St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 2: Blog items
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.
Year 2 Thursday 28th March 2024
Date: 29th Mar 2024 @ 12:44pm
Welcome to your Easter Blog
Reading - try and read your school books every day over the holidays.
Thank you!
Year 2 Blog - Friday 22nd March
Date: 21st Mar 2024 @ 4:22pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night.
Spellings –Spelling quiz will be on MONDAY 25th March.
enjoyment payment achievement agreement punishment government treatment placement statement movement
Times Tables – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise counting in 10s from any given number. Challenge – count in tens from 0 to 150.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – x5 times tables practice and money
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – suffix -ment
Sumdog Competition for Year 2 – apostrophes
This week in Year 2
English
This week the children started a new novel 'The Big Bad Owl'. The children made predictions using the front cover and title, wrote a description of 'Cupcake Wood' and described what all the animals were doing and how friendly they were. The children have started to use verbs, adverbs, adjectives and superlatives to make their writing better.
Maths
This week the children have been learning about money.
RE
The children re-told the Easter Story and explored all the events which happen before Easter.
PSHE
In PSHE this week the children have discussed self-belief and values, The children have also started to use thier feelings books.
Reminders
Year 2 Assembly - thank you to everyone who came to watch our class assembly.
Easter Egg Raffle tickets - Available to buy from class - 50p per ticket.
Year 2 trip - Please return the orange slip from the trip letter before the Easter holidays - thank you.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 2 Blog - Friday 15th March
Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 4:00pm
Home Practice
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night.
Spellings –Spelling quiz will be on MONDAY 18th March
homeless careless hopeless spotless endless tasteless heartless fearless helpless speechless
Times Tables – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday. No quiz this week.
Counting - Practise counting in 3s from any given number. Challenge – count in twos from 0 to 36. Challenge.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – x3 times tables practice and addition
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – suffix -less
Sumdog Competition for Year 2 – apostrophes
This week in Year 2
English
This week the children finished the book 'The Lumberjack's Beard'. They wrote super apology letters to the animals who lost their homes from the point of view of Jim Hikory.
Maths
This week we started to learn about addition and subtraction using exchanging.
RE
In our learning this week, we re-told the story of Palm Sunday. The children drew lovely pictures of Jesus arriving on his donkey.
Science
In Science this week, we carried out an investigation about the properties of materials. The children explored which materials would be best when water was adding to them.
Forest School
Some of us have been learning how to plant seeds.
Some of us practised our knots and made a forest eye.
There was also some super child-initiated learning involving making a stream, cooking with wild garlic and discovering a snail hide-out!
Reminders
Year 2 Assembly - Thursday 21st March at 2.40pm.
PTFA Easter Bingo – Thursday 21st March 6.30pm-7.30pm.
Have a lovely weekend.
Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 3:52pm
Home Practice
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night.
Spellings –Spelling quiz will be on MONDAY 11th March
patted dropped skipped fastest saddest skipping sadder dropping faster patting
Times Tables – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday. Please learn these like the tables for a quiz on Wednesday 13th March.
Counting - Practise counting in 10s from any given number. Challenge – count in twos from 0 to 100. Challenge – now count from 100 to 0!
Sumdog Challenges Maths – x10 times tables practice and measure challenge
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – suffix to words ending in consonants
Sumdog Competition for Year 2 – punctuation
This week in Year 2
English
This week we wrote lovely Mother's Day poems. The children also continued learning with the story 'The Lumberjack's Beard'. The children loved World Book Day - the costumes were amazing. During the day the children watched an author called Sarah Bowie share her illustrations from her novel 'Nina Peanut is Amazing'.
Maths
This week we have finished our learning about measuring. The children ordered different masses of objects and placed arrows to show volumes in measuring cylinders.
RE
In our learning this week, we wrote a lovely prayer about Jesus in the desert and thanked him for all that he has done for us.
Science
In Science this week, we have been learning all about Spring and we also went outside to observe and measure our Crocuses which we planted last term.
Forest School
We continued our learning about using tools safely. We used a hammer and a screwdriver. We learnt the difference between a nail and a screw.
Reminders
#LetGirlsPlay – well done to all the girls from Year 2 who took part in this today !
PTFA Easter Bingo – Thursday 21st March 6.30pm-7.30pm.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 2 Blog - Friday 1st March
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 4:07pm
Home Practice
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night.
Spellings –Spelling quiz will be on MONDAY 4th March
Hiked hiking hiker biked biking biker shined
Shining shinier shaking
Times Tables – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday. Please learn these like the tables for a quiz on Wednesday 6th March.
Counting - Practise counting in 5s from any given number. Challenge – count in tens from 0 to 100. Challenge – now count from 100 to 0!
Sumdog Challenges Maths – x5 times tables practice and measure Challenge
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – -ed -er -ing suffix
Sumdog Competition for Year 2 – past tense
This week in Year 2
English
This week we have continued to learn through our book ‘The Lumberjack’s Beard’. The children wrote a character description for Lumberjack Jim and explored great vocabulary from the text.
Maths
This week we started the Measurement topic. The children ordered mass from heaviest to lightest, read numbers on different scales and compared different weights for objects.
RE
In our learning this week, we wrote about the journey of Lent. We also discussed what happens on St David’s Day.
ART
In Art this week, we observed patterns, colours and shapes when drawing tulips. We also used a fork to experiment with the effects we could achieve when dragging it through paint.
Click here to see some photos.
Reminders
World Book Day is Thursday 7th March. Please come into school dressed as your favourite character. There will also be an oppportunity to swap a book with someone from your class.
#LetGirlsPlay – all the girls who would like to have a go at playing football can do so on Friday 8th March at Dinner Play!
PTFA Easter Bingo – Thursday 21st March 6.30pm-7.30pm.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 2 Blog - Friday 23rd February
Date: 23rd Feb 2024 @ 3:31pm
Home Practice
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night.
Spellings –Spelling quiz will be on MONDAY 26th February.
Darkness kindness sadness brightness laziness hopeful
Wonderful colourful peaceful beautiful
Times Tables – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday. No times table quiz next week.
Counting - Practise counting in 10s from any given number. Challenge – count in tens from 10 to 100. Challenge – now count from 100 to 0!
Sumdog Challenges Maths – x10 times tables practice and place value Challenge.
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – -ness -ful suffix
Sumdog Competition for Year 2 - Capital Letters.
This week in Year 2
English
This week, we started our new book ‘The lumberjack’s beard’. We wrote a feelings bubble for how little blue bird is feeling and also acted it out with a partner.
Maths
This week, we started the place value topic. We placed numbers on number lines and measuring cylinders.
PSHE
In PSHE we discussed different feelings we could have. we then designed our own feeling monsters.
RE
This week, we wrote our Lenten Promise. We thought about how we could be a better person in the short time of Lent.
Forest School
We learnt how to use hammers safely. We used them to knock nails in to wood.
We also went in the very muddy nature area. The child-initiated learning was briliant-floating and sinking, mixing up mud and water, making a stream, cooking and building dams.
We also explored our new shelters.
Reminders
Please remember to sign up to parents evening. The folders are outside the office for you to sign up.
Spring disco is Thursday 29th February – wear bright clothes.
PTFA Easter Bingo – Thursday 21st March 6.30pm-7.30pm.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 2 Blog Thursday 8th February
Date: 8th Feb 2024 @ 3:50pm
Happy Half Term!
Home practice
Please read when you can during the holiday even if it's just for 5 minutes each day.
There is a SUMDOG maths and spelling challenge.
Spelling Quiz will be on Monday 19th February.
butterfly cry dry try baby stories bunnies strawberries spies berries
This week in Year 2
English
We performed some emotional writing and wrote our own speech bubble about the Snowman and how he felt.
Math
We continued to learn about time.
Art
In art this week we finished our architect project to build a structure which could stand up.
PSHE
This week has been 'Children's Mental Health week' and the focus has been 'my voice matters'. We have discussed how we can use our voice to get our opinions and worries across. We also learned the importance of sharing our thoughts and feelings with a trusted adult.
Reminders
Please remember to sign up to parents evening which is after half term. The folders are outside the office.
Have a happy Half Term.
Year 2 Blog Friday 2nd February
Date: 2nd Feb 2024 @ 3:48pm
Home Practice
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Spellings – .Spelling quiz will be on MONDAY 5th February.
pencil fossil nostril evil April pedal local animal hospital medal
Times Tables – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday. Please learn these like the spellings for a quiz on Wednesday 7th February.
Counting - Practise counting in 5s from any given number. Challenge – count in fives from 10 to 100.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – x2 times tables practice and Time Challenge
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – il al
This week in Year 2
English
This week we have been writing in the past tense. We used the book 'Five Little Fiends' by Sarah Dyer to help us with ideas.
Maths
This week we have been telling the time to an hour, half past, quarter past and quarter to.
Geography
In geography this week we researched the location of the continents compared to the oceans. We enjoyed singing the continents and ocean songs.
Art
In art this week we started our architect project which requires building a structure that can stand up.
Forest School
We discussed the changes we have noticed as we reach the end of January. We looked at a birds nest and talked about the materials it was made from. We had a go at making a nest.
Reminders
Please remember to sign up to parents evening which is after half term. The folders are outside the office for you to sign up.
Valentines disco is Thursday 8th February.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 2 Blog Friday 26th January
Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 1:53pm
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Spellings – Please see spelling sheet taken home on MONDAY.
Spelling quiz will be on MONDAY 29th January.
table apple bottle little puddle camel tinsel travel towel hazel
Times Tables – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday. Please learn these like the spellings for a quiz on Wednesday 31st January.
Counting - Practise counting in 3s from any given number. Challenge – count in threes from 63 to 100.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – x3 times tables practice and Money Challenge
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – le and el
This week in Year 2
English
This week we wrote about Flat Stanley – the boy who was flattened by a picture! We focused on using adjectives and similes to make our sentences more exciting.
Maths
In maths, we learnt about money. We made different amounts using different coins, and added two amounts together to make a total.
RE
In RE, we discussed how we should be thankful to God for all he does for us. We then wrote a beautiful prayer about thanking and praising God.
History
We learnt about explorers in history this week focusing on Charles Darwin and Neil Armstrong. We ‘hot seated’ different children and came up with super questions for these two explorers.
Forest School
All of have now boiled water in the Kelly Kettle to make noodles.
We have also participated in imaginative play showing great teamwork, resilience and perseverance.
We also practised our knotting skills when making a forest eye and other items using sticks, wool, pipe cleaners, wire and ribbon.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 2 Friday blog 19th January 2024
Date: 20th Jan 2024 @ 8:45am
Home Practice
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Spellings – Please see spelling sheet taken home on Wednesday.
Spelling quiz will be on Wednesday 24th January.
Know knight knee knock gnaw gnome gnarl would could should
Times Tables – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Monday. Please learn these like the spellings for a quiz on Wednesday 24th January.
Counting - Practise counting in 2s from any given number. Challenge – count in twos from 23 to 100.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – x2 times tables practice and Addition and Subtraction Challenge
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – Silent 'K'
This week in Year 2
English
In our learning this week we wrote about winter. We also used our ideas about winter to write some lovely poems.
We have been learning about capacity and volume. We have begun to look at money and are trying to recognise the value of all the coins to £2.
Science and PSHE
In Science we are continuing to look at how to keep our bodies healthy: we have looked at the importance of eating a balanced diet, exercising and keeping clean, particularly when and how to wash our hands and clean our teeth.
Have a lovely weekend.
Date: 12th Jan 2024 @ 4:14pm
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Self image and identitiy
Online relationships
Online bulllying
Health, Well-being and lifestyle
Online reputation
Managing online information
Copyright and ownership
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