbol in the Hindu religion.

Science- the children will draw and label the parts of a tree and research different types of trees.

PSHE – the children will create a class charter.

Art – the children will draw Mary Seacole using their shading skills.

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 – that, with, all, we.

Group 2 – can, nail, neck, find, into, another.

Group 3 – gnome, many, own, know.

Please could the children also complete at least 20 minutes of mathseeds or mathletics.

I am looking forward to the telephone Parent-teacher consultations on Monday the 19th of October. If you haven't booked your slot yet, please remember to book one. If you are unable to talk to me on the day, please email me so we can arrange an alternative date.

Enjoy the weekend!

From theYear 2 team.

 Good afternoon, we have had another week with some fantastic learning.

 In English, the children used their imagination and planned their story including adjectives, apostrophes, exclamation and question marks.

In maths, the children carried out numerous activities learning to regroup to 10 addition and subtraction. They particularly enjoyed solving their sums with the tens frame and counters.

 In science, the children learnt the functions of a plant and created a detailed labelled flower along with a brief explanation of each part.

 Next week

English – the children will write their own traditional tale ensuring they have included a variety of punctuation and a repeated phrase.

 Maths - the children will generate their own 2-digit and 3-digit numbers, identifying place value using base 10 and coins.

 Science – the children will collect a variety of leaves from the school field which we will discuss and classify.

 History – we will role play what teaching was like in the past and create a timeline.

 RE – the children will continue learning about Judaism symbols.

 PSHE – we will be discussing rewards which will include always being proud of your work.

 ICT – the children will practise mathseeds and mathletics using the iPads.

 Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 – for, at, his, but

Group 2 – climb, cane, kite, chick, choose, chalk.

Group 3 – Christmas, queue, ache, question.

Have a great weekend,

From the Year 2 team

 Hello to all, the children have been working very hard again this week. They enjoyed their art lesson and produced a very good detailed observational drawing, well done to all.

In English, we read The Gingerbread Man and discussed the punctuation used and sequenced the story. We collectively looked at apostrophes, exclamation marks, question marks, connectives and adjectives.

In maths, the children enjoyed solving problems using tens frame, cards, cherry model and learning the inequality signs.

Next week

English – The children will plan and create their own traditional tale, including adjectives, exclamation marks and a repeated sentence.

Maths – Continue to recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, using a variety of resources.

Science – The children will draw and label the parts of a plant.

History – The children will write sentences comparing schools in Victorian times.

ICT – To complete mathseeds and mathletics activities.

PSHE – To be a good listener and care about other people’s feelings.

RE – To research why light, water and trees are important Jewish religious symbols.

Art – To continue with observational drawings using a variety of shading pencils and a magnify glass to help include more detail.

Spellings for next week are:

Group 1 – they, on, she, is.

Group 2 – bridge, sledge, huge, nudge, strange, change

Group 3 – phrase, apostrophe, fluffy.

(Children can challenge themselves to learn all spellings or group 2 and 1 or group 1).

I hope the weather cheers up - have a good weekend.

From the Year 2 team