Autumn Term 1 Week 6

This week, across school we covered Black History Month. In Year 2 we chose a book called "Look Up" by Nathan Bryon. The children found out that Nathan in an influential black British author, actor and writer. He has received BAFTA nominations for his screenwriting and the Waterstones award for his book Look UP. The children were inspired by the story because it encouraged them to come off their devices and look up at the stars, dream big and believe that one day they can do extraordinary things. The children painted some amazing painting about what they would see if they looked up into the sky and delivered their findings in assembly.

They wrote their independent write this week in English, a day in the life of their chosen alien using descriptive language.  In Maths we continued deepening our understanding on adding and subtracting 10 and in grammar we learnt abut verbs and wrote sentences including a noun and a verbs.

Next week's spelling test will on on Thursday, due to the inset day on Friday.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Cookson & Mrs Mungal.

Autumn Term1 Week 5

This week in Year 2 the children investigated what evidence would support the first aeroplane flight by the Wright brothers. They could identify that newspaper reports, telegrams, and diary entries were all solid evidence.

In English, the children created alien characters for their independent write next week and created a fact file about their favourite alien.

In Maths they learnt about fact families and adding and subtracting 1 and 10 from any given number. The children have also been practising their TTRS and Numbots in class. Please encourage them to keep this up at home.

Thank you so much for all your generous contributions for our Harvest line up. As a school we collected a huge amount of food donations, which will help our local community.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Cookson & Mrs Mungal

Autumn Term 1 Week 4

Wow!! Another busy week in Year 2! If your child has told you they are tired this week, they absolutely are. They have worked incredibly hard this week.

We finished Place Value in Maths. The children completed the end of unit assessment.

We have spent this week embedding partitioning and securing number bond knowledge. The class also enjoyed some active maths outside.

Here is a link to partitioning if you would like to support your child at home.

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zncq4xs

In English the children worked with a partner to act out their version of their Man on the Moon story. We have some very talented performers in Year 2! We also examined verbs and nouns.

In Art, the children created their birds of paradise, which are fantastic, and they should be very proud of themselves.

In Science, the children conducted an experiment investigating which material would make the strongest house for the three little pigs.

Please do encourage your child to complete some home learning. Our home-learning board is still quite empty, and we would love to share some of the children's creations.

Thank you,

Mrs Cookson & Mrs Mungal

Autumn Term 1 Week 3

We have had some very creative homelearning in this week. Please do encourage your child to complete some of the tasks on the grid so they can present it in class.

This week we read the book Man on the Moon (a day in the life of Bob) by Simon Bartram. The children really enjoyed the story and did w wonderful job remember the sequence of events in the story. The wrote sentences using conjunctions, nouns and adjectives. We also did work on handwriting every day.

In Maths we continued with Place value. The children have all logged into TTRS so please encourage them to do their times tables at home regularly.

In computing, we linked up with Year 4 who did a wonderful job explaining how to code using the Scratch programme.

Autumn Term 1 Week 2

What a busy week Year 2 have had. In English we finished our class text - Whatever Next!. The children wrote an indepedent piece of work focusing on adjectives and sentence structure. In Art they sketched their own birds of paradise which they will start making next week.

In Maths they learnt about estimation and estimated numbers on the numberline between 0-100. They also learnt about comparing numbers and objects and understanding the less than and greater than signs.

In History we continued learning about the Wright brothers and in Science we continues our learning on materials and their properties.

All children have been doing TTRS and all have their log in so they can continue doing this at home.

Please remember your child should be reading every evening at home for at least 15 minutes. Their reading record needs to be signed so we know they have read.

Thank you,

Mrs Cookson & Mrs Mungal

Autumn Term 1 Week 1

Wow! I am so impressed with how all the children have settled into Year Two.

We are establishing a new routine and the children have been working hard and are excited to learn.

Thank you for supporting your child with their home learning over the summer. It has been lovely to see so many children returning to school ready to showcase their research. Please support your child in doing the tasks as this does support their confidence when addressing their peers in class and delivering lines during their sharing assembly.

In Maths we are covering Place Value this term. The children have been focusing on recognising two digit numbers and partitioning numbers to 100. Below are some useful links.

topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znf2vj6

In English we read the book Whatever Next! by Jill Murphy. The children came up with some wonderful descriptive sentences when given the task of using adjectives in their writing.

Again, here in a useful link.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zy2r6yc

In Science we started our new topics - Materials. The children learnt to identify a variety of everyday materials. In Art we are studying birds of paradise. The children learnt about sketching and sketched some impressive birds.

As per my email last week, spellings will be sent home every Friday, and the children will be tested the following Friday. Please encourage your child to read daily for 15 minutes and as always, record it in their reading record.

Thanks for your support.

Mrs Cookson & Mrs Mungal