Year 2 Blog Friday 21st January 2022

Date: 21st Jan 2022 @ 1:24pm

Year 2 have had a great week. We have read many different stories this week including; The Birthday Duck, The Selfish Giant and the Giraffe, Peli and Me. From this the children have worked on character descriptions, predictions, WANTED and advert posters.

In Maths, we have continued our learning on statistics – we have learnt about using and reading tally charts,  pictograms and bar charts.

In French, the children have continued to learn about how to say types of pets alongside a song about pets.

In computing, the children have learnt about online safety and explored the different emotions and feelings we and others may feel when we are online.

In Science this week, the children have learnt lots of vocabulary for different types of materials and looked for materials in the outdoor environment.

The children have enjoyed taking part in outdoor learning this week and have each planted their own hedgerow on the field.

In RE, the children have loved learning all about different religions – Sikhism, Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism. The children have looked at the similarities and differences between world religions and Christianity.

Reading

In Year 2, children should read for at least 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an adult or older sibling. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Please sign and leave a small comment when you have read with your child and make it clear that you have finished a book, then we know we can change it.

Reading books are changed every Monday and sent home on Tuesday. However, if you need to change a book another time, we will change it as needed.

Spellings

badge

edge

bridge

dodge

fudge

age

huge

change

charge

village

Maths

At home, spend some time counting in 5s and 10s. Can you count on from any number and see which number you can reach. You could time yourself to see how long it takes you to get to 100, then see if you can beat your time.

Sumdog

Please have a go at the spelling and maths training if you haven’t already. As you know, we set weekly challenges that are linked to the learning that takes place in school. As an extra feature, the maths and spelling training sections will provide a tailored challenge for your child to practise skills, facts and words that they find difficult. Once your challenges have been completed, use this feature for challenge in both spelling and maths.

Spend some time training so the program can learn the skills your child needs to work on and practise. 

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Sumdog challenges:

Maths – Tally Charts

x2, x3, x4 tables

Spellings – ‘ge’ words.

Thank you for all your support. Have a lovely weekend.

The Year 2 team.