Category: Year Two

This week we have been continuing place value in maths and practised counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. We used a 100 square and began to recognise patterns in the number sequences.

In writing we have been learning how to write a diary entry. This week we have planned our diary entry, writing as the Lonely Beast. Next week we will publish our work.

In science we have been continuing our learning about materials. We learnt about the suitability of materials for different jobs. We asked big questions such as “Would jelly be a suitable material for a table?” and “Why are bricks suitable for buildings?”

On Spelling Shed, there are words for your child to practise reading and spelling that end in ‘dge’.

Every Thursday a new focus will be uploaded to your child’s Spelling Shed account. This week we have also included common exception words which we will be continued throughout the year.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Miss Bennett, Mrs Bibby, Mrs Killy and Miss Glanville

This week we have started our new core text ‘The Lonely Beast’.

This is a story about a creature who is longing to find some friends so he departs on an adventure to the city.

In maths we have been learning about place value using place value grids, dienes and counters.

We are looking forward to seeing you at our ‘Meet the Teacher’ session on Tuesday 14th September.

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Bennett, Mrs Bibby, Mrs Killy and Mrs Glanville 🙂

 

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to Elder Class. The children have settled in beautifully and we have enjoyed our first week back. The children enjoyed hearing the story ‘Watch Out Wilf!’ during story time.

Next week we will be starting our topic ‘Wish You Were Here’ where we learn about the Isle of Wight and compare it to Australia.

On Tuesday 14th September we will hold our ‘Meet the Teacher’ session where we will share with you the routines and learning in year two. Please see the email from Mrs Saunders for further information.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Bibby, Miss Bennett, Mrs Killy and Mrs Glanville 🙂

Dear Parents/Carers

The children have had a an excellent week of learning and finishing up work after our busy test filled week the week before.

The children started our last maths topic on mass and capacity, learning how to weigh objects in grams and kilograms.  We thought of questions to ask Florence Nightingale in Topic and wrote a diary as if we were Florence in English. In Art, the children practised printing different shapes using various colours.

Next week we have an activity filled week for our final full week in Year 2. On Monday, we are going to the Florence Nightingale Museum. A quick reminder that the children need a packed lunch, and will be wearing their normal school uniform with their school hat. On Thursday, the children will be meeting farm animals and on Friday we are having our sports day.  Amongst these exciting days, we will be finishing our maths and topic for Year 2 and we will be starting to prepare the children for the transition to key stage 2!

Have a lovely weekend, (It’s coming home!)

Mr Stocking and Mrs Killy

Dear Parents/Carers

This week the children have sat their end of year assessments. We delivered them as mock SATs, with the children answering a previous years paper. We have spent a lot of time preparing the children for this and they worked incredibly hard, and everyone is very proud of them. The children showed fantastic resilience and determination to work through several tough tests. The children sat 2 maths tests (arithmetic and reasoning), 2 reading tests, a spelling test, and a punctuation and grammar test. The results of which will be in their school report at the end of the year. 

Today the children spent the day doing different fun activities. We had a rock-based music lesson, a drama lesson in which the children become news anchors and earlier in the week we practised team building using the parachute. Outside of our assessments, the children completed our last RSE lesson, in which we learnt the correct names for most body parts. The children completed their Windrush Day kites in art and we learnt about food chains in science.

Next week, we will be returning to a semblance of normality,. We will be finishing our time learning and beginning our final maths topic of Year 2 – capacity and volume. In English we will be looking at several famous women from the book Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History. In guided reading we will be reflecting on our favourite books and talking about what we like and dislike about them. In R.E. we will be finishing our look at Buddhism and in Science we will be ending our habitats topic.

Have a lovely and restful weekend, the children have certainly earned it!

Mr Stocking and Mrs KIlly

Dear Parents and Carers

This week has been school diversity week and we marked it in several ways. The children continued their learning on historically significant women by learning more about Rosa Parks and Catherine Duleep Singh. The children wrote a non-chronological report on Rosa Parks and her impact on racial equality, and we acted as historical detectives when looking at photos of Catherine Singh’s life. Singh was a courageous British Indian woman born in Victorian England. She went on to help Jewish families escape Germany prior to World War 2 with her partner Lina Schafer. On Tuesday, the children also learnt about and celebrated Windrush Day though music, poetry and art.

Amongst our topic learning we have also continued our revising our Year 2 learning and the children are ready to complete their practise SATs next week. One revision tool we have used is the interactive games on BBC bitesize. The children have enjoyed continuing their learning on a different platform. Two good games are:

English grammar, punctuation and spelling:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd63xyc/articles/zncgvk7

Maths revision:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjkphbk/articles/zf4sscw

General revision:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p

The children have worked very hard since half term to practise and prepare for these tests (we have called them quizzes), and I know everyone will do their best.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Mr Stocking and Mrs Killy

 

 

Dear Parents/Carers

Welcome back to all of the children for our final half term in Year 2. It sounds like everyone had a very restful half term and all of the children have continued their hard work from the last half term.

Today, you should be receiving an email about our end of year assessments. We have been preparing the children for these over a long period of time, and are now ramping up our test practise and preparation. The children have responded brilliantly to this and have listened carefully to the advice and guidance we have been giving them in class. Whilst there are no published SATs in Year 2 this year (due to covid), it is great practise for the children and we have encouraged them to see it as a celebration of everything they have learnt this year. If you have any questions after reading the letter from Mr Quinn, please feel free to ask.

In Maths, the children have been learning about time, looking at o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to times and learning how to read these times on an analogue clock. We also have been looking through different arithmetic papers so the children are secure in how to work through them. In English, we have been focusing on punctuation and grammar, and in guided reading we have been refining our comprehension skills with some reading practise papers.

Next week, we will  be delivering our Year 2 class assembly in our Key Stage 1 assembly. We are hoping to film this on the day to be able to send out to all of you. If it is not possible to get a good recording on the day (due to outside noise etc.) then we will film it later in the term in a more suitable filming environment.

The children have worked really hard this week and I am so proud of their resilience and determination to do well. I have full faith that they will all do their very best this half term.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend,

Mr Stocking and Mrs Killy

Dear Parents/Carers

This week, the children have worked very hard and every table has earned all of their letters towards our class surprise; a trip to fish ponds woods. Letters have gone out today going over this and it’s links to next week’s book week. Their are new spellings up on Spelling Shed and we will be having our spelling test on Thursday as Friday is an inset day.

This week we have been consolidating our knowledge of the 5x table and using number lines for addition and subtraction in maths. In English, the children have been rewriting Esio Trot, but changing the characters of Mr Hoppy, Mrs Silver and Alfie. We had pirates, witches, explorers, scientists, adventurers, princesses and a lot more in our own versions of Roald Dahl’s classic. In Guided Reading, we read the books Mixed, Heart and the Bottle and Gorilla, developing our inference skills. In RE, the children learnt the story of Siddhartha and the Swan, a Buddhist tale about kindness and the value of life. In Art, the children learnt about the American artist Alma Thomas, attempting to replicate some of her artwork using varied paint mixing skills. In Science, the children learnt about how animals depend on various aspects of their habitats to survive and thrive, and what happens if any of those important links are taken away. In history, the children learnt about the development of hospitals before and after Florence Nightingale.

Next week is our annual book week. The theme is back to nature, and the children will be having various fun activities surrounding nature and literature throughout the week. The book we are using to drive our learning is The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane. Everyone in the school will be writing an acrostic poem linked to this poetry book.

I hope everyone has a lovely weekend,

Mr Stocking, Mrs Killy and Mrs Fenwick

Dear Parents and Carers

We have now been back for a month and the children are settled and working hard. They show they same excellent enthusiasm 4 weeks in as they did the first week back. This week the children have spellings to look at on Spelling Shed. If you are not able to access the spellings at home, please let me know and we can sort a paper copy for you. The children will also be practising their spellings in school.

This week in English the children have been writing shape poems about Mount Everest, inspired by the mountaineer Junko Tabei (the first woman to climb the mountain). We researched what it would be like at different points on the 8849 metre journey up Everest and created descriptive sentences for our poems. In maths the children have continued their learning on position and direction, concluding with a small quiz today. In RE, the children learnt the Buddhist story of the Monkey King and explored what the word sacrifice means. In History, we learnt about the brilliant Mary Seacole and her inspiring determination to help people. In Science, we explored large habitats from around the world, such as deserts, oceans and rain forests.

We also had our first Relationship education lesson, in which the children discussed gender stereotypes and talked about which objects and colours they thought were for girls, boys and everyone. Everyone came to the conclusion at the end of the lesson that all of the objects listed can be used by everyone if they want to use them.

Next week, we are consolidating our knowledge on multiplication and division, starting with arrays. In English, we are retelling the story of Esio Trot. In RE, the children will be reading and learning about more Buddhist stories. In History, the children will be looking at Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole together and the impact they both had on nursing. In Guided Reading, we are spending the week focusing on arrays. In Art, the children will be learning about a new artist and practising painting in a particular style.

We hope everyone has a lovely weekend,

Mr Stocking, Mrs Killy and Mrs Fenwick