Good afternoon to all!

The children had an amazing, fun day at Go-Ape.

Please see below an insight of our topics for next term.

Maths – time, statistics, position, direction, and consolidating all the topics throughout the year.

English – fictional worlds and fantasy.

Science - living things and their habitats.

Geography - what is it like to live near a coast?

Art – sculpture and 3D clay houses

ICT - programming.

PSHE - changing me

RE - who made the world and creation stories

Wishing everyone a fun half-term.

From the Year 2 team.

Happy Friday everyone! 

The children had a very fun Florence Nightingale workshop on Tuesday. The people delivering the workshop commented on how much knowledge the children already had and that their behaviour was exceptional – well done everyone!

 

Next week

English – the children will be finishing their narratives on ‘The Dragon Machine’ and we will start our new book on ‘Toys in Space’ by Mini Grey.

Maths – our new topic is on time. The children will learn the o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to.

Home learning – please ask your children periodically the time to support their learning. Thank you.

D&T – the children will create their moving vehicle from the chassis to designing and decorating their vehicle.

Reminder  - Tuesday we are going to Go-Ape and aim to leave at 8.45am.

Please could the children bring in a pack lunch with no fizzy drinks.  All children must be wearing suitable clothing and footwear for their adventure. Along with a waterproof jacket/coat depending on the weather.

 Spelling for next Friday are:

Group 1 – far, jar, star, hard.

Group 2 – swarm, warning, warden, ward, wardrobe, arch, March, charm

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Beadle, Miss Russon and Mrs Blatch

 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.