Year 2 Blog- Friday 8th November

Date: 7th Nov 2024 @ 11:37am

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 (15.11.24):

most      old    only     both     told

wild     gold      cold       climb     hold    

Sumdog: Complete the multiplication challenge. 

Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards. See how they relate to the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and practise those times tables.

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

English

We started learning through our new book, The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield.

The bear's beautiful music takes him to amazing and wonderful places in his imagination.

We wrote a description of a place in our imagination using great adjectives.

We also planned our own story which we will be writing next week.

Phonics

We have been revisiting the long i sound, i-e as in shine, igh as in night and i as in lion.

SPaG

The children found out about the four types of sentences - statements, commands, questions and exclamations.

Maths

We learned about arrays. We know that 4x3 is the same as 3x4. 

Forest School

This week we went into our nature area. We built shelters. There was lots of resilience and problem solving happening.

Science

We learnt about our bodies. We learnt what things animals and humans need to stay alive.

PSHE

We discussed what is the same and what is different about us. We learnt what the word UNIQUE means.

History/Art

We learnt more about the story of the Gunpowder Plot and

created beautiful Bonfire Night pictures, using coloured tissue paper and crayons.

RE

We read Isaiah (9:1-2) and thought about light and darkness in relation to Jesus and his different titles. The children responded creatively decorationg their own lightbulbs.

My Happy Mind

We had our first lesson in which we learnt about how our brain works and how we can help it work at it's very best. We all have a journal which we use to record our thoughts and feelings.