Year 2 - Summer 2 - Week 1

Date: 9th Jun 2023 @ 1:21pm

What a busy but fantastic first week back we have had! It was so lovely to see all the children back and enjoying spending time with their friends and hearing about what everyone got up to.

In Maths we started our new topics of ‘Statistics’ where we explored various ways of recording data. We looked at ‘Tally Charts’ where we discovered that after scoring four marks, we have to cross the gate to make it a group of five. We talked about how this makes it far easier to read than having to count loads of little lines. We even noticed the correlation between that, counting up in 5s and the 5-times tables. Not only this, but we explored ‘Tables’ and ‘Block Diagrams’ and deciding which way to record data we liked the best.

Our new book in English is ‘Grandad’s Secret Giant’ which generated some discussion about other various fictional giants such as the BFG. We started by creating our very own giants, making them as tall and as long as we could. Some of us decided to make them a friendly giant while others decided theirs would be the scariest. As a class, we discussed what a simile was and then used our new knowledge to describe our giants. Some of the similes we created were superb! ‘His hands were as big as rowing boats; his head was as big as a boulder and his feet were as wide as three double decker buses’.

In Science, we explored our new topic of ‘Little Masterchefs’ where we discussed what we thought a Masterchef was. We brainstormed with names like Gordan Ramsey and Jamie Oliver popping up. We then discussed what health and safety rules are needed in the kitchen when preparing and cooking food. Rules that we came up with included tying back your hair, washing your hands, washing fruit and vegetables and cleaning up any spillages. We even found out that chefs traditionally wore hats to keep their hair back but even better, the taller their hat, the higher rank they have in the kitchen!

We ended the week with an amazing visit from Simon Hunt who came to tell us all about and read his new book ‘Delilah Rose the Bogey Princess’ to us. We had an absolutely amazing time, from trying to reach our toes up to our nose to getting our finger ‘stuck’ up our noses. We felt loads of different emotions when reading the book - shocked, appalled, delighted and so many more! We absolutely loved it. We have been inspired to write our very own books and were in awe when Simon told us we are all already authors from the stories we write in school!

Reminders:

• PE lessons take place every Monday and Wednesday this term.
• Please can you ensure that children are sent to school with water bottles, hats and sun cream.