Year 2 Blog Friday 5th May 2023

Date: 5th May 2023 @ 2:40pm

Year 2 have had such a fun packed week and it was topped off with a mini picnic to celebrate the Kings Coronation this afternoon. The children made their own crowns, did some singing and dancing and waved their flags proudly. Have a look at the photos in the Gallery section. In English, the children worked on reading comprehension and also wrote their opinions of Aladdin’s character, giving reasons and using conjunctions (because). In Maths, we have been learning about fractions, especially quarters. The children have been finding one, two or three quarters of a shape or amount. In Science, we carried out a survey to see what materials were on our tables, in our classroom and outside. We also planted our radishes and lettuces. Looking forward to sampling them when they grow! In French, we recapped the phonic sounds and actions that we started last week, thinking about the sounds in the colour words. Then we recapped the weather phrases with some games. Well done everyone. The didgeridoos (Art) were amazing, Mrs Robinson was so pleased! The children used the patterns and ideas from last week to create beautiful designs on their own didgeridoo. We had a great time playing along to some traditional Aboriginal music. In PE, we spent time practising for Sports Day - so excited about that on Tuesday 16th May 2.15pm. Have a lovely long weekend and enjoy being part of a historic event Year 2.

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.

Reading books are changed every Wednesday. You will receive 2-4 books depending on their length, they should last the week, if you read a little each night. However, if you need to change a book at any other time, we will change it as needed.

Reading resources:

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read and really enjoy it.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’. You could also explore the rest of the site and read books from the Oxford Owl eBook library or listen to audio books.

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - https://www.literacyshedblog.com/uploads/1/2/5/7/12572836/ks1_reading_vipers.pdf

In addition to this, reading a good bed time story to your child is so worthwhile and really helps towards a lifelong love of reading.

Spelling

Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (12.05.23). A sheet will go home every Friday with the spelling list on. This is for home practise only and can be kept with you.

You will have a Sumdog challenge on these words to complete by Friday 12.05.23.

This week’s spellings:

Adding the suffix ‘ful’. Including two words from the Year 1/2 spelling list.

joyful              careful

useful              thankful 

helpful             wonderful

playful              bath

mindful             hour

Maths

Next week for our times tables quiz (Friday 12.05.23) we will be learning the 3x table in a random order.

Count in 3’s forwards and backwards, see how quickly you can go, but it must still be accurate. Chant/sing the x3 table. Ask an adult to quiz you on them in a random order. Try playing ‘Hit The Button’ game from the maths games listed below.

You will have a 3x table challenge on Sumdog to complete by Friday 12.05.23.

Here are some links to other maths games/apps the children can play to help them learn their number facts.

Topmarks.co.uk also have and English section for phonics/spellings games. If you explore the site you will find lots of different games that are relevant to Year 2.

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

https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/1-minute-maths

(I believe this app is free to download.)

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

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/multiplication-and-division

Sumdog

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Have a lovely Coronation Day and Bank Holiday Weekend.

Year 2 Team.