It has been a wonderfully sunny end to the week and the class have loved playing outdoors building dens and being back in the sandpit!

In Maths this week we completed our unit on time. The class worked very hard to read and draw the time of minutes past and to, in intervals of 5 minutes. Having assessed their understanding, we will send home on Monday a summary of what they need to learn next to secure their understanding of time concepts in year 2. Please can you continue to practice these skills at home as reading and telling the time is a difficult topic for many children to master. If your child does not have a sheet, that means they were confident with the concepts learnt.

Next week, we will be starting a new unit on money, specifically coins and notes, finding totals of notes and coins, finding change from £1, learning to write £ and p. Please support your child by showing them coins and notes if possible.

In English, we began learning our new text 'The Tunnel' with a revisit of the tools - 2A phrases and Power of 3. Next week, we will be practising using adverbs.

In foundation subjects:

Geography: we plotted Nigeria and Lagos on maps, and began to learn about this mega-city

History: as our final step we learnt how London began to change after the Great Fire

RE: we learnt an Islamic story with a message of compassion

Science: we learnt about the differences between seeds and bulbs - children will bring home a sunflower seed and iris bulb today to plant and monitor at home. Please can you support them with this if possible.

Art: we learnt about Tingatinga art and made drawings in this style

PSHE: we discussed making choices and understanding that adults make choices to keep us healthy and safe

Change Maker Project:

We have explored the 4 activities and encouraged your child to select an activity and work on it at home, all focused around our current value of 'COURAGE'.

Home Learning

Please continue to read and sign the Reading Record book 5 times each week and write the spellings into sentences.

Dates for next week:

Friday 1st May - afterschool - Bake Sale

Emails sent this week:

Tempest photography

We hope you enjoy the sunshine. Have a lovely weekend

Mrs Bartram and Mrs Lee