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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DT Ferris Wheels
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Year 2 have been testing out stability in DT this week in preparation for making their Ferris wheels. They used plasticine formed into different shapes and tilted them to see if they would roll or stay stable. The most stable shape was a pyramid.
Choose Respect!
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This week has been anti-bullying week and the theme for this year is ‘Choose Respect’. We have learnt about what respect is and how we can show it by writing some respect pledges. To finish off the week we had a Diversity Workshop where we learnt the importance of being yourself and valuing everyone for being themselves too. We listened to the story ‘Odd Dog Out’ and drew a sausage dog that would represent our personalities.
Church Visit
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Last week, we had a lovely visit the church. The weather was kind to us for our walk and when we arrived Rev. Alison and Karen talked to us about how the church gives Christians friendship, forgiveness and peace. We were then able to explore the church and ask any questions. The children’s questions and answers were very thoughtful and thought provoking.
Filey!
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Despite the disappointment of not being able to go to Filey due to the weather, Year 2 had a brilliant day yesterday learning all about it. We spent some time looking at maps and plotting our journey and looking how far it was and how long it would have taken. We looked at maps of Filey and identified different symbols to show where different amenities and attractions were. Finally, we looked at pictures of the different physical and human features and created a double page spread all about what we had found out. We even had an ice lolly to end the day!
Let’s ROCK!!
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We’ve had a fab day getting set up and starting to use TTRockstars as part of our Rockstar Day! The children looked amazing in their costumes and had plenty of time to start getting to grips with TTRockstars. On Monday, children will bring home a letter explaining how to log in and use the site at home.
