Year 2 Home Practice 5th November 2021

Date: 5th Nov 2021 @ 1:11pm

We hope you all had a lovely half term. We have had a great first week back of learning. In English this week the children have read The Bear and the Piano and Five Little Fiends. They have done lots of writing, including character descriptions and sequencing the story. The children are working really hard to use their lead-ins in all their English lessons. In Maths, they have been learning all about measure. Our PSHE lesson was introducing this terms topic of ‘Managing our feelings’. In Computing, the children worked on coding and Sumdog. In French the children have made a wreath of hands as a symbol of peace and friendship. Keep up the great work everyone.

Reading

In Year 2 children should read for at least 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an adult or older sibling. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Please sign and leave a small comment when you have read with your child and make it clear that you have finished a book, then we know we can change it.

Reading books are changed every Monday and sent out on Tuesday. However, if you need to change a book, 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 love to read.

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 red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

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

Spelling

Your child will know which group they are in for phonics. Please learn the correct set of spellings below.

This week we have been learning how to spell words with the ‘oa and ee’ sound.

Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Thursday. A sheet will go home every Tuesday with the spelling list on. This is for home practise only and can be kept with you. You will have a Sumdog challenge to complete by next Thursday.

This week’s spellings are:

Miss Gravili’s Phonics Group

show

throwing

ghost

also

alone

milestone

mangoes

flamingos

download

floated

Miss Bennison’s Phonics Group

teeth

agreed

swede

complete

monkey

donkey

equal

evil

beads

lead

Maths

At home count to 100 forwards and backwards. Count in twos, fives and tens from 0. Make it trickier by counting from any number in twos, fives and tens. What patterns can you see?

You will have a times table challenge and a measuring challenge on Sumdog to complete by next Friday.

Sumdog

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Sumdog challenges:

Multiplication – x2, x5 and x10 tables mixed.

Maths – Measurement.

Spellings – words with the ‘ee and oa’ sounds.

Thank you for all your support. Have a lovely weekend.

The Year 2 team.

Online Safety Update

Date: 4th Nov 2021 @ 12:31pm

Keeping our children safe in the online space is of ever growing importance. From phones to consoles, our children are exposed to more online risk than ever and it is important that we adults keep up to date to ensure our children are prepared for all they meet online. 

This term our classes have been learning about privacy and security as part of their Online Safety lessons. Below we have attached a guide for settting up new devices that your children may use. This incluses tips for security and password protection.

Please continue to access all information on the National Online Safety website. You will get access to all videos and guides by clicking the link below and joining free to our school online safety hub.

http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb

Year 2 Home Practice Friday 15th October 2021

Date: 15th Oct 2021 @ 4:15pm

Well done Year 2, we have had another great week of learning. The story Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown was fun to read and the children responded well during class discussion. They have done lots of writing, including a poem about Flat Stanley using interesting adjectives and a description of themselves, as if they had become flat! Some of their illustrations were fabulous! In Maths, they have been comparing numbers and rounding to the nearest ten. We will be moving on to measuring length and mass next week. Our PSHE lesson (circle time) was spent discussing friendship and kindness. In Computing, the children worked on coding and Sumdog. The paintings they did in Art are going to look creative and colourful on our display. Keep up the great work everyone.

Reading

In Year 2 children should read for at least 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an adult or older sibling. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Please sign and leave a small comment when you have read with your child and make it clear that you have finished a book, then we know we can change it.

Reading books are changed every Monday and sent out on Tuesday. However, if you need to change a book, 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 love to read.

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 red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

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

Spelling

Your child will know which group they are in for phonics. Please learn the correct set of spellings below.

This week we have been learning how to spell words with the ‘igh’ sound.

Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Thursday. A sheet will go home every Tuesday with the spelling list on. This is for home practise only and can be kept with you. You will have a Sumdog challenge to complete by next Thursday.

This week’s spellings are:

Miss Gravili’s Phonics Group

midnight

knight

fried

cried

my

spy

unkind

prize

behind

white

Miss Bennison’s Phonics Group

light

flight

sky

why

kite

shine

tie

lie

find

mind

 Mrs Whitworth’s Phonics Group

train

rain

sheep

bee

goat

coat

moon

book

broom

blood

Maths

At home count to 100 forwards and backwards. Count in twos, fives and tens from 0. Make it trickier by counting from any number in twos, fives and tens. What patterns can you see?

You will have a times table challenge and a comparing numbers challenge on Sumdog to complete by next Friday.

Sumdog

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Sumdog challenges:

Multiplication – x2, x5 and x10 tables mixed.

Maths – Read and write numbers to 100 and compare and order numbers.

Spellings – words with the ‘igh’ sounds.

Thank you for all your support. Have a lovely weekend.

The Year 2 team.

Year 2 Home Practice Friday 8th October 2021

Date: 8th Oct 2021 @ 3:38pm

Another fantastic week in Year 2, the children are really enjoying their learning and trying so hard to follow the Golden Rules. Some of the work that has been produced this week has been amazing and a few children have been doing extra writing at home! We enjoyed reading their stories and looking at their illustrations, a big well done. The story, Burglar Bill is very popular, the children have role-played parts of the story with burglar masks and their Wanted Posters were excellent. In Maths, we have used a lot of maths equipment to solve problems, and class discussion shows the children are gaining a deeper knowledge of place value. In RE, they wrote beautiful poems about all the things they wonder about God and the illustrations were lovely. It was good to go outside for Geography and look at the human and physical features around the school grounds. The children missed Forest School last week due to the bad weather, so it was great to have another session making wands from sticks and leaves, it is always Year 2’s favourite thing to do.

Reading

In Year 2 children should read for at least 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an adult or older sibling. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Please sign and leave a small comment when you have read with your child and make it clear that you have finished a book, then we know we can change it.

Reading books are changed every Monday and sent out on Tuesday. However, if you need to change a book, 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 love to read.

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 red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

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

Spelling

Your child will know which group they are in for phonics. Please learn the correct set of spellings below.

This week we have been learning how to spell words with the ‘ai’ sound.

Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday. A sheet will go home every Tuesday with the spelling list on. This is for home practise only and can be kept with you. You will have a Sumdog challenge to complete by next Friday.

This week’s spellings are:

Miss Gravili’s Phonics Group

Spain

strain

spray

eight

weight

grey

prey

they

flame

flake

Miss Bennison’s Phonics Group

rain

spray

brain

day

train

Sunday

cake

bake

was

when

 Mrs Whitworth’s Phonics Group

 was

when

string

long

chin

rich

kick

back

buzz

puff

Maths

At home count to 100 forwards and backwards. The children always find counting backwards trickier! Stop on a number and ask your child, what is one more/greater than___? What is one less/fewer than ___? You could do the same for 10 more or 10 less.

You will have a times table challenge and a place value challenge on Sumdog to complete by next Friday.

Sumdog

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Sumdog challenges:

Multiplication – x2 tables

Maths – Place value, partitioning numbers and one more/less than.

Spellings – ai, ay, ey, eigh, a-e

Thank you for all your support. Have a lovely weekend.

The Year 2 team.

Year 2 Home Practice Friday 1st October 2021

Date: 1st Oct 2021 @ 3:49pm

We have had a great week in Year 2, well done to everyone for trying so hard with their learning. Our new novel is Burglar Bill by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. The children made some great predictions about the story and created a list of ideas to help Burglar Bill with the baby. In Maths, we started the Red Rose Mastery scheme, the lessons focused on number and place value. In Geography, the children have drawn and labelled the school grounds and explored the key features of maps. In RE, they wrote their own Psalms thanking God for our friends. The portraits they drew were fantastic, very colourful and in the style of Picasso.

Keep up the good work everybody, we are looking forward to next week, and have a great weekend.

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Please sign and leave a small comment when you read with your child.

Reading books are changed every Monday.

Reading resources:

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

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 red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

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

Spelling – Your child will know which group they are in for phonics. Please learn the correct set of spellings below.

This week we have been learning how to spell words with the ‘ue’ sound.

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

This week’s spellings are:

Miss Gravili’s Phonics Group Spellings

statue

glue

tubes

flute

screw

nephew

juice

afternoon

super

you

do

Miss Bennison’s Phonics Group Spellings

fair

dear

pure

rain

ship

tweet

church

fork

goat

cow

 Mrs Whitworth’s Phonics Group Spellings

 no

go

into

the

he

she

Maths

This week our focus in maths has been number and place value. Activities have included; understanding tens and ones in a two digit number and representing numbers using a range of apparatus.  Please have a go at the challenges set on Sumdog.

At home count in 10’s forwards and backwards. Some of you might try counting in 10’s from any given number forwards and backwards, for example 7, 17,27,37.

Sumdog

Well done to the 19 children who had a go at their Sumdog challenges this week.

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class. We will add them into reading diaries next week.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Sumdog challenges:

Multiplication –  x5 tables

Maths – Place value

Spellings – ue, oo, ew, u-e, u and ui

Thank you for all your support.

The Year 2 team.

Friday 24th September Year 2 Home Practice

Date: 24th Sep 2021 @ 4:11pm

We have had a brilliant start to Year 2. Well done everybody for trying so hard to follow the Golden rules and class routines. In English, our novels so far have been ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ and ‘The Day the Crayons came Home’. We have written some super postcards and have planned a story for Esteban the Magnificent. In Maths, we have focused on place value, number skills and arithmetic. The children have thoroughly enjoyed going outside for Forest School lessons. They have made some lovely natural print patterns, cross sticks with wool, a bug habitat and wood art. We have attached some photos of the great learning we have done so far in Year 2. Keep up the good work everybody.

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Reading books are changed every Monday.

Reading resources:

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

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 red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

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

Spelling

This week we have been learning how to spell words with the ‘ee’ sound.

Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday. A sheet will go home every Monday with the spelling lists on. This is for home practise only and can be kept with you.

This week’s spellings for Miss Gravili's Phonics group are:

three

bee

clean

steal

thief

chief

happy

penny

she

me

Spellings for Miss Bennison's and Mrs Whitworth Group will start next week.

Maths

We have been looking at place value. Please have a go at the challenges set on Sumdog.

At home count to 100 forwards and backwards. Some of you might try counting in 2s, 5s and 10s forwards and backwards.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class. We will add them into reading diaries next week.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x10 tables

Maths – Place value

Spellings – ee y ie  e  ea

Well done to the children who went up in Golden Assembly this week.

Thank you for all your support.

The Year 2 team

Back to School Online Safety

Date: 14th Sep 2021 @ 11:55am

With your children returning to 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 a guide on some back to school online safety tips for children.

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 Final Blog

Date: 16th Jul 2021 @ 12:42pm

We would like to thank each child and parent for all the warmth, memories and learning that we have shared this school year. We have both found this year extremely rewarding and the children have been fantastic, each and every day. We wish them all the best as they transition into Year 3. Thank you to all the parents and carers for the support you gave during lock down, it can’t have been easy. Finally, a huge thank you for all of our wonderful gifts, we really appreciate your generosity.

We hope you all have a wonderful summer holiday. Have fun and stay safe.

Mr Ingram, Miss Bennison and Mrs Woof.

Year 2 Home Practice - 9th July 2021

Date: 9th Jul 2021 @ 3:45pm

Year 2 are having a brilliant final summer term. This week we managed to watch Year 6 take part in their final Sports Day. We made sure to cheer and clap for every race. In English we started our new story, Alice in Wonderland. The children wrote some very creative pieces and even managed to write their own adventure story. In Maths, the children started a tricky topic. We have been learning all about time. Keep practising to tell the time at home and have a go at the challenges set on Sumdog. We had a great time watching the Year 6 perform Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, they’ve clearly worked very hard and everyone gave a fantastic performance.

Please could we ask all children to bring in a bag for life for next week so that work books can be sent home. We also have another show and tell session on Friday so bring in your treasured possessions. We hope you all have a great time on Sunday…IT’S COMING HOME!

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.

Reading resources:

Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS

Spelling

Next week’s spellings are all about words ending in -tion

A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz on Friday.

station

fiction

motion

nation

section

addition

subtraction

potion

option

introduction

Sumdog Challenges

Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables

Maths – Time  

Spelling Quiz – Words ending in -tion

Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.

Have a great weekend! COME ON ENGLAND!

The Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Practice - 2nd July 2021

Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 12:35pm

Today the children took on the Tough Kidder challenge and they had a fantastic time. Everyone gave 110% and they certainly earned all your sponsorship money. On Monday, we took part in Year 2 Sports Day. Again, the children had a fabulous time with everyone giving it their all. Year 6 and Year 5 were there to cheers us on. You can see the pictures from Tough Kidder in the gallery section on the Year 2 page. The video for Sports Day is underneath this post and on the St Oswald’s YouTube page. A week of fantastic sporting achievements, well done Year 2!

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.

Reading resources:

Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS

Spelling

Next week’s spellings are all about the /zh/ sound spelt s

A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz on Friday.

television

treasure

usual

measure

pleasure

decision

explosion

leisure

version

occasion

Sumdog Challenges

Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables

Maths – Fractions  

Spelling Quiz – /zh/ sound spelt s

Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.

We hope you have a great weekend in the sun.

The Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Practice - 25th June 2021

Date: 25th Jun 2021 @ 3:41pm

PLEASE COULD ALL CHILDREN REMEMBER TO BRING PE KITS FOR MONDAY. WE WILL BE TAKING PART IN SPORTS DAY IN THE AFTERNOON.

Many thanks!

We have had a super week of learning in Year 2. We had a wonderful meditation session from Miss Rebecca where we relaxed our bodies and minds. Mrs Winter helped us put on a fabulous performance for World Music Day and we had a fantastic whole school celebration. Our video is in the class gallery, please take a look on our Year 2 page. We have had a great week in PE. We have practised our events for Sports Day on Monday and we took part in a cross country race around school. We all pushed ourselves and it was a brilliant effort from everyone. In Maths, we have learnt all about fractions. We now know how to find a half and quarter of a number. We also managed to study an artist called Georgia O'Keeffe. We loved the way she zoomed in on flowers and we managed to replicate her style using watercolour paint. What an amazing week from Year 2.

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.

Reading resources:

Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS

Spelling

Next week’s spellings are all about the prefix un- and dis-.

A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz on Friday.

unhappy

unlucky

unseen

unusual

unwell

dislike

disagree

dishonest

distrust

disown

Sumdog Challenges

Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables

Maths – Fractions  

Spelling Quiz – Prefix dis- and un-

Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

The Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Practice - 18th June 2021

Date: 18th Jun 2021 @ 1:07pm

We have had another fantastic week of sunshine and fun. We managed to visit our pond this week to look at the wonderful wildlife around our school. Mr Hill came in and did a pottery workshop with Year 2 and the whole school. We made some brilliant ocean and beach habitats. Please take a look at the pictures in the gallery section on the Year 2 page. We have continued working with Year 6, who are helping us to learn lots of new skills. We are having great fun! This week in English we continued our story, Esio Trot. We have looked at Mr Hoppy’s peculiar plan and we have improved our dictionary skills, we even manged to create a backwards animal chant. In Maths, we have consolidated previous learning and we have focused on division. We have practised using sharing and grouping strategies to help us answer a range of word problems. We are looking forward to doing lots of mapping work over the next few weeks as we find out about the countries in the Euros 2020. COME ON ENGLAND!

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.

Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS

Spelling

Next week’s spellings are all about contractions.

A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz on Friday.

can’t

didn’t

hasn’t

couldn’t

wouldn’t

shouldn’t

wasn’t

isn’t

doesn’t

aren’t  

Sumdog Challenges

Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables

Maths – Division and Multiplication

Spelling Quiz – Contractions

Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.

We hope you have a fantastic weekend. IT'S COMING HOME!

The Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Practice - 11th June 2021

Date: 11th Jun 2021 @ 12:58pm

We have had a lovely return to school. We have enjoyed the glorious weather, making sure to utilise play time on the field. Year 2 have had a great time working with Year 6 at lunch time. Year 6 have been coaching the children, showing them lots of enjoyable games. Thanks Year 6! This week in English we started a new story, Esio Trot. The children produced some great pieces of work and we can’t wait to find out what happens next week. In Maths, we have consolidated previous learning and we have focused on multiplication. We have practised using arrays and we understand that multiplication is the same as repeated addition. We are beginning our new topic in PE – Athletics. We practised some throwing skills and even managed to have a go at a few Sports Day events. We are all looking forward to an exciting final summer term!

We have set some new Sum Dog challenges. Please login in and have a go. You will receive dojos for going on and completing the work set.

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.

Reading resources:

Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS

Spelling

Next week’s spellings are all about the double the consonant and add -ing.

A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz on Friday.

chatting

clapping

swimming

winning

cutting

planning

dragging

flapping

nodding

putting

Sumdog Challenges

Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables

Maths – Mutiplication.

Spelling Quiz – double the consonant add -ing

Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.

We hope you have a lovely brilliant weekend in the sunshine.

The Year 2 team

Online Safety - June 2021

Date: 9th Jun 2021 @ 2:25pm

Keeping our children safe in the online space is of ever growing importance. From phones to consoles, our children are exposed to more online risk than ever and it is important that we adults keep up to date to ensure our children are prepared for all they meet online. Here is an interesting article on Internet Security professionals teach their children about internet safety.

How do I keep my children safe online? What the security experts tell their kids

Below we have attached two guides on how to set up your child's phone for privacy. We teach the children not to share their information when online, however social platforms and games will take data from users unknowingly.

"If its free, you're paying with your information."

Please continue to access all information on the National Online Safety website. You will get access to all videos and guides by clicking the link below and joining free to our school online safety hub.

http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb

Year 2 Home Practice - 28th May 2021

Date: 28th May 2021 @ 4:17pm

What a brilliant summer term we have had so far. You all deserve a well-earned break. Let’s hope for some lovely weather. This week in English we have finished Georges Marvellous Medicine. We have created a newspaper report about the events on the farm and we have retold the story using images as prompts. In Maths, we focused on number patterns and statistics. We looked at questions like ‘How many more children like bananas than grapes?’. These questions can be tricky but we all did an excellent job. We have now finished our striking and fielding unit in PE and the children have had great fun playing a striking game on the yard. Teamwork was key and they did a great job catching and fielding. We had a lovely visit from Year 1 this week. They produced some amazing stories and read them out to their Year 2 buddies. Great listening and encouragement from everyone. We read a book in French about people who wear different hats for their jobs. Then we made a paper hat and decorated it in the style of a job of our choice. We then wore our hats and said a sentence about who we were in french eg Je suis un contructeur - I am a builder. We have also enjoyed taking part in Orienteering Week. The children had a map of the school and had to find a series of letters that spelt out a secret word. What a brilliant half term, full of learning, laughter and fun.

You all looked fantastic as teachers!

We hope you have a relaxing half term. Enjoy the sun and stay safe.

The Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Practice - 21st May 2021

Date: 21st May 2021 @ 3:36pm

We have had a great week in Year 2. This week in English we continued our story, Georges Marvellous Medicine. We wrote some instructions for making our own marvellous concoction and we used alliteration and similes in our writing. We managed to get up to the chapter 7 - Grandma gets the medicine. The children are having a great time reading the story. In Maths, we have consolidated previous learning and we have tackled some tricky addition and subtraction questions. We answered these questions by drawing base 10 and exchanging. In French this week, we continued to practise the vocabulary for clothes with games, songs and stories. We tried to record our own version of a story with clothes in it! We are approaching the end of our striking and fielding unit in PE and we have really enjoyed practising our over arm throw and striking skills. We really enjoyed playing our strike out game on the field. In Re we have looked at what it takes to be one of God’s Saints. We generated some really thoughtful discussions as a class. A brilliant week Year 2, well done!

Well done to the 21 children who have had a go at the SumDog challenges this week. Those children will receive dojos for going on and completing the work set. There will be a prize for the child with the most individual dojo points this week.

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.

Reading resources:

Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS

Spelling

Next week’s spellings are all about the adding the suffix –ies to words ending in y.

A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz on Friday:

babies

flies

teddies

spies

parties

tries

ladies

lorries

families

cities

Sumdog Challenges

Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables

Maths – adding numbers to a number line, more and less than symbols.

Spelling Quiz – add the suffix –es to words ending in y

Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.

We hope you have a brilliant weekend.

The Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Practice - 14th May 2021

Date: 14th May 2021 @ 3:54pm

Well done for all your hard work this week Year 2!

This week in English, we started our new story, Georges Marvellous Medicine. We have looked at George’s grizzly old grunion of a Grandma and we created some great character descriptions. We have also looked at poetry and rhyme. We attempted to create our own medicine poem. In Maths, we have looked at place value and placing numbers on different number lines. Our bean plants and cress are looking great and we have kept up with our diaries, carefully monitoring how they grow. In French this week, we started by trying to use our French phonics to spell numbers. We are getting better! Then we read the story Je m’habille et je te croque about a wolf who puts his clothes on before eating someone. We tried to learn the words for clothes by playing some games. During Mental Health Week we have made it a priority to get outside in the fresh air. We even managed to take part in some relaxing meditation sessions. This helped to focus our minds and let go of any worries we had.  

Well done to the 22 children who have had a go at the SumDog challenges this week. Those children will receive dojos for going on and completing the work set. There will be a prize for the child with the most individual dojo points this week.

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.

Reading resources:

Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS

Spelling

Next week’s spellings are all about the suffix ‘–es’.

A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz on Friday.

buses

kisses

horses

matches

churches

dishes

classes

glasses

boxes

foxes

Maths

This week we have looked at place value and putting numbers on a number line. The children have also been learning how to use information in tables to answer questions. The children continue to work hard to spot the key information to help us answer mathematical questions. In Maths we have had a big focus on talking through worded problems with our talk partner.

Please have a go at the challenges set on Sumdog.

Sumdog Challenges

Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables

Maths – adding numbers to a number line, more and less than symbols.

Spelling Quiz – suffix -es

Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.

We hope you have a relaxing weekend.

The Year 2 team

Online Safety - 13th May 2021

Date: 13th May 2021 @ 9:28pm

This week is Mental Health Awareness week and a great opportunity to remind us to be kind to ourselves as well as others.

Below you will find two guides from National Online Safety on how to promote wellbeing both online and offline and how to be kind when using the internet.

Join us at our Online Safety Hub at National Online Safety and gain free access to a huge range of videos, resources and support.

http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb

Year 2 Home Practice - 7th May 2021

Date: 7th May 2021 @ 3:45pm

We have had another wonderful week in Year 2. We have loved being outdoors and staying active by completing the Daily Mile every day. This week in English, we have continued with our story The Tin Forest by Helen Ward. We have created some brilliant riddles for Mr Ingram to solve. In Maths, we have looked at statistics and we have answered questions about pictograms, bar charts and tallies. Today, in science we filled out our bean diary. They are just beginning to sprout! We have now planted some cress seeds and we will monitor them over the coming weeks. In French this week, we have been using phonics to spell numbers and we have also learnt how to say weather phrases. In RE we have continued to focus on the Pentecost. We have learnt how the Holy Spirit can help Christians. We have been learning how to make safe choices in PSHE. 

Well done to the 15 children who have had a go at the SumDog challenges this week. Those children will receive dojos for going on and completing the SumDog challenges. There will be a prize for the child with the most individual dojo points this week. 

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.

Reading resources:

Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS 

Spelling

Next week

Online Safety - 5th May 2021

Date: 5th May 2021 @ 10:40am

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