Welcome back to the final half term of Year 2! We have had a wonderful start, and it has been lovely to see everyone returning with such positive attitudes. The classroom has been full of enthusiasm, energy, and a real eagerness to learn!

In Maths, we revisited multiplication, division, and fractions through both number sentences and word problems. The children worked hard to apply their understanding in different contexts. Next week, we will begin our new unit on length, which will include plenty of practical measuring activities alongside problem-solving tasks. We are also continuing to practise telling the time, with "minutes to" being the area that many children would benefit from revisiting. Any support with this at home would be greatly appreciated.

In English, we edited and published the suspense stories that we worked so hard on last half-term, and it has been fantastic to celebrate the children's creativity and progress. Next week, we will be starting a persuasive writing unit, focusing on the use of different tenses, suffixes (-less, -ness, and -ment), and the conjunctions "if" and "that" to strengthen our writing.

Foundation subjects for Summer 2:

History: Queens Elizabeth I and II

Music: Glockenspiel fest continued! We hope to be ready to perform a few short pieces in the St Mary's concert on Friday 3^rd July. (More details to follow)

PE: attacking and defending - ball skills

RE: Why do Christians trust Jesus and follow him?

DT: Making puppets

Science: Living things and their habitats

PSHE: RSE Growing and changing. As in previous years, we will share on the blog what we will be teaching the following week in RSE so that you have time to discuss this at home before we teach the lesson in school. If you would like to discuss or see what we will be doing please ask. Today we looked at different stages of growth and what people can do at these different stages. We looked at babies, toddlers and children. Next week we will be identifying and naming external private body parts and recognising that these help to make babies when we are grown up.

Home Learning

Please continue to read and sign the Reading Record book at least 5 times each week.

Learn and put into sentences CEW

Practice telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes ( ten past, twenty-five to etc)

Doodle Learning

Trip: we are looking forward to our trip to Hampton Court Palace next Thursday (11th June). We are leaving school at 9am sharp so please arrive at school at 8:30am. We will be travelling on the coach (which takes about an hour), then walking to the Palace from the coach park. Please ensure that your child is wearing sensible shoes and has a raincoat for a day out (school uniform required), carrying a rucksack with their packed lunch and water bottle inside. We have to carry our bags with us all day long as there is nowhere to leave them - HCP can have up to 1500 students there on a Summer's day! We hope to end the day in their fantastic play area. If you have any questions, please ask before/after school this week.

Show and Tell: Reggie, Phoenix, Niven, Norah, Mia

Change Maker Project: This week we launched our final set of activities for our last value. A huge well done to all those who have completed an activity for each of the first 5 values. A special award and activity will be given to those who complete all 6 values. Please do encourage your child, even if they haven't completed each of the other values - perseverance is a quality really worth developing.

We are looking forward to a wonderful half-term ahead. Have a great weekend.

Mrs Bartram and Mrs Lee