Friday 17th January
This week has been full of fervent activity, as we have embraced all of our new topics with gusto! :)
We have spent the week in English, using our Toolkit to write sentences using prepositions, our senses and the conjunctions 'but' and 'because'. This will be continued next week. The class have worked really hard to tell our story of Pip, in 5 paragraphs including using actions to help remember key vocabulary.
In Maths, we have learnt how to use the multiplication symbol and how to write multiplication sentences alongside repeated addition sentences.
In RE, we started looking at our topic on Jewish believers and the concept of joy. We were very impressed with Cianna, who after the RE lesson, made her own Torah scroll!
In Music, we learnt to sing 'London's Bridge is falling down' with great enthusiasm.
For Science, we learnt all about the offspring of different animals, and discussed how much we had all changed since being a baby.
There was great excitement today with the start of our new Art project called ‘Be an Architect’. The children loved having a go at sketching a variety of different styles of buildings.
Spellings
On Tuesday, we will test the children on their spellings in their new book. Please return the book to school on Tuesday morning and please continue to support them in learning their new words over the weekend.
Have a lovely weekend
Mrs Lee & Mrs Collett
Friday 10th January
Welcome back to a new year and a new term! We hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas. In class, we have enjoyed starting new topics this week, and will continue to do so next week:
Geography - Comparing London and Rickmansworth
RE - Learning about the Jewish holy book and the concept of joy
PE - Team building skills and gymnastics (Mondays and Wednesdays)
Music - Singing songs from around the country
Science – Animals and humans linking it to survival and living healthily.
PSHCE – Keeping ourselves safe, which also partly linked to this term's Science topic.
If you have any books or London/Rickmansworth 'memorabilia' at home, we would welcome your child sharing these with the class.
In English, we launched our new unit of work designed to improve narrative description, in particular settings. Our model text is all about a bird, Pip, who is desperate to fly higher. The class have already begun to practise using prepositions as well as their senses to describe the setting. Next week we will add in to our toolkit, the use of conjunctions. In Maths, we started exploring multiplication. This will also continue next week. Please support your child by counting with them, up and down, in steps of 2s, 5s, and 10s. For example: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8.
Spellings
Next Wednesday, we are hoping to begin using our new spelling books. Similar to Year 1 we will give individual spellings to each pupil in their A4 spelling book. They will bring home the book until the following Tuesday. During that time, please support them to learn their spellings through writing them out as individual words, and then putting them into sentences IN their spelling book. (This is an excellent opportunity to practice their handwriting skills! Look out for those descender letters – g, j, p, q and y). They can also practise writing them in different ways, e.g. in different colours or highlighting the vowels only. Books will need to be returned every Tuesday for the spelling test, which they will do in the back of this book.
Have a lovely weekend. (Hopefully it will not be as cold next week!)
Mrs Lee & Mrs Collett
Friday, 20th December
Firstly, a huge thank you from the 3 of us for your kindness and generosity. We are very grateful for all of your gifts and cards, and will thoroughly enjoy spending the vouchers. Secondly, a loud well done to each and every one of your children. They have worked incredibly hard this term and we join you in being very proud of them 🙂
All of our topics were completed this week, including 'publishing' our monster reports and finishing our learning about 2D and 3D shape. We are looking forward to next term's Spring 1 topics. We wanted to let you know that we have swapped the African and Rickmansworth Geography and Art topics so that we learn about our own locality in Rickmansworth before comparing with a city in Africa. We will arrange a walk around Rickmansworth to study the physical and human features towards the beginning of February. In Science and PSHCE we will be exploring healthy eating, healthy living and exercise in animals and humans. We have booked a workshop in the very first week back to launch this!
A report from Mrs Bennett about our gymnastics unit:
This half-term in PE, we have been focusing on developing gymnastics skills, specifically learning how to perform forward and backward rolls, as well as improving their balancing techniques. I have been so impressed with the progress made in these skills.
Children practised forward rolls, focusing on the correct form and technique. Some children moved on to practising backwards rolls and further challenges! Balancing exercises were a key focus throughout the half term. We worked on various balance poses, both static (such as balancing on one leg) and dynamic (such as balancing on a beam or moving between positions). The aim was to strengthen core stability, body awareness, and coordination.
Please keep reading and signing the Reading Records. We have given extra reading books to keep them going over the holidays. All books can be changed in the first week back.
See you on Wednesday 8th January ready for an action packed term!
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas!
Mrs Lee, Mrs Collett and Mrs Merrell
Friday 13th December
We hope that you enjoyed watching your child perform in 'Everyone loves a baby!' We were very proud of how they all acted, sang and narrated. Thank you for your support with our production. The class also really enjoyed the pantomime and Christmas dinner/jumper day. Next week will be quieter by comparison!
In Maths, we will be completing our unit on 2D and 3D shape, looking at symmetry, sorting and patterns. In English, we will be publishing our monster reports, having worked very hard to create new descriptions and information this week. In RE, we are going to look at how and why Christians sing carols at Christmas and what we might learn from the Christmas story for ourselves. In PE, it will be our final session developing our handball skills. The class have really enjoyed working on these skills this half term and we have begun to learn what it means to work as a team.
We have started creating our moving monsters in DT; if possible please could you bring in a cereal box by Wednesday, so that we can create the linkages for the monsters body next week. We only require 15 boxes for the whole class, as each child will only need one side of the box.
As a class, they are very tired having worked so hard all term, so please do factor in rest this weekend, where possible. We have some lovely activities planned for next week, including a visit from 'someone special' who we know the children will be really excited to meet!
Have a wonderful weekend.
Mrs Lee & Mrs Collett
Friday 6th December
We are looking forward to sharing our Nativity with you all very soon! 'Everyone loves a baby' has been top of our agenda this week and the children have worked incredibly hard. We had a pre-dress rehearsal this morning and we are looking and sounding good!
As well as singing and acting, we have focused on 2D shape in Maths, learning shape names as well as their properties, and also how to find vertical symmetry. We will be exploring 3D shape next week.
In English we will be 'boxing and hugging' our monster text using ideas of our own and weaving in generalisers, comparisons and adverbs.
This week we have continued to practise our ball skills, in particular dribbling to avoid our opponent. In RE, we learnt that most Christians believe Jesus was a baby king and why.
Next week we will be enjoying other Christmas festivities: Wednesday is Christmas Jumper Day and our Christmas dinner so children are invited to wear their Christmas jumpers. We will be taking a collection for our school charity - Save the Children. On Thursday, we are off to the pantomime.
Reading assessments have all been completed. Please continue to support your child by reading with them 5 times a week and asking questions to check and aid their understanding of the texts.
Next Tuesday, we will have our final spelling test of the term. We are thinking of altering the system in January, since a handful of parents have struggled with the spelling sheets. We understand that they can become dog-eared or misplaced easily between school and home :) For some of the class, much more practise is required; therefore, this to be all in the same book would be useful.
We will explain any and all adaptions for those children in the New Year.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Lee & Mrs Collett
Friday 29th November
We had a brilliant day in London on Monday. A huge thank you again to the parents who accompanied us. We really appreciated your time and energy. The children behaved brilliantly on the train journeys and listened/followed instructions really well. We all learnt some interesting details about Sir Francis Drake and his voyage, then thoroughly enjoyed exploring the ship. Seeing St Paul's Cathedral and the Fire of London monument in the distance, set us up beautifully for History next term when we shall be learning all about the Great Fire of London. If you have time and are looking for something to do over the Christmas holidays, a trip to see either, up close, would be well worth the time.
This week since our return we have focused our energy on completing our subtraction topic. Next week - 2D shape!
In English we have read 'The Big Book of the Blue' and looked at how other authors used generalizers and adverb starters. Advent starts on Sunday and we have lots of lovely activities planned for the final 3 weeks of term but English and Maths will still be paramount!
As per our email yesterday, please can your child bring in (in a named bag) a base layer costume ready for our Nativity. We have put the same details at the end of this. We have photocopied song words and lines for each child to practise over the weekend. (Most children have 1 or 2 lines to say). Please support us with this, as the performance date is so soon.
Reading assessments will take place next Thursday and Friday, so please can we ask that all Reading Records and books are in school on those 2 days.
We hope to see many of you at the fayre tomorrow. For those who would like to take part, we are performing 2 songs from our upcoming Nativity at 2pm. A 1:50pm gather in the Year 5 classroom has been requested by Mrs Maxwell. We will then walk down to the Hall to perform.
Costumes
We have costumes in school so please simply provide a base layer as follows:
Shepherds, wise men, Joseph, photographer, visitor, innkeeper and his wife, the 6 children - a plain long sleeved, dark coloured top and plain long dark coloured bottoms
Angels, star: a white or gold/silver outfit
Mary: a white or light-coloured base layer
Narrators and readers: smart /party wear
Any problems, please come and talk to us.
Please send all of these in a NAMED bag by Friday 6th December.
Have a wonderful weekend
Mrs Lee & Mrs Collett
Friday 22nd November
Year 2 have worked especially hard this week on subtraction, non-fiction texts and Nativity plays! Well done to everyone for great focus.
In English, we have looked at our non-fiction text on monsters and started to use tools from our toolkit: comparative sentences, generalisers, descriptive vocabulary and adverbs. Next week we are going to explore alternative non-fiction texts to see what we can 'magpie' from a wider selection.
In Maths, we have focused on subtracting ones, tens, and then 2-digit numbers from 2-digit numbers without crossing a ten. Next week, we will complete our addition/subtraction unit before heading onto 2D shape the following week. Please do continue to practise number bonds to 10/20/100 at home.
We have talked a lot about our trip on Monday. They were very excited to see photos of the Golden Hinde and we are all looking forward to travelling there, and to an exciting day out.
We have been through groupings, adults accompanying us, expectations for travelling and getting on to/off the trains. Please could you also remind your child over the weekend, about the importance of staying with their group leader.
We look forward to seeing you at 8:45am on Monday morning, at Rickmansworth train station.
We will gather all of the children outside the station to the right of the entrance. We are aiming to leave at 9am. Please could you remind your child to go to the toilet before leaving home, as this will be tricky once we are on the trains.
Please ensure that they have a warm coat and decent shoes to walk in. The ship is fairly open and therefore will be colder than being in a warm classroom! In addition, there is no area to put bags so they will keep their bags with them all day. A small rucksack would be perfect, since there is a large amount of small stairs to climb up and down on the ship, and both hands will be needed for this! Lunch will also be eaten outside in their outdoor lunch area. Please ensure that your child's lunch does not contain any nuts or sweets.
We anticipate arriving back at school before the end of the school day for a normal pick up time. The Office will let you know if there are any changes.
Have a great weekend, and we look forward to seeing you all at Rickmansworth Station on Monday morning.
Mrs Lee & Mrs Collett
Friday 15th November
We have had a busy and productive week. In English, we started our new unit of writing - non-fiction reports on monsters! The class really enjoyed finding clues for who was reportedly in the classroom on Tuesday night :) and we have spent time carefully learning the model text. Next week, we will continue exploring the text, practising some of the key tools found within it: generalisers, comparative sentences, descriptive vocabulary.
In Maths, we had an extremely successful end to our unit on addition where many of the class learnt how to exchange 10 ones for a ten when adding a 2-digit number with another 2-digit number. On Wednesday, we switched focus to subtraction. This will be continued next week and we will be looking at strategies for subtracting 2-digit numbers from 2-digit numbers without crossing a ten. Please do practise number bonds to 10, 20 and 100, as these are fundamental skills in Year 2.
Apologies for the late sending out of the spelling sheets this week. In the top right hand corner of the spelling sheet, we are now writing the score of the previous test so that you are aware of how your child performed, in the absence of the spelling test books coming home. We are very aware that for some children it is a real struggle to learn spellings for good reason. If you are struggling to help your child learn their weekly spellings, please do come and talk to us.
We will not be visiting the school Library on a Thursday until December now, as we have to focus on our Nativity rehearsals. We apologise for that but we can't fit everything in to our current timetable!
Trip: thank you to everyone who kindly offered to accompany us on our up-coming trip into London, to the Golden Hinde, on Monday 25th November. Ms Davoren, Ms Lucock, Mrs Pryzwara and Mrs O'Toole will be coming with us this time and we have members of Staff accompanying us too. We have 3 further trips coming up later in the year: a trip around Rickmansworth, to a London art gallery and a day visit to Windsor Castle, for which we will need parent helpers. There are 8 children without a response as yet, so can we urge you to complete the relevant section on the School Gateway. We will be leaving from Rickmansworth station at 9am so please drop your child there at around 8:45am, where we will be waiting to receive them. We will walk from the Underground station to the Golden Hinde Museum and it is about a 10-minute walk. Lunch will be outside in the museum's covered area. Once we arrive back at the station we will then be walking back to school to arrive back before the end of school. Please ensure that your child is wearing a coat and suitable shoes with a rucksack for their lunch. We are really looking forward to the day! If you have any questions, please do ask us.
We wish you all a lovely weekend.
Mrs Lee & Mrs Collett
Friday 8th November
From the stories that were being shared on Monday morning, it sounded like everyone had a good half-term!
The class have come back ready to learn with renewed focus and enthusiasm, which has been brilliant :) We have introduced many of our new topics this week, including 'Explorers' in History, Photography in computing, handball skills and gymnastics in PE.
Next week we will begin learning songs for our KS1 Nativity 'Everyone loves a Baby' for a performance day on Tuesday 10th December. More details to follow in the coming weeks.
This week in English, we have published our pirate stories in our Publishing book, refining our editing skills as well as focusing on sentence structure and handwriting. From next week, we will be launching our next unit of learning: non-fiction report writing. We will focus on a text about monsters, which fits brilliantly with our DT unit where they will be making their own moving monster.
In Maths, we have been learning how to add two 2-digit numbers without crossing a ten. Next week, we will be learning how to add 2-digit numbers together where we need to exchange 10 ones and regroup. After this, we will end the week with a focus on subtraction. Where possible, please practise simple addition and subtraction with your child at home, as this will really support our current learning.
In order to fit in Phonics, English and Guided Reading before break time each day, we need to start Phonics at 8:55am. Please ensure that your child is in school by 8:50am to support this important learning.
Please continue to read 5 times each week and sign the Reading Record Book. We have some children who have already reached their bronze badge. A thank you for all your support at home. These badges will be given out at a later date to allow Year 6 plenty of time to make them first.
Thank you for all the donations of tissues. No more are needed at this time.
Notices
Monday 11th November - Scouting uniform for Remembrance Day
Tuesday 12th November - Odd Socks Day for Anti-Bullying week
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Lee and Mrs Collett
Friday 25th October
Thank you for making time to meet with us this week at our parents’ evenings. It was really good to spend that time together. If you have any further questions or concerns, please do come and talk to one of us, before or after school, or book an appointment through the school office.
It has been a busy but brilliant week in Year 2, to end a very full first half term.
We thoroughly enjoyed Pirate Day on Tuesday. Thank you for providing wonderful costumes! We spent the day creating then following a treasure map, using our compass knowledge, singing sea shanties and talking like a pirate whenever there was opportunity! We have completed many of our foundation subject units and look forward to starting new ones after half term.
Half-term homework:
Instead of the Doodle Learning, we would encourage the class to have a well-earned rest. Please keep up the reading though! Books can be changed on the first Monday back if needed.
If when you are out and about, you see signs of Autumn in the natural world (e.g. leaves, conkers, acorns etc.), and can bring to school any small examples, that would be appreciated. We would like to make a display on our return. This time of year is always a great opportunity for conversations about our natural world.
We hope you enjoy the half-term week.
Mrs Collett & Mrs Lee
Friday 18th October
We have enjoyed our penultimate week before a well-deserved rest over half-term for all of Year 2! We are looking forward to talking to you all on Tuesday or Wednesday next week about how your child has settled into this new academic year. Please do take a quick look at the mini report that was sent out, as we will be discussing these targets.
In English this week we have written very successful pirate stories, and what an adventure some of the pirates had! Sea monsters, dangerous lagoons and ferocious enemy pirate crews, to name a few of the 'problems' in our stories.
For Maths, we focused on addition strategies and will continue to do so next week.
We has some time thinking as philosophers in RE, this week. Having learnt such a lot about what many Christians believe that God is like, we spent some time thinking about our own personal beliefs and actions.
In art, we have started our mini beast collages and cannot wait to finish these off next week!
Spellings next week: As Tuesday is our Pirate Day, we will change spelling tests to Wednesday next week. New spellings will be given out before the end of the week for a longer time to learn them over half-term.
Mini report from Mrs Bennett about Wednesday's PE sessions:
This half term, we have focused on improving three key physical skills: agility, balance, and coordination.
Agility: To develop agility, we performed a variety of circuit activities, which helped us practice quick movements and changes in direction.
Balance: For balance, we used equipment in the hall, including ropes, to challenge ourselves and improve stability.
Coordination: Our coordination skills were enhanced by focusing on dribbling and kicking techniques, helping us better control our movements, especially with a ball.
Thank you so much for the donation of boxes of tissues. They have been really appreciated!
We are looking forward to having fun as a crew of trainee pirates on Tuesday. Please can they wear clothes/shoes that are suitable to go outside for our usual break times.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Mrs Collett & Mrs Lee
Friday 11th October
We have had another busy, hard-working week. Well done to Year 2 for increased stamina and resilience.
In English, we have been working diligently to write our own version of 'Captain McGraw and the storm'. We have been really pleased with their creative ideas and well-chosen vocabulary, and are looking forward to reading their finished, crafted work next week.
In Maths, we have explored number bonds to 10 and 20. Next week we will be focusing on a number of addition skills: using related facts, adding ones, adding to the next 10, making number bonds to 100.
In Geography, we started to plan and draw our own treasure map.
In PE, we learnt a sequence of movements for our unit on water, whilst dancing to Funk Monk's 'Beach Bongos Part 1'. Great fun!
We investigated the term ‘durability’ in Science, and tested various fabrics to see which one would be the best option for playing outside.
Today in Art, we started designing our own mini-beasts ready to make them using a collage style next week.
Spellings: we are aware that some find learning spellings more challenging than others. If your child is struggling to learn their spellings and gets a word wrong 3 weeks in a row, we will simply leave that word for the time being and return to it at a later date. If you are finding spelling challenging at home, please come and talk to us.
Next week you will receive an email with a mini report. This is to show, ahead of parents evening consultations, your child's learning behaviours in Year 2 as well as a target for Maths, reading and writing. We will discuss these at the consultation in the final week of this half-term.
Pirate Day - a reminder please that Pirate Day is on Tuesday 22nd October. It would be great if your child could come to school dressed as a pirate on that day! Thank you
Further donations of boxes of tissues would still be really appreciated as we go into the colder months.
We do hope you have a wonderful weekend, and look forward to seeing you all on Monday.
Mrs Collett & Mrs Lee
Friday 4th October
We enjoyed being at the Church on Wednesday for our Harvest festival service. We looked very smart too! A huge thank you to all parents who donated food and toiletries.
In English this week, we read alternative texts, spending time particularly exploring 'Inside the Villains' where we learnt all about the giant and the wolf characters from many fairy tales. The class really enjoyed this book! Keeping our focus on vocabulary, adjectives and the 'Power of 3', the class are prepared for next week when we will begin to write our own versions of a pirate tale, using these same writing techniques.
We have completed our Maths unit on place value. Next week we will be revisiting number bonds to 10 and 20 before exploring addition more fully.
On Wednesday afternoon, we welcomed in Karl and Shaniah, from Wellspring Church, who helped us to understand how and why many Christians worship by singing.
In Geography, we learnt about compass directions, and in science we investigated the term ‘rigid’ by testing the strength of different rulers using weights.
We were excited to sketch some real life insects in Art today! We observed and sketched the insect’s details closely and enhanced our sketches by adding colour, using pastels.
Library - Apologies for the change of day with Library this week. We have discussed keeping Library changing day on a THURSDAY now as a permanent move. So please do encourage your child to bring in their library book each Thursday.
Homework: a small number of parents have raised questions/made comments about the new homework system. These comments are really valuable so please do let us know if you are having difficulties.
Next week, we have school photos taking place on Monday (individual as well as siblings), so Year 2 will need to come to school in their smart uniform, with their PE kit in a bag, as on Wednesday for Harvest festival.
Looking ahead - Pirate Day is only 2 and a half weeks away, when Captain Whitebeard will be back to choose a suitable crew for his next voyage. Please could we ask that all children come dressed as a pirate on that day (Tuesday 22nd October). Parents evenings are also in that final week of half term so please look out for the email and sign up to discuss your child's progress.
We would appreciate donations of boxes of tissues please. The colder weather means we are blowing our noses more!
We wish you all a wonderful weekend
Mrs Collett and Mrs Lee
Friday 27th September
We have had a busy week in Year 2 and have enjoyed exploring our foundation topics. As pirate explorers, we have been learning about the 7 continents and 5 oceans, ready to use a compass to navigate the seas next week!
In English, we continued with our text all about Captain McGraw and have spent the week learning about and writing using the Power of 3 and 2A sentences. Next week we will be reading alternative texts to extend our vocabulary and experience, ready to write our own stories. 'The Eyebrows of Doom' and 'The Villains' are both fantastic books, which we are confident the class will enjoy.
In Maths, we have learnt to place numbers on a number line, ready to order and compare 2-digit numbers next week.
For Science we investigated how stretchy different fabrics were, by placing 4 oranges into 3 different thicknesses of tights, and seeing how far they stretched.
Art was exciting this week, as we were challenged to do a continuous line drawing looking carefully at different mini beasts. We also tried a variety of different sketching tools to produce these images.
We are looking forward to welcoming a visitor in next week's RE lesson who is coming to talk to us about why Christians sing in Church.
Our Harvest festival service is on Wednesday so please drop off your child, at St Mary's Church Hall (round the back of the church); at 8:45/8:50am ready for our 9am service. If you can stay and walk back to school with us, that would be really appreciated. All food and toiletries donations will be going to the Foodbank charity.
Library books can be changed on Tuesday next week.
Spellings:
Spelling sheets were sent home on Thursday. These will be tested on Tuesday next week and new spellings will be sent home on Wednesday.
We hope you have a lovely weekend
Mrs Collett & Mrs Lee
Friday 20th September
It was great to see many of you at our 'Meet the teachers' event on Tuesday morning. We hope that it was useful.
We have uploaded the PowerPoint slides in which you can find a copy of our Autumn class timetable and our curriculum overview for this first half-term. If you were not able to be there, please do come and ask any questions you may have. We are keen to work well together to bring out the best in each and every child. No comment or question is too small to ask.
This week we launched our new English scheme and started with a clue finding session to see if we could work out the main character in our first text. Clues of a peacock feather, a gold hoop earring and a beard kept us amused! We then spent the rest of the week exploring adjectives, 2A sentences and the 'Power of 3' as techniques found in the story, which we are hoping to use when we write our own pirate adventure in a few weeks' time.
In Maths, we have continued embedding understanding of 2-digit numbers, partitioning into tens and ones using Dienes, place value charts, number lines counting in 10’s and part/whole models.
In RE we read and acted out the story of Jonah; for Geography we named (and sang) the 5 oceans on our planet. Next week: the continents!
In Art, we continued to learn about the works of our chosen artist Van Kessel, and we had the opportunity to enhance our own sketching skills!
Science provided us with a challenge to find a suitable material for the Three Billy Goats Gruff to use to build a new bridge; we loved testing all of the material options to find the strongest one.
Library books were chosen this week. We are still working on a set day to visit the Library but for now, any Year 2 who would like to change their Library book can bring it in on a Tuesday, and we will aim to change them that day.
As discussed in the 'Meet the Teachers' presentation, the Homework letter sent out at the end of last week contained some inaccuracies regarding our spelling system. Spellings will be tested on a Tuesday and new lists sent home on a Wednesday. Most children will receive 6 each week. We will be working from the assessments given to us by Miss Devlin at the end of Year 1. Our focus will be Common Exception words.
We will print out and send home the Maths Knowledge Organisers next week, for you to use at home.
Home Learning
Doodle Learning - green zone in English and Maths by Monday morning
Please read 5 times and sign the Reading Record book.
We will send the first spelling lists home next week - you can always do some Doodle Spelling for this week
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Collett and Mrs Lee
Friday 13th September
We have successfully completed our first full week in Year 2; the children have worked very hard.
It has been a busy week so a restful weekend might be in order!
In English this week, we have been exploring 'Into the Blue' as our class text. The poem explores an imaginary journey of a person holding onto a blue balloon as it floats over landscape and then pops, leaving them to land on a cloud. We discussed vocabulary and adapted ideas to compose our own version. Next week we will be starting our new unit on character description looking at texts all about pirates and characterisation.
In Maths, we have embedded understanding of teen numbers and begun to make, draw and write 2-digit numbers to 100 in different ways. We will continue this next week.
We have launched into many of the foundation subjects, including Geography where we had a surprise visit from a pirate in search of new crew! Captain Whitebeard will be back in 6 weeks on our pirate day (Tuesday 22nd October) to choose pirates to join him on his next voyage.
Next week, our fledgling pirate crew will learn about the oceans.
In RE we begin to explore the story of Jonah to understand what Christians believe about God.
Our investigation work in science was all about looking at different materials and their properties, and we will continue to explore these further next week.
Today we really enjoyed starting our Art project on ‘Flora and Fauna’ and discovered the work of Jan Van Kessel, who was really inspired by nature.
Next Tuesday morning at 9am, we look forward to welcoming you to our 'Meet the Teachers' presentation where we can unpack Year 2 systems, routines, structures and expectations.
Home Learning:
Please read 5 times each week and sign the Reading Record book.
You will receive an email from Mrs Maxwell about the expectations of home learning on Doodle Learning. We will share more information at our 'Meet the Teacher' session on Tuesday. Please e ncourage your child to used Doodle Maths and Doodle English.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Mrs Lee and Mrs Collett
Friday, 6th September 2024
A warm welcome to Year 2!
We hope you have had a wonderful Summer holiday.
The children have been excited and enthusiastic starting in Year 2. We have introduced them to the classroom routines and spent time talking about the school Code of Conduct 'Respectful, Ready and Reflective' and our school vision, thinking about how we can shine our light. Yesterday afternoon we celebrated the return to school with a 'Family Group' afternoon. They had great fun with a variety of activities, including a scavenger hunt.
Our class page will be used to keep you updated on learning, events and key information, and will be updated weekly.
Home Reading
All children will be bringing their reading records home from Monday, after we have completed our initial assessments.
Please sign their Reading Record each time you hear them read; 5 times a week is the aim so that children can get their star stamps and begin collecting their badges. The books (including the signed Reading Record) are required in school every day but will be changed on the allocated day only - written at the top of their Reading Record.
Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Orange levels: Please read each book with your child 3 times so that they have opportunity to build up their fluency of vocabulary and understanding of the text.
Turquoise, Purple, Gold, White, Lime levels: read the book through once as they are significantly longer but check for accuracy of unfamiliar vocabulary.
In English next week we will be exploring the poem ‘Into the Blue’ before writing our own version and publishing it in our new publishing books. In Maths we will be revisiting numbers to 20 and then learning how to read and make 2-digit numbers to 100. We will also be launching into many of our foundation subject topics, including our main topic: Pirates.
Mrs Lee will teach on Monday and Tuesday, Mrs Collett on Thursday and Friday with a day of shared teaching on Wednesday.
Homework will start next Friday. Further details of this, class routines, expectations and curriculum will be shared at our Meet the Teacher Meeting on Tuesday 17th September at 9am in the classroom. In the meantime, Mrs Maxwell has challenged year 2 to earn some stars by completing some learning on Doodle Learning.
PE days are Monday and Wednesday - please can children come to school dressed in PE kit.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend and look forward to a great year together.
Mrs Lee and Mrs Collett