Year 2 Blog- Friday 31st January 2025

Date: 30th Jan 2025 @ 11:31am

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Home Practice

Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Spelling: 

Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (07.02.25):

January    February   March   April   May  June   July   August   September   October                

Sumdog: Complete the addition and subtraction challenge. 

Counting: play the 100 square jigsaw game below and practice counting confidently to 100.

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/100-square-jigsaw 

Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and do a bit more practise on your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

Recently, the children explored some of the interactive games on top mark maths.

If they would like to play at home, follow the link below.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting 

English

We finished our learning through the story of 'The Barnabus Project'. We wrote a thought bubble as Baranbus as he imagined what the world outside the lab might be like. We wrote a postcard from Barnabus to Pip thanking him for helping with his escape. We also wrote about the different jobs that the Green Rubber Suits do in the lab.

Maths

This week we have been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and recognising the patterns in the numbers.

We have been adding and sutracting numbers where we have to cross the tens barrier, for example, 25 - 17 or 32 + 11.

We have used Base 10 equipment and lines and dots to help us with this. Some children have been mentally partitioning the numbers to work out the answers. Great effort from everyone, we are so impressed with the hard work we have seen in class.

Science

We went outside to look at our bulbs which are growing.

We closely examined some bulbs and drew them carefully. We will plant them next week.

PSHE

We continued to learn about being safe. we discussed different scenarios and what we could do,

for instance - tell, say no, say yes or ask.

Geography

We discussed the seasons of the year and the signs to look out for.

For example, Autumn - the leaves turn brown/orange/red/yellow and fall from the trees.

We learnt which months of the year are in each season.

R.E.

The children watched a short video clip of Jesus' Baptism and through their own artwork retold the story.

They included, the River Jordan, John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, a dove which represented the Holy Spirit and light shining through the clouds which represented God. some children included what God said to Jesus.