Year 2

Welcome to Year 2

Some Reminders

Please ensure that ALL your children’s clothing is named, including trousers, skirts and shirts. When the children get changed for PE it is hard for them to find the right white shirt if it is not named.

Please also ensure that the children have a named water bottle in school every day.

Week Ending 28th February 2020

Welcome back.

We hope that you had a great week off.

We have started a new topic this term all about tourism and how as tourists we need to be aware of our carbon footprint.

In Literacy we are reading ’The Owl who was afraid of the dark’ and have been doing lots of practical drama activities.

We have been looking at turns and direction in maths and will be moving on to learning more about fractions of shapes and numbers.

Could we please remind you that the children should be reading their AR books and practising spellings every evening and should also be completing at least 15 sessions of Rockstar Maths at home.

Week Ending 31st January 2020

We have had a busy couple of weeks in Year 2.

We have continued to read ‘The Lion and the Unicorn’ and have been acting out and retelling the story.

In maths we have been learning all about 2D and 3D shapes and looking at nets.

In maths week and we have been trying hard to beat Year 3 in our Rockstar battle of the bands.

We have been learning that maths is all around us in everything we do which is really surprised some of us.

The children enjoyed the Chinese New Year celebrations, finding out about Chinese traditions and tasting lots of different foods.

Week Ending 17th January 2020

Happy New Year and welcome back to all our children and their families.

This term we have started a new story called “The Lion and the Unicorn” which is all about a child who is evacuated in World War 2. The children have really enjoyed the story so far.

In Maths we have been investigating money.

We are learning to recognise different coin values and make totals in different ways.

We will be moving on to solving word problems involving money and finding change.

Our topic work is based on deserts.

We will be looking at typical desert climates, where in the world deserts are situated and finding out which creatures are able to make their homes there.

Week Ending 6th December 2019

Another fantastic week as always in Year 2.

We have started our learning on the book ‘The Grinch’, which the children love.

We will be using this text to re-write the story and to create descriptions of the characters.

In Maths we will continue to revise the methods we have learnt so far in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

This week is very busy as the countdown to Christmas break begins.

We look forward to seeing you at the Carol Concert on Thursday , 12th at 2pm.

Well done Year 2, you are superstars.

Week Ending 22nd November 2019

Well done for another great week in Year 2.

Christmas is certainly coming around quickly however we have lots of learning to cram in before our festivities begin.

We have been using the book ‘War Game’ to understand about the First World War.

We have been writing letters to soldiers and re-writing some of the story in our own words.

In Maths we are working on multiplication and division.

It is really important you are completing your 15 sessions on Rockstar Maths every week.

Next week is Grandparents Afternoon and we look forward to showing you all we have learnt this term.

A great week Year 2.

Week Ending 11th October 2019

Year 2 Well, we cannot believe we are at the end of term 1 already.

We have had an excellent term full of lots of exciting learning.

We have created our own Hansel and Gretel stories, understood how to use a number line for addition and subtraction, sketched our own drawings in Art, researched about different plants in Science and so much more.

We hope that you have a very restful half term and we look forward to seeing you on Monday 28th October.

Well done Year 2.

Week Ending 27th September 2019

Another great week for Year 2.

We have continued with our story ‘Hansel and Gretel’ and are now using this to write our very own story.

In maths we have been adding and subtracting one and two digit numbers.

We have started our art topic this week where our focus is to draw a range of items from the outside environment.

Please ensure a PE kit is in school every week and all items are named.

Keep up the hard work Year 2, you are making us very proud.

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