Friday 13 September 2024

Good afternoon to all,

We have had a brilliant week; the children have worked very hard, well done everyone!

In English, the children have focused on their handwriting and they are starting to form their letters correctly along with creating a list poem on Autumn.

Next week, the children will create and learn the poem ‘Ten things found in a Wizard’s pocket’ and create their own list poem including adjectives.

 In maths, the children enjoyed using base ten to solve calculations.

Next week, the children will partition numbers to 100 and find the missing numbers on a number line. 

Next week

Science

We will identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials by exploring the purposes of different objects inside and outside of the classroom.

RE

We will be looking at the meanings of symbols in the Jewish religion along with visiting a synagogue on Thursday morning.

History

We will continue to learn and compare what schooling was like over 100 years ago.

 ICT

The children will be discussing IT within in the school.

Spelling test will be on Friday mornings, all children will learn group 1 spellings and then they can choose to challenge themselves to learn group 2 and 3. Sorry for any confusion but just to confirm the spelling results will now be in their spelling book and not written in their reading book.

 Group 1 – said, in, he, I.

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

Group 3 – allowed, aloud, boy, buoy.

Reminder 

Thursday morning, we are visiting the Elstree and Borehamwood synagogue.

Friday morning, your children will be having their individual photographs taken.

Have a lovely weekend.

From the year 2 team.

Friday 6 September 2024

Hello to everyone!

We have had a fun and busy first half a week back. The children are all settling very well into their new routine.

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

English - List poetry and traditional tales.

Maths - Securing fluency to 20, regrouping, subtraction and place value.

Science - Uses of everyday materials.

History - History of the school.

Art - Observational drawings.

PSHE - Being me in my world.

ICT - Understanding what is IT and how we use IT in school and in the world.

RE - Expressing religious meaning.

PE timetable: 

Monday – change of footwear. Wednesday and Friday - full PE kit. Please remember to label every piece of clothing along with footwear.

 Next week

English – we will look at and discuss various list poems and the children will create an Autumn list poem.

Maths – the topic is place value. The children will use a place value chart and partition numbers to 100.

Science – we will discuss the properties of different materials and the children will create a collage using natural materials.

RE – we will discuss religion and religious symbols.

Art – to discuss observational drawings and look at different types of shading.

History – we will discuss the history of our school and look at old photographs and logbooks.

PSHE – circle time discussing hopes and fears for the year.

ICT- to discuss what is IT? 

Spelling test will be on Friday mornings, the children can choose their group along with learning both or all groups if they want to.

 Group 1 – the, and, a, to.

Group 2 – sea, see, blue, blew, be, bee.

Group 3 - flour, flower, bear, bare.

Wishing you a great and hopefully sunny weekend,

From the Year 2 team.