Year 2 Team: Miss A Jones (Class Teacher), Miss H Edwards & Miss R Lunt
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Year 2 - Spring 1 - Week 4

Date: 28th Jan 2022 @ 3:52pm

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What a busy week we have had in Year 2!

In RE this week, we continued our new topic ‘Jesus, friend to everyone’ focusing on the story of ‘Jesus and the Ten Lepers’. They showed great empathy when discussing this how the lepers felt. We linked this to our value of Nurture and spoke about the importance of choosing kind.

In English this week, we continued reading our story ‘The Dragon Machine’. After, we discussed the main parts of the story, the children began to create plans for their own story, taking care to use interesting and exciting vocabulary throughout. The children cannot wait to write their own version next week and share them with one another.

In Maths this week, we have been looking at multiplication and representing these in different ways (lots of, groups of etc). The children have tried really hard with this and persevered throughout the week. Next week, we will be looking at the division symbol and sharing into equal groups. You can support your child at home by practising sharing anything into equal groups at home.

In History this week, we continued our topic ‘What is life like as the Queen of England’. We looked at Queen Victoria and her life. We discussed and understood what life was like during this time. In Science, we started our new topic ‘Young Gardeners’ looking at different parts of a plant and their functions. Next week, we will be carrying out an investigation by planting our own seeding in different conditions. We will then observe the plants over the next few weeks to see what conditions are best suited for a plant to grow.

In Music, the children continued to play the recorder and are fortunate enough to be taught by specialist, Mrs McArdle. Mrs McArdle will be working with the class from now until Easter. If you would like to buy the recorder for your child, please send the money into the school office and we will send it home for your child to practise. We have also been lucky enough to have Miss Dilworth to help us with our singing. Practising and singing our next part from Disney’s ‘The Family Madrigal’ continues to be a highlight for the children.

In PSHE, the children enjoyed discussing about learning with others and spoke about the importance of always listening to others. We also spoke about how it is important to work with others in order to help us to learn.

I hope you all have a lovely and well rested weekend and I look forward to seeing you all next week!

Year 2 Reminders

  • Your child should bring their own water bottle filled with water into school each day. Children are to bring in one snack to eat at playtime. 
  • Our PE days are a Monday and a Thursday. Come into school in your PE kit on these days please.
  • I have also set all children up on TT Rockstars and Sumdog. Your child's username and passwords have been sent home via book bags.
  • Year 2 virtual classroom can be found here and spellings will continue to be posted on Tapestry every Friday.

Year 2 - Spring 1 - Week 3

Date: 21st Jan 2022 @ 4:08pm

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What a busy week we have had here in Year 2!

In RE this week, we continued our new topic ‘Jesus, friend to everyone’. In this, what we can do to show that we love Jesus and the reasons in which we could do that. We created our own circle, which showed all of the reasons in which we show we love Jesus, Eg: caring for other and being honest. The children came up with some lovely ideas and discussions through this and I was really impressed with the work that they completed. It’s lovely to see that we have such kind and caring children in our class.

In English this week, we continued our new story ‘The Dragon Machine’. The children have been really busy completing lots of impressive work. We have been creating our own exclamation sentences, came up with our own rules for keeping a dragon and even created our own mythical creature whilst describing them using noun phrases. The children have absolutely loved the story so far and I am really looking forward to seeing the work that the children produce again next week.

In our Maths this week, we have moved on to looking at equal and unequal groups, as well as multiplication. The children have really impressed me with how they have taken to this concept and, although tricky at times, the children have continued to work hard and make excellent progress with this. Next week, we will be continuing with our work on multiplication. It would be excellent if you had some spare time to practise your child’s number bonds to 10 and even 20. A great way to do this is through games and ‘Hit the button’ on Top Marks is fantastic. Here is the link -  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

In History this week, we continued our topic ‘What is life like as the Queen of England’. We looked at Queen Elizabeth I and the Tudor Monarchy. The children learned lots of different facts about the Tudors and then together, completed lots of different facts about this. It was lovely to see how many of the different facts the children had understood during the quiz at the end of the session.

This week, we continued our Music lessons. We were very lucky to have a music specialist coming in to class and helped us to learn some fun songs. We started with our recorders this week and the children loved this. We were also lucky to have our singing teacher come in for some excellent singing. The children loved this and are really excited to continue singing ‘The Family Madrigal’ from Encanto next week.

The children really enjoyed their PSHE lesson this week all about their dreams and goals. We listened to an inspirational song about never giving up and wanting to make sure that we achieved our goals. The children loved this and it was lovely to see them with beaming smiles on their faces.

The children have also been trying really hard in our handwriting lessons this week. Handwriting is so important throughout the school, so if you have any time to help your child with this, then that would be greatly appreciated.

I have also set all children up on TT Rockstars and Sumdog. Your child will have their username and passwords in their bags and these are great to help them in their Maths.

This month's top book picks from 'Love Reading' have been released today. It shares exciting new story books from a variety of authors for different age ranges.

For more information on what we will be learning about this term, please click here

Hope you have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you next week!

Year 2 reminders

  • Parents Evening is on Monday and Tuesday evening. If you have not booked a slot, then please do so if you require one.
  • Please remember to bring a water bottle filled with water into school.
  • Our PE days are a Monday and a Thursday. Come into school in your PE kit on these days please.
  • If you are bringing in show and tell, please just bring in one item as we do normally have a lot to go through.
  • Please bring in one snack for before play time as it is not long until the children will be going into lunch afterwards.
  • Please see our virtual classroom attached if you wish to assist your child further during the holidays.
  • Spellings will be posted on Tapestry every Friday.

Year 2 - Spring 1 - Week 2

Date: 14th Jan 2022 @ 3:22pm

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What a busy second week we have had here in Year 2!

In RE this week, we began our new topic ‘Jesus, friend to everyone’. In this, we discussed who Jesus was friends with and how they felt when they were around Jesus. The children came up with some amazing emotions that they would be feeling. We also discussed some of the different miracles that Jesus did and how it made the other people feel. The children really enjoyed this and are looking forward to continuing this topic in the coming weeks.

In English this week, we began our new story ‘The Dragon Machine’. The children were really excited about this and used their prediction skills to be able to interpret what the story was going to be about. We then had a surprise phone call from Year 3 telling us that some dragons had been let loose around the school. We had to write a letter to Mrs Pringle to let her know and to make sure that she is careful when being around school. The children came up with some brilliant ideas with this and it was lovely to see the excitement in their faces when they heard about the dragons.

In our Maths this week, we have been looking at money and seeing if we can recognise the different coins and notes. The children were really good at recognising these and completed some really good work. We then moved on to finding the total amount of money, as well as finding the difference. Although this is tricky, the children showed great persistence in this and continued to try their best throughout the week. Next week, we will be moving onto equal groups of amounts.

In History this week, we began our new topic ‘What is life like as the Queen of England’. We looked at Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II and learned some very interesting facts about them. The children were really inquisitive about all of the Queens and it was lovely to see how interested they were.

This week, we started our Music lessons. We were very lucky to have a music specialist coming in to class and helped us to learn some fun songs. We are hoping to start with our Recorder lessons from next week. Information about children being able to take these home will come in due course.

The children really enjoyed their PSHE lesson this week all about their dreams and goals. The children loved sharing these with the rest of the class and it was lovely to hear all of their achievements.

The children have also been trying really hard in our handwriting lessons this week. Handwriting is so important throughout the school, so if you have any time to help your child with this, then that would be greatly appreciated.

I have also set all children up on TT Rockstars and Sumdog. Your child will have their username and passwords in their bags and these are great to help them in their Maths.

For more information on what we will be learning about this term, please click here

Hope you have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you next week!

Year 2 reminders

  • Please remember to bring a water bottle filled with water into school.
  • Our PE days are a Monday and a Thursday. Come into school in your PE kit on these days please.
  • If you are bringing in show and tell, please just bring in one item as we do normally have a lot to go through.
  • Please bring in one snack for before play time as it is not long until the children will be going into lunch afterwards.
  • Please see our virtual classroom attached if you wish to assist your child further during the holidays.
  • Spellings will be posted on Tapestry every Friday.

Year 2 - Spring 1 - Week 1

Date: 7th Jan 2022 @ 3:13pm

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Welcome back everyone! Even though it has only been a short week, we certainly have been continuing to work hard here in Year 2.

In RE this week, we also celebrated the Epiphany. The children really enjoyed learning all about this and enjoyed discussing the different aspects of the Epiphany. We discussed the presents that the Wise Men brought Jesus and then, linking in with our Collective Worship value of ‘Wisdom’, discussed and wrote down what different presents we would give to Jesus if we were one of the Wise Men. The children came up with some brilliant ideas and really enjoyed creating their Wise hearts to show how much they cared.

In English this week, we began by discussing what we did over the half term and then planned out some ideas that we were going to write up. We then used our notes to create some lovely pieces of writing, ensuring to include our Year 2 features throughout our writing. Next week, we will be starting our new text and starting our work on this.

In Maths, we have been completing our addition and subtraction, focusing on number bonds to 100 (40+60 and 65+35) and adding three 1-digit numbers together (4+3+6). This has been a tricky concept to grasp at times, but through working hard and perseverance, the children have made some really good progress in this. Next week we will be looking at different money and understanding how to add money together.

This week, we have been finishing our Geography topic, by creating our own maps with a key. In order to solidify our understanding of symbols in a key, we then completed a grid, with the children creating their own appropriate symbol for different locations you may find on a map. The children have worked really hard with this and I have been really impressed with the progress they have made in their understanding throughout this topic.

For more information on what we will be learning about this term, please click here

We hope you all have a lovely weekend and we look forward to our first full week back next week.

Year 2 reminders

  • Please remember to bring a water bottle filled with water into school.
  • Our PE days are a Monday and a Thursday. Come into school in your PE kit on these days please.
  • If you are bringing in show and tell, please just bring in one item as we do normally have a lot to go through.
  • Please bring in one snack for before play time as it is not long until the children will be going into lunch afterwards.
  • Please see our virtual classroom attached if you wish to assist your child further during the holidays.
  • Spellings will recommence week commencing Monday 10th January

Year 2 - Autumn 2 - Week 7

Date: 17th Dec 2021 @ 10:08am

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What a magical final week we have had this week in Year 2!

We enjoyed an extra special Collective Worship on Wednesday as we went to the church alongside Year 1. We read beautifully a retell of the Nativity and sung our song really well. Year 1 also delivered some really beautiful prayers. Well done to all of the children on this.

The children were certainly in the Christmas spirit on Monday when they performed their final Christmas Sing-A-Long for you all. I’m sure you can all agree that the children sung their hearts out for all of the performances and it has been lovely to see all of their happy, little faces beaming with smiles while they were performing.

On Tuesday, we had our Computing day. First of all, the children created their own Christmas stories using Book Creator. The children had a wonderful time with this and I loved the stories they cam up with. In the afternoon, we had a go at coding our own stories on Scratch. The children really enjoyed creating their own algorithms and moving their characters around the screen to create their stories.

Also, on Tuesday, the children had a great time completing their Santa Dash. The children raced around the field and it really did begin to feel like Christmas. It was made even more special with the visit of Santa and the children being able to have their picture taken with him.

On Wednesday, the children all looked amazing in their Christmas jumpers and absolutely loved completing our DT projects. Putting together our puppets with split pins, it was lovely to see how happy they were with what they had produced.

On Thursday, the children came into school all excited because of our Christmas Party Day. Bingo, dancing and singing were just some of the fun activities that we completed. The children thoroughly enjoyed our dance off and our party games during the day and it was lovely to see how excited they are for Christmas.

Can we also say a massive thank you for your kindness and generosity in all of the presents that you have given us. It really is overwhelming, so thank you.

I hope you and your families all have a lovely, safe Christmas and we look forward to seeing you all in the New Year!

 

Year 2 reminders

  • Please remember to bring a water bottle filled with water into school.
  • Our PE days are a Monday and a Thursday. Come into school in your PE kit on these days please.
  • If you are bringing in show and tell, please just bring in one item as we do normally have a lot to go through.
  • Please bring in one snack for before play time as it is not long until the children will be going into lunch afterwards.
  • Spring term recommences on Wednesday 5th January
  • Please see our virtual classroom attached if you wish to assist your child further during the holidays.
  • Spellings will recommence week commencing Monday 10th January

 

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