St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 2: Blog items
Year 2 Blog- 13th December 2024
Date: 13th Dec 2024 @ 4:30pm
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: No spellings this week.
Sumdog: Complete the 2, 5 and 10 times table challenge.
Counting: Count in halves forwards and backwards.
For example, 1/2, 1, 1 and 1/2, 2, 2 and a 1/2, 3, 3 and a 1/2. See how far you can get!
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
English/Maths:
We have been doing assessments this week.
Art:
The children have been learning about printing and repeated patterns.
They really enjoyed printing christmas patterns.
D.T.
D.T Day was a great success. The children worked so well to make their Tudor houses.
Great attention to detail was shown and a lot of D.T skills were used, like cutting, glueing, folding and measuring.
Forest School:
We went into the nature area. Some of us had a go at making a Christmas tree decoration. Some of us chose our own learning. There was great teamwork, resilience and imagination shown.
Thank you for coming to see our Nativity.
All the children performed brilliantly.
We were all so excited to watch the rehearsal for the Rock Steady concert.
There are so many talented musicians and singers at St. Oswald's
Have a lovely weekend,
Year 2 Team.
Year 2 Blog- Friday 6th December
Date: 5th Dec 2024 @ 11:41am
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 (13.12.24):
many clothes busy people water
again half money Mr Mrs
Sumdog: Complete the money challenge.
Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's, 10's and 3's. You could play the follow me game that we learnt in class.
The children still need to spend more time learning their doubles and halves. For example, double 8 is 16, double 12 is 24 or half of 18 is 9, half of 30 is 15.
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and practise doubling and halving.
You could also practise your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We continued reading our novel, The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine. In the book the characters have to wash a rabbit so we read some instructions on how to clean a pet rabbit. The children found out about the key features of instructional writing. We discussed the use of numbered points, pictures, time connectives and bossy verbs.They planned their own set of instructions and will be writing them next week.
Maths
This week we have been learning about money. We discussed the value of all the coins. We made amounts using Base 10 equipment and used this to calculate the answer when adding amounts together.
Science
We learnt about the importance of exercise. We carried out an investigation to measure the effect of exercise on our heart rate.
PSHE
We listened to a stoey about acts of kindness. We discussed acts of kindness and drew a picture of some of them.
Art
We have made some wonderful Christmas cards for the Booths competition.
The children used tape to design and decorate a tree.
Winners will be revealed at Golden Assembly.
My Happy Mind
Year 2 have finished their first topic - Meet Your Brain.
We recapped our learning, thinking about our favourite bits and what we will try to do more of so we can be at our best for learning and growing. A lot of the class said they would like to do more happy breathing.
RE
We read a piece of scripture from Luke's Gospel about the Annunciation and birth of John the Baptist. The children retold the story beautifully and enjoyed learning that John the Baptist and Jesus were cousins.
This week we have been involved in lots of rehearsals for our Nativity.
We are performing it in Church on Tuesday 10th December at 2pm and 6.30pm.
Year 2 Blog Friday 29th November 2024
Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 12:09pm
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 (06.12.24):
improve sure sugar eye could
would who whole any should
Sumdog: Complete the fractions challenge.
Counting: At home, count odd then even numbers. See how high you can go!
The children also need to spend more time learning their doubles and halves. For example, double 8 is 16 or half of 18 is 9.
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and practise doubling and halving.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
This week we started our new novel, The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine. The children spent time looking at the front cover and the blurb, making predictions about what the story might be about. We thought about Tuffy the cat's good points and bad points. The children also wrote some excellent speeches from Ellie's perspective (character) about the poor little bird.
The standard of writing is really improving in Year 2, great use of interesting words and joining words.
Keep up the good work!
Maths
This week we finished our learning about halves andd quarters.
Science
We carried out an investigation to find out the answer tp the question, "do our feet grow as we get older?
PSHE
We played a game called "Stuck in the Mud". We then discussed how we cooperated when we played the game. We also came up with some ideas as to how we could help if we think people are being left out.
History/D.T
The children found out about some of the materials that were used to build Tudor houses, like wattle and daub and thatched rooves. They designed and planned how they would build their own model Tudor houses, ready for D.T day.
Please could you send your child into school with one or two cardboard boxes (no bigger than a shoe box).
Many thanks, we do have some spares but not enough for every child!
- My Happy Mind
We spent some time doing happy breathing and discussed the effect it had on us.
Year 2 said that when they did happy breathing it made them feel calm, peaceful, relaxed, joyful, happy
and ready for learning new things.
R.E/RSHE
The children learnt that we live in a diverse community and in response to that, wrote some fantastic diversity acrostic poems. We also discussed times we feel safe and unsafe in our communities. The children realised that when we do good things like helping other people in our communities God is always with us.
The Nativity play is going really well. Year 2 are being great singers, narrators and actors.
Don't forget it's on Tuesday 10th December in church at 2pm and 6.30pm.
Year 2 Blog-Friday 22nd November
Date: 21st Nov 2024 @ 11:39am
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 (29.11.24):
father pass class grass path
hour prove plant bath move
Sumdog: Complete the fractions 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
This week we continued our learning from The Little Story Who Didn't Want To Be Told.
We have been learning how to use different joining words to extend our sentences.
We wrote our own story about a crocodile.
Phonics
We continued to revise the long o sound.
Maths
We used practical equipment to find halves and quarters of amounts. We know that the groups have to be EQUAL.
We have been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and discussing how this relates to the times tables.
Science
We learnt about how humans change as they grow into adults.
We also discussed the life cycle of a butterfly.
PSHE
- We learnt how to recognise and explain how a person's behaviour can affect other people.
- We acted out a short play.
My Happy Mind
The children learned about neuroplasticity and how our brains grow when we practise things like spellings/times tables and it becomes easier the more we try.
R.E
The children recapped the Nativity story, found out more about when the Angel Gabriel visited Mary and drew some lovely pictures for our display.
We have been so excited to learn all the songs for our Nativity. Don't forget it's on Tuesday 10th December in church at 2pm and 6.30pm.
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 11:44am
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 (22.11.24):
every great break steak pretty
beautiful after fast last past
Sumdog: Complete the statistics 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
This week we read the next book in the trilogy, The Bear, the Piano, the Dog and the Fiddle also by David Litchfield. The children wrote their own versions of The Bear and the Piano story. Everyone is trying so hard to make their writing look beautiful on the page. We are also thinking about ourselves as authors and we discussed how to make our stories interesting and exciting.
Phonics
We have been revising oa as in goat and ow as in shadow.
SPaG
We learnt more about the different types of sentences and wrote some of our own statements, commands, questions and exclamations.
Maths
We learnt how to interpret block graphs and pictograms. We made our own graphs and also learnt how to record amounts using a tally chart.
We have been singing songs to help us learn our 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
Science
Forest School
We used the gardening tools safely. We had great fun with all the leaves. Our games showed great imagination and teamwork.
R.E.
We learnt about some Prophets from the Bible, such as Noah and Isaiah and what they did for God.
The children produced lovely work in their books in response to this.
History/Art
On Remembrance Day, year 2 made their own poppies to help us remember those who fought in the wars.
My Happy Mind
We learnt about what happens to our brains when we are happy and also when we might be feeling sad/worried. The children practised their happy breathing, which helps the brain to function fully, so we are content and ready for learning.
This week we all enjoyed our session with Freddy Fit. He really put us through our paces!
Everyone looked briliant in their Children In Need outfits. Thank you for supporting this.
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.
Year 2 Blog Thursday 24th October 2024
Date: 24th Oct 2024 @ 3:45pm
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: We had a quiz on the 50 spelling words so far, everyone did really well, but please practise any that your child spelt incorrectly.
English
This week we retold the story of Pumpkin Soup and wrote a setting description of Duck's kitchen.
Phonics
We revised the long 'y' sound as in shy, reply and cry.
Maths
We have been measuring length, height and mass, using rulers and balance scales.
The children drew Autumn trees using pencils and crayons.
Forest School
This week we remembered how to be safe around the fire and we made some delicious pumpkin soup.
Have a wonderful holiday.
Year 2 Team.
Year 2 Blog Friday 18th October 2024
Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 11:42am
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 Thursday (24.10.24):
Any words from all the previous weeks spellings that you are not sure of.
Sumdog: Complete the 'Properties of 2-D and 3-D Shapes' 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
This week we read our owl non chronogical reports to children in Reception, Year 3 and Year 4. We listened to the story of pumpkin soup and identified the contractions such as it's, didn't, I'll and don't. We also investigated noun phrases such as 'old white cabin'. We used our senses and imaginations to write noun phrases about duck's kitchen.We will be continuing with this learning next week.
Phonics
We revised ie as in pie and i-e as in wide.
Maths
The children have been learning about the names and properties of 2-D and 3-D shapes. We then moved onto measuring length, capacity and mass. The class used metre sticks and rulers to estimate and measure different objects around the classroom.
RE
Next week, we will continue learning about Baptism. It would be great if you could talk to your child about their own Baptism and maybe send some photographs (not precious ones) into school. We will use them to further discuss what happens at a Baptism and the importance of being part of the Church family.
The children had a go at drawing some Halloween pictures by following an artist's instructions.
The results were spooky and fabulous!
History
Year 2 read small extracts from the diary of Samuel Pepys and answered questions about what happened during the fire. They found it interesting that Samuel Pepys buried his precious cheese and wine to stop it from burning in the fire!
PSHE
We had a circle time. The theme was' don't do that'. We talked about strategies we could use and things we could say if someone was doing something we didn't like.
Forest School
This week we went out as a group all afternoon.
We had a discussion about how to keep safe around the fire. We invented our own concoctions from, crumpets, bread, fruit loaf, hot dogs, cheese, pitta bread and wraps. We then toasted them on the fire-delicious!
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Year 2 Blog Friday 11th October 2024
Date: 10th Oct 2024 @ 7:00pm
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 (18.10.24):
door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, child, children
Sumdog: Complete the 'Adding Three/Four 1-digit Numbers' challenge.
Counting: At home, count in 10's forwards and backwards but start on a 1-digit number.
For example, 2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52 or 7, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57 or 8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58, 68.
What do you notice about the numbers you are counting each time?
English
This week we have become owl experts. We read at a piece of non-fiction writing about owls and wrote down all the facts we could find. We learnt about the features of a non-chronological report, wrote a plan and started to write our own report.
Phonics
We revised ai as in train, eigh as in eight, a as in apricot, ea as in steak, ay as in tray, a-e as in take and ey as in grey. We played bingo and we also wrote sentences using as many of the words as we could.
Maths
The children have been adding/subtracting 2 digit numbers, 26+32 or 49-33 using tens and ones apparatus, lines and dots and by mental partitioning methods. We have also continued our work on number bonds to 10, 20 and 100. This came in useful when we were adding three 1-digit numbers together. For example, 3+5+7=15. The children calculated 3+7=10 first, then added the five to make 15.
RE
This week, we have revisited the sacrament of Baptism. The children thought about the signs and symbols of Baptism (white garment, water, Baptismal Candle, oils) and what happens in Church when a baby is Baptised.
The children were busy in our Art lesson, they painted over their oil pastel leaves using water colours. The effect was amazing, they looked really life like! We have some budding artists in Year 2.
Geography
During our lesson, we looked at the continent of Antarctica in more detail. Year 2 St Oswald's 2024-2025 have been included in a time capsule that is travelling on board the RRS Sir David Attenborough headed for the Rothera Research Station in Antarctica. It leaves on 13th October and we will have weekly updates and information about the journey, weather, crew, animals and findings. The children are so excited about it!
Science
This week we learnt about things which are living and things which have never been alive.
Year 2 Friday Blog- 4th October 2024
Date: 1st Oct 2024 @ 5:36pm
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 (11.10.24):
he, she, no, so, my,some,our, pull, put, push
Sumdog: Complete the 'Adding multiples of 10 ' challenge.
Counting: At home, play the 'follow me' game that you learnt in class. Count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards.
English
This week we wrote sentences about Plop. We pretended to be Plop. We are trying so hard to form our letters with lead-ins.
We wrote a book review.
Phonics
We have been revising eigh as in eight, ey as in grey, a as in apricot and ea as in steak.
SPaG
We have been learning about conjunctions (joining words) and writing sentences including... and, but, because, so. The children are trying to use them as often as possible in their own writing.
Maths
The children have been adding/subtracting a multiple of 10 to/from a 2 digit number, 26+20 or 41-30. We have also worked on number bonds to 10 and 100.
RE
This week, we have read Psalm 139 together. The children learnt that a Psalm is a bit like a song or a prayer. They responded to the Psalm with their own art work in the style of Eva Crawford.
French
Year 2 have been drawing leaves - Fir, Birch, Hazel, Willow, Sycamore and Oak. First they used pencil, then oil pastels. Next week, we will paint over their oil pastel leaves using water colours to see the effect.
Geography
The children know the seven continents and five oceans so well now. During our lesson, we looked at the continent of Asia in more detail.
Forest School
Mrs Wood gave every class a bag of daffodils and we planted ours today.
We had a great time in the log circle area- building dens,making obstacle courses, cooking with apples, climbing, balancing, jumping and finding creatures.
We have been using leaves as our inspiration in our art work and we found some of the leaves outside.
Science
We learnt about food chains and drew our own.
Thank you for all your generous Harvest gifts.
Year 2 Blog- Friday 27th September 2024
Date: 25th Sep 2024 @ 5:41pm
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 (04.10.24):
of, says, your, me, we,
there, love, one, ask, pull.
Sumdog: Complete the 'Addition/Subtraction within 20' challenge.
Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards.
English
We have started learning through the story of The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark. The owl is called Plop. We wrote sentences to describe him, using adjectives and connectives.
In pairs, we discussed why he might be afraid of the dark and wrote some possible reasons for this.
Phonics
We have been learning ui as in fruit, u-e as in rude and u-e as in cute.
SPaG
We have been learning about proper nouns, common nouns and adjectives. We have also been learning about how many syllables are in a word.
Maths
The children learned how to add a 1 digit number to a 2 digit number, 26+4. we have also been learning about subtraction.
We have been counting in 10's.
French
PE
The children have really improved their under arm throwing and catching. They have played various mini games and learnt about the importance of dodging to get away from a defender.
RE
The children have completed their Noah's Ark puppets which they will use to act out the story. We also read the story of God's Rainbow which explains God's promise, love and faithfulness.
Forest School
This week we used the leaf cutters to make leaf confetti. Some of us practised tying knots and stick wrapping. We found a lot of apples and spent time collecting them, which required our problem solving skills, washing them and cooking with them.
Thank you for sending in donations for Harvest.
Year 2 Blog Friday 20th September 2024
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 3:29pm
Year 2 have had another fantastic week, filled with lots of interesting and enjoyable learning.
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 (27.09.24):
house, school,once, come,they,
by,here,friend, go, be
Sumdog: Complete the 'one more/less than' challenge.
English
We have continued our learning through the story of Burglar Bill. He wrote us all a letter. As they were all different, they told us lots of information. We used this information to write a character description of him. We also planned an alternative ending to the story and wrote it. We have been using connecting words and adjectives to make our writing even better.
In handwriting we have been learning how to form our letters with lead-ins.
Phonics
We have been revising oo as in zoo and ew as in brew and y as in happy.
Maths
The children have been learning how to work out one more/less than and ten more/less than a given number. We have also been comparing two numbers and deciding which is the greatest or which is the least.
R.E
We re-read the story of Noah's Ark, focusing on the rainbow being a sign of God's promise (covenant) never to send another flood again. The children made their own rainbows and Noah's Ark puppets.
History
Year 2 are thoroughly enjoying learning about The Great Fire of London. We compared London today with London back in 1666 and learnt where the fire started and how it spread so quickly.
Geography
The children have already learnt most of the continents and oceans of the world and really enjoyed looking at their location on the map.
Forest School
We went on a scavenger hunt to find natural objects. We then displayed them on a log-we showed lots of creativity. We then had time for our own learning-we invented games, found plenty of apples, did some wood carving with stones, tried to make a whistle, spotted patterns in the tree stumps, found creatures, problem-solved and practised balancing.
PLEASE ASK YOUR CHILD TO PUT THEIR READING BOOKS IN THE RED BOX ON MRS DEIGHTON'S TABLE WHEN THEY HAVE ALL BEEN READ. THANK YOU.
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 9:26am
With your children now back in school, it is a great time to review online safety in your homes and make sure we are all up to date with developments in the online world. At St Oswald's, all classes will be beginning their Online Saftety learning where they will learn all about safe practices online in the following areas.
Self image and identitiy
Online relationships
Online bulllying
Health, Well-being and lifestyle
Online reputation
Managing online information
Copyright and ownership
We will blog regularly to keep you updated with developments in the online space, sharing platform guides and links to expert training for you to keep your children safe when exploring the internet. Below you will find guides on new devices and WhatsApp.
To access a huge range of information on the National Online Safety website click the link below and join our school online safety hub.You will get access to videos, training and guides to keep you informed of the best practices in keeping your children safe online.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb
Year 2 Blog- Friday 13th September 2024
Date: 11th Sep 2024 @ 5:50pm
Welcome to your first Friday blog of the new school year. The children have settled in so well, they are following the Golden Rules, class routines and have already done so much great learning, well done Year 2.
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 (20.09.24):
said, are, the, was, his, today, is, were, has and you.
Sumdog: Complete the 'Place Value - Tens and Ones' challenge.
English
We have been learning through the story of Burglar Bill. We wrote him a letter telling him all about ourselves. We also described his house-we were great at thinking of adjectives. We wrote some questions and asked him for some answers! There was a bag of bread from his bakery in our classroom and we wrote some excellent senteces describing it.
In handwriting we have been learning how to form our letters with lead-ins.
Phonics
We have been revisiting ee as in tree, ea as in leaf, e-e as in Steve and y as in happy.
Maths
We have been learning how to represent 10s and 1s using equipment. We have used Base 10, straws ,counters and cards.
R.E
We have read and retold the story of Noah's Ark.
P.E
The children have revisited the fundamental skills of underam throwing and catching. They played mini-games and displayed fantastic team work.
Forest School
Last week we explored the log circle area. We found many creatures, played our own games and built dens.
This week we explored our nature area and spotted many changes since we were last in there.
We found blackberries and apples growing.
Thank you for coming to the 'Meet the Teacher' meeting.
Year 2 Blog - Friday 12th July
Date: 12th Jul 2024 @ 4:43pm
Welcome to the last Friday Blog!
Home Practice
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Maths - Counting in 3s practise
Sumdog - Maths and Spellings Challenge
English
This week, we have re-told the story of Fantastic Mr Fox and wrote a book review.
Maths
This week we have been learning about number patterns and counting in jumps of 2, 5 and 10 from any number.
R.E.
We have been learning about Judaism.
Art
In Art this week, the children explored creating art with music.
We explored different artists and learnt how they used music and sounds to create different pieces of Art.
Well done to all the children for taking part in Tough Kidder.
Thank you for all the support this year in Year 2.
Have a great summer holidays.
Mrs Sheen, Ms Singleton and Mrs Deighton
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 1:06pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog!
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night. Children will get 10 house points for every book/chapter they read at home.
Spellings – continue to practise the Year 2 high frequency words.
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 3 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – Fractions
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – High Frequency Words
This week in Year 2
English
This week we finished reading our novel 'Fantastic Mr Fox' by Roald Dahl. The children have started to plan their re-tell of the story.
Maths
This week we finished our new topic about fractions. We are now looking at partitioning numbers in different ways.
RE
This week the children have been learning about Judaism.
Science
The children have been looking at how some plants manage to survive in different conditions.
Art
This week in Art the children have been looking at how different people can see different images in artwork and they made super flower designs, printing with their fingers.
Year 2 Blog - Friday 21st June
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 3:59pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night. Children will get 10 house points for every book they read at home.
Spellings – Quiz on Monday 24th June
their believe accidentally actually bicycle
breath breathe build busy with
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 3 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – Telling the time
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – Common Exception words
This week in Year 2
English
This week we continued to read our novel 'Fantastic Mr Fox' by Roald Dahl. We described the characters and learnt about speech. We also also wrote brilliant speech bubbles for how Mr Fox was feeling.
Maths
This week we started our new topic about time. We learnt about minutes past the hour by counting in fives.
RE
We have written about people who help in our community. We all wrote about these people and we discussedthe importance of food banks, shelters and care homes.
Forest School
Science
We learnt about the life cycle of a bean plant.
Geograpghy
We identified the similarities and differences between rivers in Zambia compared to rivers in England.
Year 2 Blog - Friday 14th June
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 1:12pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night. Children will get 10 house points for every book they read at home.
Spellings – Quiz on Monday 17th June
accident address arrive believe answer
appear actual our because their
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 10 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – 3D shapes
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – Common Exception words
This week in Year 2
English
This week we read our novel 'Fantastic Mr Fox' by Roald Dahl. We also planned and wrote our 'Special Place' writing. The children have written some beautiful pieces of writing - well done Year 2.
Maths
This week we started learning about 3D shapes and their properties.
RE
We read scripture from Luke (10: 25-37) The Parable of the Good Samaritan. We reflected on the scripture and re-told the story .
Forest School
Science
We compared seeds and bulbs. We are learning about germination.
History
This week we finished our Kings, Queens and Castles topic. Next week we will start out new topic about technology.
#30 Days Wild
Please could you send a plastic yoghurt/milk tub in with your child - we are going to make some recycled bird feeders for 30 days wild.
Date: 7th Jun 2024 @ 9:22am
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night. Children will get 10 house points for every book they read at home this week!
Spellings – Common Exception Words reviewed in class so no spelling quiz next week
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 5 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – 2D shapes
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – Common Exception words
This week in Year 2
PE
We enjoyed a lovely yoga session on Tuesday with Katie from South Ribble.
English
This week we started our new novel 'Fantastic Mr Fox' by Roald Dahl. We wrote descriptions about the main characters and used dictionaries to explore new vocabulary will come across in the books. We also wrote a lovely piece of writing about the anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Maths
This week we started learning about 2D shapes and lines of symmetry.
RE
This week we started our new branch of learning called 'Dialogue and Scripture'. We read scripture from Luke (10: 25-37) The The Parable of the Good Samaritan. We explored the statement ' Love your neighbour as you love yourself' and wrote a reflection about 'who is my neighbour' in my own life.
Forest School
Geography
In Geography this week we learnt about human and physical features in Africa. We learnt some of the countries names from Africa and the flags associated with them.
#30 Days Wild
Please could you send a plastic yoghurt/milk tub in with your child - we are going to make some recycled bird feeders for 30 days wild.
Date: 24th May 2024 @ 1:04pm
Over half term there will be Sumdog challenges to complete but no spellings or time tables.
Please try to read your books over half term.
This week in Year 2
English
This week we finished our novel 'Greta and the Giants' by Zoe Tucker. We learned more about non-fiction writing and wrote about Greta Thunberg. We researched all about her using I-pads, created a fact file about her and her work and discussed the importance of her actions. We also re-told the story of 'Greta and the Giants'.
Maths
This week we have used the skill of exchanging for addition and subtraction.
RE
This week we learnt all about Mary, the Mother of Jesus and her importance to us. May is the month we remember Mary.
Art
We created a beautiful art canvas using acrylic paint during our topic of expressive painting. We all enjoyed painting a meadow and mixing the paint to create new colours.
Reminders
The children who are attending football club with Mrs Sheen on Monday (starting after half term) are to wear their PE kits. Please bring trainers if they are not already in PE bags.
Have a lovely half term - ready for our final half term in Year 2!
Year 2 Team
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 10:54am
Well done to Year 2 on their Sports Day today!
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night. Children will get 10 house points for every book they read at home this week!
Spellings – Spelling Quiz Monday 19th May
children's animal's car's computer's people's
even everybody Christmas because again
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 10 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – addition place value
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – apostrophes
This week in Year 2
English
This week we started our new novel 'Greta and the Giants' by Zoe Tucker. We have written setting descriptions for the forest using great vocabulary, written a WANTED poster for the Giants and speech bubbles for their feelings.
Maths
This week we finished our measuring unit and started place value.
RE
This week we discussed all the scripture we have read and explored so far and created a story map.
Forest School
We went on a circular walk around our top field and noticed lots of changes. If you are on a walk and you trip over a root or something falls from a tree near you it might be the woodland Boggards, very mischievous creatures from folklore.We collected natural materials which we used to make a Boggart. We used clay on a stick to make the head of the Boggart.
Science
We planted seeds in different environments. We have our own bean diaries where we are writing the changes each day.
Reminders
Year 1 and 2 Football club with Mrs Sheen after half term. Monday's at 3.15-4.15 for 4 weeks. Slips on Newsletter.
Have a lovely weekend.
Date: 10th May 2024 @ 12:54pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night. Children will get 10 house points for every book they read at home this week!
Spellings – Spelling Quiz Monday 13th May
fiction section option emotion fraction
mention notion action potion caution
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 5 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – measuring
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – tion
This week in Year 2
English
This week we have written poetry about the Earth and the Ocean. We discussed climate change and thought about important changes we need to make.
Maths
This week we have been learning about measuring. Today, we explored different equipment used for measuring.
RE
We read and explored new scripture this week from Galatians 5 22-23. We created beautiful artwork to represent the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Forest School
We have been celebrating the month of May. We made willow crowns. We discussed which flowers we could pick. We practised our knot-tying skills.
Computing
We created a program for our friends to step carefully around the classroom on a large grid on the floor whilst using directional language.
Reminders
Year 2 Sports day is Friday 17th May.
Have a lovely weekend.
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 1:11pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night.
Spellings – Spelling Quiz Tuesday 7th May
unwell unzip unhappy uncover unfair
uncertain unsafe unlucky unhealthy unwrap
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 2 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – worded division
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – common exception words
This week in Year 2
English
We continued our novel called 'Dear Earth' by Isabel Clara Anganuzzi. The children have written brilliant speech bubbles for how the Earth is feeling and the steps we can all do to help, created a poster to pursuade people to clean up the Earth and wrote an acrostic poem for Earth.
Maths
This week we have learnt how to solve multiplication and division worded problems.
RE
We learnt all about the Scripture from Saul. We re-told the story of Saul using pictures and captions.
Forest School
We made shelters and pretended a storm was coming! Superb team-work and problem solving. We are also becoming more proficient when tying knots.
Art
We explored acrylic paintings from famous artists including Van Gogh. The children re-created one of his paintings using two different mediums.
PSHE
In PSHE this week the children have looked at the roles of people who help us in our community. We have also had a big focus on taking time to write in our feelings book each day after dinner. Here the children can write down any feelings they have (good and bad).
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 2 Blog - Friday 26th April
Date: 26th Apr 2024 @ 12:45pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night.
Spellings – Spelling Quiz Monday 29th April
climb great pretty busy beautiful
Mr everybody improve again sugar
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 10 times tables out loud.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – doubles
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – common exception words
This week in Year 2
English
We continued our novel called 'Dear Earth' by Isabel Clara Anganuzzi. We wrote beautiful poems about our wonderful Earth using our book and celebrating Earth Day 2024. We have also written a diary to describe how beautiful Earth is and making suggestions for how we can make it better. We have also written a recount about our trip to Brockholes Nature Reserve.
Maths
This week we continued learning about multiplication and using arrays.
RE
We listened to more Scripture about Jesus from Acts in the Bible. We also celebrated how we show we are opening our heart to God.
Forest School
We also celebrated Earth Day which was on Monday of this week. We played our bee game again but this time we added in a waggle dance which is how the bees communicate with each other when they are looking for nectar.
We scattered some wildflower seeds because we know that they provide bees, butterflies and other pollinators with food. We also picked up all the litter we could find in our nature area.
Art
We created brilliant art with their own forest paint brushes. We explored the different textures and marks using acrylic paint.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 2 Blog - Friday 19th April
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 5:05pm
Hope you all had a lovely Easter Break
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night.
Spellings – No spellings this week - assessment of key words.
Times Tables – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise counting your 5 times tables out loud.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – arrays
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – common exeption words
Sumdog Competition for Year 2 – punctuation
This week in Year 2
English
This week the children have finished their books about the Big Bad Owl and shared their stories with Reception and Year 1. We have started our new novel today called 'Dear Earth' by Isabel Clara Anganuzzi. The children made a prediction about what the story may be about using the front cover and illustrations.
Maths
This week the children have been learning about multiplication and using arrays.
RE
The children explored a map of Israel looking at the key places where Jesus travelled. We have started a new branch called ' to the ends of the Earth'. We looked at the scripture from Luke's Gospel about the resurrection and ascension.
Forest School
We played a game to help us to learn about bees. Some of us were flowers and some of us were the bees.
Reminders
Year 2 trip Thursday 25th April - please wear a warm waterproof coat and suitable footwear. School uniform on the top half and leggings, tracksuit bottoms or warm trousers.
Have a lovely weekend.