Welcome to Year 2
Welcome to Autumn Term in Year 2! Please find on this page all the information you might need this year. There is a long term plan as well as Autumn's knowledge organisers below, which will be updated termly. Should you need anything further, please get in touch!
Mrs Moleele will be teaching on a Monday and Tuesday and Miss Christie will teach on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Miss Smith will support the children throughout the week with Mrs McDonald and Miss Battye sharing the week between them.
Year 2 Class Blog
Year 2 Spelling Homework
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Tonight we are sending home our weekly spelling homework. This is a list of words taken from our previous learning in phonics and the National Curriculum Year 1 and Year 2 spelling list.
The children can practise spelling the words by saying and writing the word on one side of the sheet and exploring the word further on the opposite side.
Please feel free to practise the spellings in other ways if that better suits your child eg use magnetic letters, using technology or painting.
You do not need to return the sheet to school as we will use the words in a dictation the following week to check the children's learning.
Getting into Routine
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This week has been the children's first full week with all their lessons! It's been a busy one but there has been lots of fun and learning. They have started their DT topic on fairground rides, got engrossed in James and the Giant Peach and had lots of practical maths, creating and partitioning numbers to 100.
Welcome to Year 2!
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It’s been a great first week in Year 2! The children have all seemed excited to be back and have got stuck in with all their new learning!
We have been looking at a book called The Planet in a Pickle Jar, which is all about preserving our favourite things so they never disappear and our week’s learning culminated in us making our own pickle jars to save the world this afternoon! It was lovely to see so many creative ideas - trees, weather, animals, food - see for yourselves below!
We have also been working practically in maths, making numbers to 100 with various apparatus, counting in groups of 10 to help us count more quickly and easily.
Well done, Year 2! Have a lovely weekend ready for more next week!
Money challenge!
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In PSHE we have been learning about money and jobs. We had an additional challenge to work out the total if we had one of each note and coin.
We spent time using the money resources in class and working systematically to find the answer.
Alfresco Learning Workshop
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We had such a fantastic morning with Alfresco Learning to round off our topic about Neil Armstrong. The workshop had elements of history, science and maths with the focus being outdoor learning. Watching our rockets fly was a WOW moment! So much fun, learning and awe and wonder!
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Chairs for Paddington
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Year 2 have now completed their chairs for Paddington Bear! They finished their DT learning about stability by making the chairs using supports and a flange joint to attach the legs. I think you’ll agree Paddington looks very comfortable on them!
The Reading Lounge
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Thanks to money raised by the PTA we have had a revamp of our reading corner, now name ‘The Reading Lounge’. We have been able to buy new furniture, cushions, a rug and some new books to make reading an even more special and enjoyable experience. Here it is in full use during reading morning this week.
A huge thank you to everyone involved in raising this money - we LOVE our new Reading Lounge!
DT testing stability
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Our DT project this term is to make a chair for Paddington. We have completed our investigation about how to make the chair stable today and the result was a fabulous and exciting lesson! We tested some different shapes to see how many books they could hold. Once we realised the best shape, a cylinder, we set to work making one that would be the most stable. We then tested these with books to find that a slightly wider cylinder would hold many more books. Then all the cylinders were taped together to see how sturdy they would be - they were so strong altogether that they could even withstand the being sat on!
Nell Bank Trip
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Year 2 had a fantastic day at Nell Bank exploring the benefits of senses for different animals. The day linked with our science learning about habitats and animals. The big hit of the day was definitely the pond dipping with every group being able to find at least one newt among other fascinating creatures that live in our ponds. The children’s behaviour was excellent! Thank you to everyone who came with us and made the visit possible.
Collective Worship and Algorithms
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Year 2 have had a very busy week! They did a super job present their class Collective Worship with some really thoughtful comments. Thank you to everyone who managed to attend.
They have also been creating algorithms for the beebots in computing. This involved creating a map, planning a route and giving the beebots instructions to get to their destination. If there was an error, they had to debug to algorithm too.
