Spring term
Week Beginning 27th March 2023
English
This week in English we have been continuing to work on our handwriting and focus on our spellings.
At the start of the week we looked at changing the suffix in a word from 'y' to 'ies' e.g. berry --> berries.
Towards the end of the week we each had a chance to do our own presentation about anything of our choice.
We were able to use a PowerPoint, photographs, props and notes to help us talk to our class about our chosen topic.
Some of the chosen topics across Year 2 included whales, the Olympics, our families, Australian animals and basketball.
Maths
This week in Maths we have been continuing our learning about capacity and also moved onto temperature.
Last week we were looking at ml and this week we moved onto litres.
D.T.
This week in Art/D.T. we made a clay chick pot out of airdrying clay. We were each given a small ball of clay and worked
the clay into a small pinch pot shape. We had to let the clay dry and then we were able to paint it yellow.
We are really pleased with how they turned out and just like us they are all different!
Happy Easter from all of us in Year 2. We hope you have a wonderful and safe Easter Holiday.
Well done to everyone in Year 2 who is reading 4 times or more at home!
The children are also really enjoying having adults come in to read on a
Tuesday afternoon - thank you if you have been able to make it!
Week Beginning 20th March 2023
English
This week we have been continuing our Nurturing Nurses topic. We have used conjunctions to compare the nurses with each other as well as writing about how nursing is different now from the time of Florence Nightingale. The main conjunctions we have used are: and, but so and because.
Maths
This week we have been showing our teachers that we have remembered in Maths with our mixed question quizzes. We had to work on our own and think about everything that we have learnt so far! All of the children worked really hard on these and we are really proud of their progress.
We also carried on with our measure work and have looked at volume, capacity and mearing in millilitres.
We have also been making Clay pots this week. The children should be bale to bring them home before the Easter holidays.
Well done to everyone in Year 2 who is reading 4 times or more at home!
The children are also really enjoying having adults come in to read on a
Tuesday afternoon - thank you if you have been able to make it!
Week Beginning 13th March 2023
English
This week in English we have been learning about the famous nurse Edith Cavell.
We thought about what we knew already about Edith and then came up with things that we
would like to find out about her. We wrote sentences about Edith thinking carefully about using
capital letters and full stops in the correct places.
Maths
In Maths this week we have been starting to learn about mass and weighing. We experimented with
weighing different objects in grams using weighing scales and also learnt about kg.
Design Technology
In D.T. this week we started to learn a very exciting new skill - sewing! We worked on doing
a basic running stitch and some of us moved onto doing cross stitch too.
We have been working on making a bookmark and will continue finishing them off
in the coming weeks.
Well done to everyone in Year 2 who is reading 4 times or more at home!
The children are also really enjoying having adults come in to read on a
Tuesday afternoon - thank you if you have been able to make it!
Week Beginning 6th March 2023
English
This week we have continued learning about different nurses from the past. We have learnt about Mary Seacole and
the British Hotel. We also spent some time looking at Jamaica and we created our own fact files using a variety of sources
such as a video of children who live in Jamaica, google Earth and PowerPoints.
Maths
Our new Maths topic is measures so we looked at how to use a ruler to measure to the nearest cm and half cm.
We also looked at measuring in metres. We did lots of practical activities to help us remember how to measure.
We also compared and ordered measurements using the <=> symbols.
During the week, we also practised travelling on P.E apparatus and jumping off in different ways- making sure we
landed on our feet. We also talking about how to keep ourselves safe around medicines and about things that are alive,
not alive and have never been alive.
Well done to everyone in Year 2 who is reading 4 times or more at home!
Thank you to everyone that came to read with their child on Tuesday, it really has been
fantastic for the children (and us!).
Week Beginning: 27th February 2023
English
This week in English we have been learning and writing about Florence Nightingale.
We have learnt about who she was and why she is still remembered today. At the start of the
week we wrote about Scutari Hospital and thought about what Florence must have felt like
when she first arrived there. We wrote a diary for Florence and tried really hard
to include lots of detail about the hospital itself and what she could see, hear and smell.
We have also been working hard on our handwriting and spellings. This week we were looking at
the 'c' letter which makes the 's' sound e.g. ice, price, pace and city.
Maths
In Maths this week we have been continuing our learning on 2s, 5s and 10s. We have worked on
dividing by 2, 5 and 10 as well as multiplying by 2, 5, and 10.
We have also been recapping on money thinking about British coins and notes.
Art
In Art this week we created a collage of the famous nurse Florence Nightingale.
We used small pieces of blue, white and brown paper to create a mosaic style collage which can be seen
on the Rowan Class windows.
Well done to everyone in Year 2 who is reading 4 times or more at home!
Week Beginning: 6th February 2023
English
In English this week, we have been writing about a short film called 'Taking flight'. You can find the video here: https://www.literacyshed.com/takingflight.html
We have planned our own adventure for Tony and Nonno and written a story whilst trying to remember all of the features we have been learning about recement such as capital letters, full stops, conjunctions and noun phrases.
Maths
In maths we have been leaning about the 2 times table. We have multiplied and divided small numbers by 2. We have also looked at odd and even numbers as well as doubling and halving.
We are getting ready to do the 5 and 10 times table after half term- so if you get the chance, try practising counting in 2s, 5s or 10s at home.
We have really enjoyed taking park in activities for Children's mental health week (such as our walk and talk) and Safer Internet Day. we also looked at the seas around the UK in Geography.
Thank you very much to all parents that regularly read with their children at home. Please continue to read over the holiday- remember you can write all reading experiences in their diary, not just their school reading book.
We wish you all a wonderful half term and we look forward to seeing you on Monday 20th February.
Week beginning: 30th January 2023
This week in Year 2 we have been learning about the United Kingdom. We have done a mixture of
activities and some writing linked with the U.K. as a whole and the individual countries that make up the U.K.
Scotland
In English we learnt about Scotland and then wrote sentences about some of the facts we had learnt.
We focussed on using capital letters for names of places e.g. Scotland and Edinburgh.
In Art we had a go at designing and making our own Scottish tartan. Instead of the
traditional wool that is used to make tartan we used paper and learnt how to weave the paper
to create our own patterns.
England
For our learning about England we made one of the nation's favourite snacks...a jam/marmalade sandwich!
We made the sandwiches first and then recorded the instructions of how we made it remembering to
use commands and imperative verbs (bossy words).
In Art we drew half a portrait of King Charles III. We were given half of the portrait and had to
draw the other half ensuring to make it look in proportion.
Northern Ireland
In English we learnt about Northern Ireland and then recorded our facts ensuring we were
very careful with our handwriting and letter formation.
In P.E. we learnt some Irish dancing dance moves.
Wales
For our learning about Wales we again learnt facts about the country and then recorded them
in full sentences ensuring we were using capital letters and full stops correctly.
In Art/D.T. we made traditional Welsh love spoons out of paper. We learnt about what a Welsh
love spoon actually is and why traditionally they are given in Wales. We learnt what each symbol
meant and then worked out which shapes/symbols we wanted to use on our paper Welsh love spoon.
Thank you to everyone who has read 4 or more times this week, it really helps with the children's reading ability and understanding. We're already on our way to getting our next treat!
Week beginning: 23rd January 2023
English
This week, we have been continuing our George's Marvellous Medicine topic. We have been looking at different types of sentences: statements, questions, commands and exclamations. We have written written lots of different sentences for each type and have even written our own instructions on how to make a marvellous medicine.
Maths
We have started our new topic of multiplication and division. We have been learning how to identify and make equal groups. We have also introduced the X symbol for multiplication- meaning 'lots of'. 'groups of' or 'times'. Lots of children are very excited about starting our journey into times tables!
Art
This week we learnt how to make different shades of the same colour. We learnt that you can add white to make a colour lighter and black to make it darker. We designed our own medicine bottles using the colours that we made.
Thank you to everyone who has read 4 or more times this week, it really helps with the children's reading ability and understanding. We're already on our way to getting our next treat!
Week beginning: 16th January 2023
English
This week in English we have started listening to/watching the Roald Dahl story George's Marvellous Medicine.
We have absolutely loved hearing about George's horrible Grandma and the amazing new medicine that he
concocted for her. We have written about the story in 5 parts on 5 separate days focussing on
something specific each day. We have focussed on our handwriting, letter size, capital letters/full stops
and use of conjunctions.
Maths
This week we have continued to learn about money. We have explored making amounts
in different ways, working out change and making £1. We have certainly become more confident
with knowing which coin is which now and will revisit money later in the year.
Reading Challenge Celebrations
Both classes in Year 2 won their reading challenge treat this week.
The children were very excited to enjoy either construction activities or to watch a film with
their teddies brought in from home.
If everyone keeps reading 4 or more times at home each week it won't be long
until we hit our 100 reads target and earn another treat!
Week beginning: 9th January 2023
Happy New Year!
It has been lovely to enjoy our first week back at school after the Christmas Break.
We have been very busy in Year 2...
English
In English this week we have been working on our sentence writing. We did this first by
writing up our holiday news recording what we got up to over the Christmas Holidays.
We also wrote about our New Year's resolutions and spoke about why people make
New Year's resolutions in the first place.
Towards the end of the week we looked at a story called The Boy & the Rainbow. First, we sequenced
images from the story correctly. Next, we recorded noun phrases for each of the colours the boy
visited e.g. bright red grass or sparkling golden key. On Friday we had a go at writing
a retell of the story in full remembering to use capital letters, full stops and noun phrases.
Maths
This week in Maths we have been recapping 2D and 3D shapes as part of our starter activity but our new learning
has been learning about money. We have looked at British coins and notes and have worked on
recognising them, counting them and making the same amount.
We will continue looking at money next week in our Maths lessons.
Art
To link with our work in English on The Boy & the Rainbow we painted beautiful rainbows
in Art this week. We spoke about the different colours that we needed to include and
mixed red and yellow to make orange, blue and yellow to make green and red and blue to make purple.
The children did a fantastic job at creating their own unique rainbows!
Well done to everyone in Year 2 who is reading 4 times or more at home!
