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.
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 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
Hello, we have had a fun and busy week. The children are settling very well into their new routine.
In English, the children worked hard and created their own Autumn list
poem.
Next week, the children will learn the poem ‘Ten things found in a
Wizard’s pocket’ and create their own list poem.
In maths, the children re-visited number bonds to 10 and 20.
Next week, we will regroup to 20 learning place value using a variety of methods and resources.
Next week
We will identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday
materials by exploring the purposes of different objects.
RE
The children learnt about Diwali, the festival of light and why light is an important symbol.
Next week, the children will research why trees and water are an
important Hindu symbol.
We will continue to learn what schooling was like when Little Heath school would have been built over 100 years ago.
The children will develop their familiarity of the keyboard.
Spelling test will be on Friday mornings, the children can choose their
group along with learning both groups if they want to.
Group 2 – sea, see, blue, blew, be, bee.
Group 3 - flour, flower, bear, bare.
Today the children have chosen their library book for the week, please can the
children bring the book back by Thursday so it can changed on Friday.
Please could the children bring in a photo of themselves reading to either a
pet/sibling/family member or favourite toy to display in our reading book area.
Wishing you all a great weekend.
The Year 2 team.
Hello everyone!
The children have settled extremely
well and are starting to learn the routine of the classroom.
Please see below an insight of the
subjects and topics for this term.
English
We will be learning about list poems and
traditional tales. The children will be reading the stories, sequencing events,
carrying out comprehension activities and writing their own stories. They will
be interviewing characters from the stories so that they are able to discover
how they feel and why they acted the way they did. We will use role play to
tell stories and re-write story endings.
Maths
Securing fluency to 20, regrouping and solve
problems using addition and subtraction.
Science
Our science topic is everyday materials. The
children will identify and compare a variety of materials, gather and record
data along with carrying out different experiments.
History
Our topic is the history of the
school. We will read some old logbooks we have dating back to 1897 and compare
the school to Victorian times.
Art
Observational drawings, exploring
shading using different pencils. We will be researching the famous artist/architect Antoni Gaudi for our
class display.
PSHE
Being me in my world. We will discuss
children’s hopes and fears, recognise when they are worried and know who to ask
for help along with how to work with others cooperatively and help others to
learn.
ICT
Develop familiarity with computer/laptop
and keyboard.
RE
Expressing religious meaning. We will look at why light, water and a tree are an important religious symbol.
I look forward to meeting you on Wednesday afternoon 4.30pm or 5.30pm for 'Meet the Teacher'.
Wishing you all a great sunny
weekend!
The Year 2 team.
