It's Christmas !!!

Thank you everyone for our wonderful gifts, it was extremely kind and generous of you.

Please see below photos taken on the dress rehearsal. It was such a shame the performances had to be cancelled but I’m sure you will enjoy watching the recording. The children did amazing, well done everyone!

Wishing you all a Happy Christmas and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

 

I will write a detailed blog of what the children will be covering in the New Year.

 

Thank you very much again and Merry Christmas,

 Mrs Beadle, Mrs Blatch, Miss Southwell and Ms Weller xxxx

Good afternoon, we have been busy rehearsing for the Christmas concert this week. The children are really enjoying performing and singing. They are very excited for you to come and see them next week.

Please see below pictures taken of the Christmas dinner.

Next week, the children will learn to write a calligram which will be centred around Christmas.

In maths we will be solving addition and subtraction problems using money.

Please see below pictures of the children in their fabulous Christmas jumpers.

Have a great weekend.

From the Year 2 team

 Hello everyone!

We have had a busy week rehearsing for the Christmas performance and the children have been practising their lines and songs.

In English, the children wrote their own recount on a toy they lost and included adverbs of time.

Over the next couple of weeks, I will be carrying out the phonics assessments. Throughout the week we will be recap all the phonics phase sounds.

In maths, following on from last week’s lessons the children will be using inverse to find the missing numbers, using a variety of resources to problem solve to gain a deeper understanding.

In Geography, the children will describe where they live.

On Wednesday all the children will have a Christmas dinner and after they will have movie afternoon in the hall.

Reminder

Monday is sharing assembly for the following children : Harry, Riley, Hugo, Grace, Louis and Atif.

Friday it is Christmas jumper day.

Thank you for all the donations for the Christmas hamper, we have filled 4 bags!

Have a great weekend

From the Year 2 team

Good afternoon,

The children have been learning their lines and practising the songs for their Christmas performance.

Next week we will be practising daily using the stage. Please could you encourage your children to practise their lines.

In English the children enjoyed the story of’ Dogger’ and they created a detailed wanted poster of their lost toy.

Next week the children will write a recount on their lost toy. They will include a story map, role play the story and include adverbs of time.

In maths, the children completed numerous sums rounding up and down to the nearest multiple of 10.

Next week the children will complete activities identifying parts and whole numbers using a cherry model and learning the inverse.

The below link is the lyrics of the songs of the Christmas performance, please could your children practise the songs.

You will only be able to access the songs from this video link 

https://youtu.be/ez34b2z0qiI 

Have a great weekend

From the Year 2 team.

Hello, we have had another very busy, fun week in Year 2.

Please see our ‘odd socks’ photos from anti bullying week which we discussed 'One kind word' throughout the week.

 

This week the children have been extremely creative and enjoyed sewing and creating their hand puppets.

 The children had lots of fun role playing the story of Rama and Sita in the Diwali workshop and they enjoyed practising their lines and song for Christmas performance.

 Next week

 In English, the children will create a recount, this will be on the book ‘Dogger’. The children will describe the character’s feelings, create a wanted poster along with creating a recount using adverbs of time and conjunctions to extend their sentence writing.

 In maths, the children will be doubling numbers and finding the nearest multiple of 10 along with selecting objects priced in pounds and to identify to the nearest pound.

 In science, we will research the inventor Charles Macintosh.

We will be practising our phonics daily in preparation for the phonics assessment and at the end of the day the children will be practising their lines and dances for the Christmas performance.

There will be no spellings on the blog this week as we are introducing a new system which we will be using in class over the next 2 weeks.

Have a great weekend

From the Year 2 team

Wow, another busy week has flown by!

 In English, the children wrote an explanation on how to make a bicycle move and what is a bicycle. They drew a detailed picture of a bicycle and included a flow chart.

 Next week, the children will be practising their lines and songs for the Christmas show along with starting to perform with expression. The children received their lines yesterday, please if possible can they practise them over the weekend (the narrators will have their lines on the day, so they do not need to learn them off by heart).

In maths, the children completed sums rounding up or down to the nearest 10.

Next week, the children will recap number bonds, recognise numbers to 100 and using multiples of 10 they will complete sums using addition or subtraction.

Throughout the week, the children will start to sew and create their hand puppet.

It is anti-bullying week next week, on Monday the children can come to school wearing odd socks, this is a great way to celebrate what makes us all unique. The theme for this year is ‘One Kind Word’.

On Tuesday we have a Diwali workshop, which I know the children will thoroughly enjoy taking part in.

On Friday the children can wear non uniform for Children in Need, please could the children bring in a minimum of £1 donation.

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 – my, her, what, out.

Group 2 – wing, sting, thing, mother, climb, crumb.

Group 3 – mostly, motion, mirror.

We are creating a Christmas grotto, if you have any unwanted Christmas decorations. please could your child bring them into school.

Have a lovely weekend,

From the Year 2 team

 Hello to all!

 This week in English the children learnt how to write an explanation text. We looked at a variety of texts and discussed the layout and present tense. The children created their own explanation text on how to work a pencil sharpener.

Next week, the children will write an explanation text showing the stages and process of riding a bicycle along with a labelled diagram and flow chart on how bicycles move.

 In maths the children carried out various activities to develop a good understanding on place value and ordering numbers using coins, bead strings, 100 square and base 10.

 Next week, the children will add and subtract 10, 11, 12, 20, 22 and 30 to any 2-digit number. Along with solving addition and subtraction problems using pictorial representations.

 Next week

Geography - the children will learn the counties and capital cities of the United Kingdom.

 Science – the children will be testing materials to use for a coat.

 RE – continue learning about Diwali.

 D&T – start to create a hand puppet.

 

Home learning

 Following on the topic of puppets. I would like the children to create a moving puppet of their choice. The children are very excited to create their hand puppets in school and had some very imaginative ideas. I look forward to seeing their moving puppet and for the children to discuss their character and materials they have used to the class.

Date for the puppets to be in by please is the 10^th December 2021.

 

 With the cold weather potentially coming soon, could you please make sure that any extra clothing that comes in (gloves, scarfs, hats, etc.) is clearly labelled. There has been a lot of lost property this half term which unfortunately has not been labelled and is frequently put on a chair outside when it is pick up time.

 

A reminder it is sharing assembly for the parents/guardians of Ella, Danika, Sonny, Joseph, Harley and Lydia this Monday morning.

 

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 – can, are, up, had

Group 2 – level, little, bottle, liquid, dial, detail.

Group 3 – impossible, dental, pencil.

 

Have a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing you at the fireworks display tomorrow.

Mrs Beadle

 

 

 Happy Friday!

It was great to see so many of you at parent consultations this week.
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.

They looked fantastic and really enjoyed wearing their spooky costumes, please see below photos.

Please see below a brief insight of the topics we will be covering next term.


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

Maths - We will be representing, ordering and comparing numbers to 100, adding and subtracting 2 and 3 one digit numbers along with measuring using different scales.

Science - We will continue our topic on the uses of everyday materials and we will start with exploring melting ice using appropriate senses, discussing natural and manmade materials along with researching famous inventors.

Geography - We will start our topic on 'Where do I live?' this will include our school and surroundings.

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

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

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

Have a fun and relaxing half term.

From the Year 2 team.

 Happy Friday!

The children have worked extremely hard this week, well done everyone!

In English, the children enjoyed role playing  the story of Handa's Surprise and started to plan their own version of the story which they will write next week. They also enjoyed learning about Mary Seacole for our Black  History day.

In maths, the children explored different sums using a variety of equipment.

Next week

English - to write their own version of Handa's Surprise changing the animals and/or fruit. We will discuss speech marks, exclamation and question marks to include in our stories.

Maths - Identify place value and representing their answer using different methods.

Science- to discuss natural materials and create a collage.

History - to recap and discuss the history of our school.

RE - to learn about the festival Hanukah.

PSHE - to work well with others cooperatively

Art - to create an observational drawing to include their new shading skills.

Spellings for Friday are:

Group 1 : with, that, all, we.

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

Group 3 : gnome, many, own, know.

I look forward to seeing you either Monday morning or Thursday afternoon to discuss your child's achievements.

Please remember Friday is 'spooky costume'  day.

Have a great weekend

From the Year 2 team

Good afternoon, lovely to see so many of you at the Harvest Coffee morning.

The children as I’m sure you will agree sang their songs beautifully and we have raised lots of money for Breast Cancer Awareness.

 

Please book your timeslot via the Parents Evening website. I am free to meet with you all on Monday 18^th October in the morning or Thursday evening on the 21^st October.

 

In English the children worked extremely hard writing their own story centred on Rapunzel.

In maths the children used the tens frame and coins to solve maths sums (breaking down a 10 into 10 ones).

Next week

English – the children will be involved in lots of discussion and look at the punctuation (speech, exclamation and question marks) in the story of ‘Handa’s Surprise’. The children will also role play the story.

Maths – to identify the place value in 2 digit numbers and compare and present their work using a range of equipment.

Science – to identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials by exploring the purposes of different objects.

History – to discuss the history of our school looking at the log books dating back over 100 years.

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.

On Thursday it is Black History day and we will discuss Black History and learn about Mary Seacole.

Spellings for Friday are:

Group 1 – for, at, his, but

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

Group 3 – queue, ache, questions, Christmas

Have a great weekend

From the Year 2 team.

Hello everyone!

In English, the children planned their story of their version of Rapunzel, we discussed adjectives and conjunctions to use in their story.

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

Next week

English – The children will write their own version of Rapunzel, including adjectives and conjunctions.

Maths – Continue to recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, regrouping using tens and ones and coins.

Science – To feel different materials and discuss how their shape changes.

ICT – To practise using the keyboard

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

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

Art – To continue with observational drawings using a variety of shading pencils and draw the original entrance of Little Heath school.

Spellings for next week are:

Group 1 – they, on, she, is.

Group 2 – bridge, sledge, huge, huge, strange, change, badge.

Group 3 – porridge, footbridge, drawbridge.

We look forward to seeing you at the Harvest festival on Friday our time is 9.30-10.00, the children have been practising very hard and are looking forward to singing to you.

Home learning - Maths activities to be carried out by 20^th October

Addition and subtraction game

You will need two bowls filled with cubes or other small objects, paper and a pen.

How to play

This game can be played individually or as a speed game against another player.

Grab a handful of objects from each bowl, count how many in each pile and write out an addition or subtraction sentence (remind children that the largest number needs to go first if they are practising subtraction).

If playing against another player. Both players take a handful, then race each other to write out the addition/subtraction number sentence.

 

Shapes

The children can choose any 2D or 3D shapes and write 5 statements about their shape.

Eg. My shape is 2D, it has … sides and it has ... faces etc

Please write about at least 5 shapes.

Have a great weekend

The Year 2 team

Hello everyone,

Just to let you know I have updated the sharing assembly tab on the blog.

Throughout the year the children, in their friendship groups, will share some of their learning. Please see the updated sharing assembly tab to see which dates the children will be sharing. Parents/guardians are welcome to come and watch this assembly to celebrate the children's learning. 

Good afternoon, we have had another very busy productive week in Year 2 and the time has flown by!

 

The children enjoyed performing to the school their 'La Bamba' dance and showed their very decorative Gaudi sun mosaics also a big well done to Joseph who counted to ten in Spanish to the whole school.

In English the children enjoyed performing Rapunzel and created detailed sentences including conjunctions and adjectives.

Next week, the children will write their own version of Rapunzel. The children will change the characters and setting along with including conjunctions and adjectives in their story.

 

In maths, the children explored number facts regrouping to ten using a variety of equipment.

Next week, the children will apply the strategies learnt to solve sums also they will explore odd and even numbers.

Next week

Science

The children will find out and experiment on how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.

Art

The children will explore shading using different sketching pencils.

 PSHE

The focus will be to work well and help others cooperatively.

History

The children will write up all the interesting facts which Mr Berridge discussed with the children last week on how the school looked like in the past and how the layout of the school has changed.

 

Spellings for next Friday are:

 Group 1: of, it, was, you.

Group 2: poor, floor, door, fine, mind, behind.

Group 3: because, after, when, that.

 

Wishing you a fun, sunny weekend

The Year 2 team

 Good afternoon to all,

 We have had another action-packed week with lots of fun activities.

 In English the children enjoyed using their imagination creating their own list poem of  ‘Ten things found in a Giant’s pocket’.

Next week, we will start our topic on Traditional Tales. The children will compare the story of Rapunzel the original and modern version and make inferences.

 In maths the children used a variety of resources and methods to solve sums on regrouping and counting on and back through 10.

Next week, the children will use 10 for adding 3 single digit numbers and will apply last week’s strategies learnt along with exploring odd and even numbers.

 

Next week

 

Science

The children will find out and experiment on how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.

 

History

Mr Berridge who attended Little Heath School will visit the class and talk about the history of the school.

 

Art

The children will create a sun mosaic plate for our class display on the artist Gaudi.

 

RE

The children will explore the Christian religious symbols.

 

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 : said, in, he, I.

Group 2 : hear, here, by, bye, whole, hole.

Group 3 : allowed, aloud, boy, buoy.

 

Reminder

Friday the children will have their individual photographs taken. It is also our Spanish day, the children will have fun learning a Spanish dance and they will perform their dance to the school. (If your child has any Spanish clothes they would like to wear, please bring them in a bag to change into after the photograph).

 

Have a great weekend

The Year 2 team